About audio books

[Marthe48]

Do you prefer listening to a man or a woman narrate? If the reader assumes characters, which do you think is more authentic: a man imitating a woman's voice, or a woman imitating a man's voice?

Just curious. I like listening to British men the most, but I'm listening to a woman with an Irish accent right now. I like mid-century radio shows featuring a cast with solid NYC accents. Really takes me back!

[surrealAmerican]

1. Gender doesn't matter much to me for narration.

I prefer that the reader does not try to voice the characters, and that they have an accent I don't have to work to understand.

[LogDog75]

2. I finished listening to the Cross and Sampson audiobook last week

The actor doing the voices of Cross and Sampson did a good job but was kind of weak on the female characters. He upped the pitch on the female voices and made them sound a little weaker in the way he sounded.

I tend not to listen to audiobooks because I like reading the tone of the writing rather than listening to it.

[True Dough]

3. I just hope

narration isn't taken over by AI anytime soon!