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Re: Show HN: Searchable library of free audiobooks

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I will definitely be using this. However it is missing some data. For example, filtering on author: aquinas yields nothing, but see https://librivox.org/author/1199?primary_key=1199&search_cat...

That's a good point; this definitely needs improvement. I'm planning to refine my data collection and matching process. Right now, I'm using string matching to build the tables, which may result in some data loss. The next iteration will include complete catalogs for all of them.

Librivox has a very open api:

https://librivox.org/api/info

For example, you can query using only the first letter, so it's quite easy to quickly cache their entire collection (please don't give them the HN hug of death):

https://librivox.org/ ... api/feed/audiobooks/author/^a

Of course, specify json or something closer to your internal data structures.

Re: Show HN: Searchable library of free audiobooks

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Please add a column whether it is an actual recording of a human voice or AI generated.

There needs to be a column for the name of the narrator. I will listen to almost anything read by a narrator that I like. The LibriVox version of Flatland has long, detailed descriptions of the illustrations, but I've still listened to it several times because the narrator has a great accent.

She's Ruth Golding btw. https://librivox.org/reader/2607?primary_key=2607&search_cat...

Re: Show HN: Searchable library of free audiobooks

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Please add a column whether it is an actual recording of a human voice or AI generated.

There needs to be a column for the name of the narrator. I will listen to almost anything read by a narrator that I like. The LibriVox version of Flatland has long, detailed descriptions of the illustrations, but I've still listened to it several times because the narrator has a great accent. She's Ruth Golding btw. https://librivox.org/reader/2607?primary_key=2607&search_cat...

That is a good idea. Thanks for the link to Ruth Golding, great voice!
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