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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Elsie Lange

‘AI doesn’t know what an orgasm sounds like’: audiobook actors grapple with the rise of robot narrators

Composite of a women reading a book in front of a microphone
Voice actors fear the rise of AI will threaten their incomes and lessen quality. Composite: Getty images

When we think about what makes an audiobook memorable, it’s always the most human moments: a catch in the throat when tears are near, or words spoken through a real smile.

A Melbourne actor and audiobook narrator, Annabelle Tudor, says it’s the instinct we have as storytellers that makes narration such a primal, and precious, skill. “The voice betrays how we’re feeling really easily,” she says.

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