Synthetic Voices, the Uncanny Valley, and Voice Confrontation
How do we recognise and get past the uneasiness of hearing our own voice? Perhaps it’s a while since you’ve heard a recording of your own voice. But for most…
European Union launches new Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content: What Will the Impact Be?
A new Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content has come into force under the provisions of Article 50 of the European Union’s AI Act. The Code of Practice…
How Personalised Audiobooks Work: Pulling Back the Curtain
There’s a famous quotation from noted author Douglas Adams in relation to technology and our familiarity or ease with it: – Anything that is in the world when you’re born…
The Visual Identity of Audiobooks
We rarely experience the world in discrete chunks, or find ourselves able to analyse experiences of particular elements with reference to the interplay they have with the ecosystem they inhabit.…
How personalised audiobooks gives teens another way to engage with reading
Our lives are increasingly complex and diverse. We spend our time in such a range of different ways that keeping things anchored can be a challenge for us all. For…