elevenlabs pioneers aigenerated audiobooks on

Blessed with a vocal Fry or not, ElevenLabs is promising authors an enchanting solution to bridge the gap between pen and podcast. As per our dear chums over at TechCrunch, this cunning Voice AI company is now allowing authors to publish AI-generated audiobooks on its spanking new Reader app. The plot? Substitute human narrators for artificial intelligence.

In an act of digital ventriloquism, novels will converse with readers without a need for human intervention. Sounds like a dream come true for all those with an eardrum and a yearning for yarns, doesn't it? But before we all rush out for champagne and strawberries, let's spare a thought for the numerous tech gremlins waiting to spoil the party.

While this innovation by ElevenLabs is a shiny example of how AI continues to saunter into fresh territories, it also reaffirms an age-old adage: when it comes to tech innovations, the devil is always in the digital details. One can only imagine the potential pitfalls when 'Jane Eyre' is narrated by an AI with a penchant for cockney slang or dystopian novels given a chirpy chap's voice (charming or cringe-worthy, your choice).

But fret not! The folks at ElevenLabs seem sufficiently enthused to combat these challenges, hell-bent on making the AI versed in the Queen's English and every other accent you can shake a stick at. And so, dear readers, the twain of pen and app, author and AI, tries to meet amidst hiccups and hope. Tech, as ever, continues its stumble into the future, all part of the thrill of the game, what? Mystifying, formidable, but perpetually irresistible - a stiff-upper-lip dedication to making the impossible, possible. Bravo! Read more here.