Cat@ponder.cat to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoSpotify begins accepting AI-narrated audiobooks recorded using ElevenLabs' software; Spotify already allows AI-recorded audiobooks, with several restrictions.elevenlabs.ioexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down16
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minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoIs there a public tool to turn a book into an audiobook now?
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoElevenLabs is pretty much the premiere AI voice transcription service. It’s pretty wild.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoYeah, but is there anything that’s not >$100/month to transcribe one book worth of audio?
minus-squaretrailee@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 day agoYes! Read a book out loud, preferably to your kids, recording each chapter as a file. Then use m4b-tool to combine all the chapter files into a full audiobook.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoUnfortunately my toddler doesn’t have the same reading interests as I… I also don’t know if I could handle listening to my own voice.
Is there a public tool to turn a book into an audiobook now?
ElevenLabs is pretty much the premiere AI voice transcription service. It’s pretty wild.
Yeah, but is there anything that’s not >$100/month to transcribe one book worth of audio?
Yes! Read a book out loud, preferably to your kids, recording each chapter as a file. Then use m4b-tool to combine all the chapter files into a full audiobook.
Unfortunately my toddler doesn’t have the same reading interests as I… I also don’t know if I could handle listening to my own voice.