fj12ryder wrote:
I have to vehemently disagree. A good narrator can add a lot to a audio book. Listening to the "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" read by the author is wonderful. I can't say that the text-to-talk app doesn't work okay, since I've not tried it, but I would warrant it can't compare to a real person, and I mean a "GOOD" narrator.
You do realize, "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is a radio program that was transcribed into a book, so yes, it's a special case that benefits from mimicking the original media source.
For most books, there is a minor improvement but hardly noticable.