Jacob Szymanski

So it sounds like you are the person who's coordinating the process from start to finish and looping in all the different people who are involved, which you mentioned directors, engineers, and then you communicating with the authors and the authors, editors.

There's audiobook editors as well, I'm assuming.

Am I missing anyone?

Because it's still quite the team, but you have to coordinate everyone and make sure everyone's got the time and the resources to do what they need to do.

Classic producer stuff.

Classic producer stuff.

Absolutely.

It's like a TV or movie producer.

I have to ask you one more question.

AI narration.

Completely excluding the impact on the industry.

What does it sound like to you?

Like as someone who has a keen ear for audiobooks, what is AI narration in 2026?

Like the best models you've heard?

A breathing thing?

I've heard sort of AI breaths, but it doesn't sound like a breath.

I know exactly what you mean.

Good on you.

Honestly, I'm so happy to hear that.

At least one of the biggest producers of audiobooks is not using AI narration.