- The new function of “asking an audible question allows the listeners of the new audiobook of pride and prejudice to ask any question about the book.
- You can ask about the plot, the characters or the context without stopping reproduction.
- The beta function is currently available for thousands of classic and public domain titles.
If you enjoy listening to the drama of the regency literature, but suddenly it is confused by which cutting the ingenuity has embarrassed another character, the newest audible experiment has it covered.
The function of “asking a question” of the Audiolibro platform is being implemented in Beta in conjunction with a new version of complete cast iron Pride and prejudiceoffering American listeners the opportunity to ask an expert in AI about the plot, the characters and even the historical context and the references while the audiobook continues to play.
There is no need to pause, change applications or move by Reddit. The tool in the application that combines responses generated by AI with listening live.
Simply touch the “Ask a question” button in the audible application player while listening to a compatible audiobook. Write your question, press the shipment, and in a few moments you will get a concise response based on both the content of the audiobook and in the external context. It is delivered in silence while the narrative continues.
Although it appears in Jane Austen’s famous novel, the AI tool is reaching many other public domain titles throughout the audible catalog. Therefore, it could be a scene from the mid-Ballest, listening to a small passive-aggressive talk, and asking what year is happening, or confirming whether this is the scene in which Elizabeth changes her mind, with an answer provided before Lady Catherine de Bourgh ends her prayer.
Audible says that the tool is aimed at deepening the immersion, not interrupting it. That is why the recitation does not stop when he sends his question. Audible wants to stay inside the velvet strings of the novel, even when you need to look for an answer.
Annotations of AI
It may seem like a small adjustment, but the implications of this change are broader than simply a more flexible foot note. It is part of a growing tendency to listen to be more interactive as a way of involving people in content that is not just podcasts. The audiobooks have always lived in a space between books and radio.
Unlike music, you usually don’t let them play in the background. But unlike the text, they cannot be sought or compatible with the search. You cannot highlight a sentence or paste a marker in a particularly well -elaborate sentence.
Ask a question offers a kind of partner on request, but that is not intrusive. Classical literature is often included with its own luggage that travels in time: unknown jargon, specific social rules of the period and complete complementary arches that depend on the inheritance laws that you have never heard of.
Being able to ask: “Why is it so important that you have no fortune?” or “Is this marriage normal for time?” It can turn a disconcerting story into an identifiable parable. And audible hope that the nature of the answers works with the best and faster keeping everything within the application.
The new feature follows other recent experiments of Audible. The company has launched a AI audiobook discovery tool, together with narration tools and translation of AI.
There are legitimate philosophical questions about whether these types of tools devalue reading. If AI has us subcontracting the learning we must do when reading old books, or the opportunity to find our own interpretations. That could be the case. But sometimes you just want to know who Charlotte Lucas married and why, before the next chapter begins.
