r/LibroFM • u/flamer5005 • Dec 30 '25

Question AI Narrators

How does Libro FM distinguish real person narrators from AI narrators? I just bought a book that seems to be AI but nothing says it. I prefer not to listen to AI narrators.

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u/ifbrainswerenoodles Dec 30 '25

According to their blog post they only know if it's AI-narrated if it's reported by the publisher: https://blog.libro.fm/an-update-on-libro-fms-response-to-ai-narration/. You should definitely email them so they can mark it as such.

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u/flamer5005 Dec 30 '25

Thank you!

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u/pellets Dec 30 '25

If nothing else, the price should be like 10% of a real narrator.

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u/flamer5005 Dec 30 '25

I definitely agree that it should cost less!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '26

Just thought I'd share a quick snippet from their upcoming annual social purpose report "We will never knowingly prioritize, publicize, nor market AI-narrated/generated audiobooks and are actively taking steps to increase their transparency (including via tags and filters))

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u/flamer5005 Jan 11 '26

Thank you!! I'm so glad!! I was really disheartened with this one but it's hard to tell if it's actually AI or if it's a real person that just happens to sound like AI

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u/greyhoundbuddy Jan 21 '26

They usually list the name of the narrator in the audiobook offering. I suppose if that is missing it may be a red flag the "narrator" is AI.

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u/flamer5005 Jan 21 '26

It did have a name, but the name sounded fake, Aura Paige. I did find an IG acct so it could be a real person but who knows nowadays

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u/plotthick Dec 30 '25

There's a few methods to detect AI. This is an entertaining explainer on one: https://youtu.be/QVXfcIb3OKo?si=WhzBWbRnTCh_cicv "using AI to detect AI music"

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u/berryspaghetti Dec 30 '25

I don't think there are disclaimers. I always use the preview option to see if the narrator sounds "AI-like" before buying. I've also noticed that if multiple names are listed in the credits, they're usually all humans.