New content fields are developing, centered on current affairs and drama production.

I know books are good, but it feels like my mind goes blank after work. I started listening to audiobooks with the thought, "Couldn't someone read a book to me?" Listening to the sweet voices of the voice actors reading, I even find myself wanting to meet them in person, just like I would a celebrity. After asking around, I found it. Just like those voices , Audien was not far away.

This is a company that has been producing audiobooks for over 10 years. Reading a single book takes more than 11 hours. Aside from the reading itself, one might naturally wonder, "When am I supposed to listen to this?" The strength of audiobooks lies in summarizing this into about 2 to 3 hours. They record and provide services via apps and the web, ranging from essays like Lee Ki-joo's *The Temperature of Language* to various self-help books. Of course, they also read classics and masterpiece novels in their entirety.

To date, 1,000 audiobooks have been produced in-house, with a total running time exceeding 20,000 hours. Audiobooks can be downloaded and listened to for free at over 300 digital libraries nationwide. We are simultaneously running a B2C model for paid access and a service that allows members and local residents to listen for free through sales to public institutions or libraries.
On-site, they were producing a book-introducing podcast called 'Mind Pharmacy.' It is a show that recommends books based on readers' questions or social issues.
Producer Kang Eun-sun explained that the characteristic of the podcast is that even people without broadcasting experience can participate, and that she plans programs by holding meetings with writers 3 to 4 times a week.

While voice actors primarily narrate the text, they are not the only ones to appear. The author also conducts various lectures on business, personal finance, and self-development.

The guests were ' Writer Jeong,' who said he had studied for a full nine hours to talk about isolation, and book curator 'Booktische.' On this day, they introduced the book *Humiliation*, the audiobook *The Dignity of Words*, and *An Afternoon of Reading Poetry* by Choi Young-mi, who recently became famous on social media as a poet known for abusing her power.

There were even instances where, if a guest's voice seemed to be getting hoarse during recording, I would write "Drink water" on a piece of A4 paper with a red colored pencil and wave it around, or if I heard the sound of clothes rustling, I would write "No rustling clothes." If I recorded like this for four hours, a one-hour pod would be produced. There was a reason it was a pre-recorded broadcast rather than a live one. Whenever the conversation seemed to be drifting, they would say, "I'll cut it short," and restart the story.

Although I couldn't fill the entire time in the recording studio, I was immersed for over two hours, wondering, "How much time is there to talk about isolation amidst a complex daily life?"

Producer Kang said , “I think 80% of people’s senses are focused on the eyes, which leads to an imbalance in the mind. I often hear people say that listening to audiobooks allows them to gain various kinds of information and feels at ease because they approach things from a unique perspective.”

Radio has evolved into audiobooks and podcasts, attracting a dedicated fan base. The number of users of current affairs-focused podcasts and Podbbang has grown to nearly 5 million. SBS is also producing more than 10 broadcasts a week that are exclusively available on podcasts.
Booktishe: “Tom Hanks, the star of the foreign film *The Da Vinci Code*, once made headlines by reading the original novel as an audiobook. Audiobooks are highly preferred in the U.S. because of the high prevalence of dyslexia and high illiteracy rates.”

Amazon launched a service that allows users to listen to all e-books as audiobooks by installing a Text-to-Speech (TTS) solution on its e-book device, the Kindle. Naver also introduced a service called Audio Clip. We analyzed the voices of actors such as Yoo In-na to find specific patterns and applied them using big data and deep learning to enable reading books.

While listening to celebrities' voices via AI is nice, I prefer hearing the voice actors' voices in person. Emotional healing content isn't limited to music. Although I didn't get to see any celebrities at the broadcasting station, it was a good day because I could see and hear fragments of their hearts.


Audioon's 'Audiobook' Best of the Week
We have compiled this week's best-selling audiobooks from Audian's collection of over 1,000 books. If you find yourself on a cramped subway during your commute where you have to hold your smartphone high to read, let alone open a book, try listening to an audiobook. Literature narrated by soothing voice actors will bring a sense of peace to your mind.