

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The audiobook's evolution from the analog era to AI
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 am – Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 am (+10:00)
- **Event Description**: Professor Matthew Rubery discusses the evolution of the audiobook, exploring the 6 pivotal phases of development.

Audiobooks may seem like a recent invention, but their history stretches back nearly 150 years. This lecture traces the audiobook’s development from the first experiments with recorded sound in 1877 to today’s smartphones and AI-generated voices. 

Learn more and book your tickets: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/events/audiobooks-evolution-analog-era-ai
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/the-audiobooks-evolution-from-the-analog-era-to-ai/200029848135918
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- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/events/audiobooks-evolution-analog-era-ai?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=canberra-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Canberra
- **state**: CT
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600
- **lat**: -35.29873
- **long**: 149.13168
- **full address**: Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: National Library of Australia (https://allevents.in/org/national-library-of-australia/9218395)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 am (+10:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** National Library of Australia
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The audiobook's evolution from the analog era to AI ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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