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Re: ElevenReader

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Post by darkwater »

reustle wrote: post #78
darkwater wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I understand, It can do things that weren't previously possible, but it will also replace things that were done by humans, by artists before. Overall, in my opinion, is still a loss.

I think calling this art is a stretch, as they usually aren’t the author. By automating it, it lowers the barrier to access this type of audio content for the masses. If you want to choose to pay someone you read something for you, the market allows that. This feels like a net gain.

If the AI content is good enough, nobody will use it, or at least not in the numbers that Audible et similia had before. It will just be a tiny minority following their principles.

We lived this already with social networks. Initially us tech enthusiasts were all like "it will democratize access to news, it democratize producing the news! curated work will still be there, it's a net gain". And we all saw how it actually developed. As someone on the Internet said, I want AI to do my laundry and repeating task so I can do art or other more interesting things, I don't want AI to do arts and force me to do laundry by hand because due to AI taking my job now I don't have money to pay for a washing machine.

Re: ElevenReader

#92

Post by podgietaru »

emptysongglass wrote: post #3

I would never trust the company that acquired Omnivore only to sunset it with 2 weeks notice to retrieve data. Companies won't stop pulling this garbage unless we stop supporting them.

I want to say, a lot of effort has been made recently to allow you to Self-Host Omnivore. I have done a lot to move it over so that all the features are self-hostable, including rewriting the entire PDF stack. I received a lot of support from the devs doing this too.

I know the decisions of the Dev team were disappointing, but it's also worth pointing out that the site was kept up until around last month - despite the warning stating that'd be down in November.

Omnivore could have shut down their code base, and prevented self-hosting entirely. I'm glad they didn't.

Re: ElevenReader

#93

Post by andrewstuart »

TTS seemed to take a great leap forward a few years ago and seems to have stalled again.

Services are expensive and in most cases the voices are easily detectable as not human. I would find it very hard to listen to such voices for a long period of time.

Even ElevenLabs voices which seem to be known as the best have only a few that are really good quality but even then they're very, very far from the capabilities of a human.

Re: ElevenReader

#94

Post by csantini »

eamag wrote: post #80
simongray wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh no, it doesn't run on Apple Silicon. That's too bad.

I wrote about a similar model for MLX that can run be on apple silicon https://eamag.me/2025/Voice-Cloning

Hi eamag, this sounds great! I'm gonna try add it to Audiblez

Re: ElevenReader

#95

Post by wink »

> Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the browser console for more information).

Probably because I have WebGL disabled in this browser. Not exactly sure what they're doing with it on the landing page, maybe the fluffy effects.

Re: ElevenReader

#97

Post by mhuffman »

simongray wrote: post #58
csantini wrote: post #12

You can get pretty close with open source software: https://claudio.uk/posts/audiblez-v4.html

Oh no, it doesn't run on Apple Silicon. That's too bad.

>Oh no, it doesn't run on Apple Silicon. That's too bad.

Interesting, because the hero image is a Mac App screenshot.

Re: ElevenReader

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Post by Klaster_1 »

juliendorra wrote: post #69

You should try it with your own voice! (By first creating a custom voice on the web interface. The quick basic clone should be enough). I found that it’s my preferred way to use their reader, as it makes the reading more neutral and transparent for my brain.

Personally, I can't stand my voice when I hear its recording. I wish there was a way to easily tune it to sound more like what you hear. Maybe even use that adjusted voice during calls.

Re: ElevenReader

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Post by nkmnz »

anonymous344 wrote: post #96
csantini wrote: post #12

You can get pretty close with open source software: https://claudio.uk/posts/audiblez-v4.html

does this run on linux machine also?

third line on the page right below the first image says: > Audiblez 4.2 running on MacOSX via wxWidgets. Linux and Windows are supported too

Re: ElevenReader

#100

Post by brokensegue »

jeswin wrote: post #54
yreg wrote: post #45

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I'm curious, is there evidence it is unsafe?

I can listen to a song while coding. I can't listen to a podcast while coding. A podcast demands way more attention than a song. 1.2 million people die in road accidents, and most of them are children and young people. Even more are seriously injured.

People listen to talk radio while driving all the time
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