aedocw/epub2tts
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Turn an epub or text file into an audiobook
9 mentions on Hacker News by 1 person: 1 story, 8 comments · first 2023-04-29 · latest 2024-03-29
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Give https://github.com/aedocw/epub2tts a look, the latest update enables use of MS Edge cloud-based TTS so you don't need a local GPU and the quality is excellent.
comment by aedocw · 2024-03-29 · in OpenVoice: Versatile instant voice cloning -
…laws. You're pretty safe though assuming you don't distribute it or try to make money. Check out https://github.com/aedocw/epub2tts for creating an audiobook from epub. Take a look in the utils directory for notes about fine-tuning a voice…
comment by aedocw · 2023-12-25 · in Show HN: An open-source, self-hostable synced narration platform for ebooks -
I wrote https://github.com/aedocw/epub2tts and the quality is pretty phenomenal if you use XTTS for the voice generation. It's really excellent, but requires the book not have DRM.
comment by aedocw · 2023-12-21 · in Spotify's push into audiobooks sparks concern among authors -
…quick if you've got a GPU, but it's reasonable too if it's just using CPU to do the text to speech. https://github.com/aedocw/epub2tts
comment by aedocw · 2023-09-11 · in The Project Gutenberg Open Audiobook Collection -
…is hard to beat. On the other hand if you just want to listen to the book being read, check out https://github.com/aedocw/epub2tts ... It does not sound as good as a pro human, but it's not far off in my opinion. I've used that to listen…
comment by aedocw · 2023-08-02 · in Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it -
…in especially handy for books I want to listen to while doing yard work and stuff around the house. https://github.com/aedocw/epub2tts
comment by aedocw · 2023-06-19 · in Voicebox: Generative AI model for speech that generalizes across tasks -
…It's not as good as Eleven Labs, but it's far better than anything else I had previously heard. https://github.com/aedocw/epub2tts If anyone knows of better TTS synthesizers that I could use please let me know!
comment by aedocw · 2023-05-18 · in The Work of the Audiobook -
…enough searching, but I was surprised I didn't see anything out there that already worked this way. https://github.com/aedocw/epub2tts
comment by aedocw · 2023-04-29 · in Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?