How to access thousands of free audiobooks, thanks to Microsoft AI and Project Gutenberg
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Available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other platforms, the free audiobooks use neural text-to-speech technology to read to you in a human-sounding voice.

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  • Isoprenoid@programming.dev
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    9 months ago

    The AI narrator sounds okay. The words are clearly pronounced. It mostly has a even tone and doesn't seem to give a lot of emotion, this is fair though. When it reads a quote within the text it changes its tone, which I think is cool.

    • spauldo@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      I once listened to a Harry Dresden book that was read by text-to-speech (back before they went back and had James Masters read all the books). It always said the word "wizard" (Harry's a wizard) sarcastically. It made it seem like all the other characters were making fun of him all the time and really changed the feel of the book.