Generate audiobooks from E-books with Kokoro-82M
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Re: Generate audiobooks from E-books with Kokoro-82M
#2This looks really nice. And fast too it seems.
Re: Generate audiobooks from E-books with Kokoro-82M
#3For anyone looking for an easier alternative (and one without the bugs the author describes, such as skipping some prefaces or failing to detect some chapters), Voice Dream Reader on iOS (and macOS) handles .epub and other e-books just fine and supports a variety of built-in and external voices.
Re: Generate audiobooks from E-books with Kokoro-82M
#4This looks incredible! I’ve had an idea simmering in the back of my mind for a while now: creating an audiobook from an ebook for my commute using the voice of a specific audiobook narrator I really enjoy. The concept struck me after coming across the Infinite Conversation project here on HN. Unfortunately, I just haven’t found the time to bring it to life yet. :(
Re: Generate audiobooks from E-books with Kokoro-82M
#5Kokoro seemed pretty nice for the size. I guess it is not much mvetter than a lot of the simpler tts. But at least it sounds less machinic than a few bad ones.
Re: Generate audiobooks from E-books with Kokoro-82M
#6I would for sure not want this for fiction, it's too obvious that the voice has no understanding whatsoever of the text, but it's probably pretty nice for converting short news texts or notifications to audio.
Re: Generate audiobooks from E-books with Kokoro-82M
#7Would this also be the best option if you just want to convert plain text files to audio?
Re: Generate audiobooks from E-books with Kokoro-82M
#8Kokoro seemed pretty nice for the size. I guess it is not much mvetter than a lot of the simpler tts. But at least it sounds less machinic than a few bad ones.
It is essentially a set of voice models building on https://huggingface.co/spaces/styletts2/styletts2
The odd thing is that while they are releasing these great sounding models, they are not documenting the training process. What we want to know is what magic if any allowed them to create such wonderful voices...
Re: Generate audiobooks from E-books with Kokoro-82M
#9Sounds better than many books on Audible.
Re: Generate audiobooks from E-books with Kokoro-82M
#10For anyone looking for an easier alternative (and one without the bugs the author describes, such as skipping some prefaces or failing to detect some chapters), Voice Dream Reader on iOS (and macOS) handles .epub and other e-books just fine and supports a variety of built-in and external voices.
Another subscription.
$80/yr.
Yaaaaaay.