Litsy

https://detectivewriter.com/2025/06/30/meet-our-brand-new-guest-kay-sparling/

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3JUAhJGFxrNyqMJlqhJS3g

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Mission Thaw

Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/randi-lee-bowslaugh/episodes/Write-or-Die-...
https://youtu.be/z-ptXxWZaZQ
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Mission Thaw

Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4o3jc1f8gZrOSdSNd1LjDr

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Mission Thaw

Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling

https://detectivewriter.com/2025/06/30/meet-our-brand-new-guest-kay-sparling/

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3JUAhJGFxrNyqMJlqhJS3g

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Mission Thaw

Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling

https://detectivewriter.com/2025/06/30/meet-our-brand-new-guest-kay-sparling/

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3JUAhJGFxrNyqMJlqhJS3g

#detectivewriter #spotify #podcast #interview #spy #coldwar #books #espionage #thriller #women #thrillerbook #female #booktok #breaktheglassceiling #missionthaw #cia #international #opera #operasinger #singer #berlinwall #austria #kgb #femaleauthors #spynovel #novel #patriot #american #spies #americanhero

Mission Thaw

Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4o3jc1f8gZrOSdSNd1LjDr

#spy #coldwar #books #espionage #thriller #women #spotify #female #booktok #breaktheglassceiling #missionthaw #cia #international #opera #operasinger #singer #berlinwall #austria #kgb #femaleauthors #girlpower #womenruntheworld #spynovel #novel #patriot #american #spies #americanhero

CSeydel

Dead Inside (A Kelsey Hawk FBI Suspense Thriller�Book One) | Kate Bold

Oh, yuck. #spotify #audio #audiobooks #robotoverlords

Librarybelle 😔 2mo

DGRachel Absolutely not. 🤬 2mo

julesG WTAF??? 2mo

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CindyMyLifeIsLit So they‘ve named the AI? 🙄 2mo

Christine ☹️ 2mo

Deblovestoread Ugh! 😣 2mo

Leniverse 😦 Nope, nopety nope 😒 2mo

Meshell1313 Whaaa???? That‘s insane. 2mo

KathyWheeler They gave the synthesized voice a name?! I won‘t listen to these. (edited) 2mo

GingerAntics I‘m intrigued to know what this sounds like… but I won‘t listen to an entire audiobook of it. @KathyWheeler synthesised voices have had names for a long time. I don‘t know how to look it up on android, but on iPhone you can choose which voice is “Siri.” There is the “Siri” voice, then “David,” “Oliver”… it depends on what accent you want it to speak in and if you want it to be male or female as to what the names are. I have mine set to Oliver. 2mo

GingerAntics @KathyWheeler Oliver is a lovely sounding British bloke! Anytime I use Siri (which is rarely) people always ask what it is. He has a very pleasant voice. I‘ve even had me read books in the past. I wouldn‘t pay for an audiobook made with one (even Oliver) though. That‘s ridiculous. There are plenty of voice actors looking for work to get a real person. 2mo

CSeydel @GingerAntics Exactly. Most of us are also familiar with “Alexa”, Amazon‘s voice-activated AI assistant (although my family uses “Echo” as our wake word). Funny, I use the British male voice for Siri too, but I never knew he had a different name. He still goes by Siri on my (old) phone. Anyway, this audiobook is “free” - that is, included in my Spotify subscription - and I‘m assuming it‘s a book that wouldn‘t have an audio version otherwise. 2mo

CSeydel (Cont‘d) … but it‘s the camel‘s nose, isn‘t it? If people get used to AI audiobook narrators, it‘s inevitable that they‘ll expand to mainstream books that would ordinarily hire a professional narrator. 2mo

GingerAntics @CSeydel that‘s true… it‘s a slippery slope. I went and checked… the names have apparently gone away. Depending on what iOS your phone is running, it might still have names. I don‘t think it really matters either way. It‘s a slippery slope we need to be careful of. 2mo

KathyWheeler @GingerAntics I know that about Siri and Alexa. To me, that‘s different than giving an audiobook synthesized voice a name. I don‘t really know why . Maybe because I‘m not listening to something long and involved with them, so I don‘t care. But it almost feels like with naming virtual voices, the companies are trying to humanize them to make it more acceptable. I heard some books using those voices and haven‘t liked one yet. 2mo

GingerAntics @KathyWheeler that is a fair point. 1mo

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Mission Thaw

Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling