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Re: Ask HN: Where do you guys find audiobooks?

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Post by nickthegreek »

barbazoo wrote: post #31
entropie wrote: post #5

I made a telegram bot for my mother that downloads yt videos and extracts the audio and makes it available to her via jellyfin from my homeserver. She downloaded way over 1tb in a year. Once every few month I transfer everything to an SD kart and hand it to her. So: youtube is pretty full of audiobooks also very recent ones - and shes only searching for german ones.

I’m jealous, I wish my mum was into tech more so I could build stuff for her. But she’s a luddite :) Good for you.

if your mum can use netflix, she can use jellyfin.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you guys find audiobooks?

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Post by kwk1 »

malshe wrote: post #37
ROBERT_TABLES wrote: post #32

I download epub files and then have ElevenLabs read it to me using AI generated voices I created/cloned using its built in tool. I prefer this method because I can have a book narrated to me using any voice I want to. For example, I’m currently listening to the foundation novels but having it narrated by an AI clone of Lou Lobell’s voice since she narrates the tv show. You can also export narrations as mp3 files and…

Where do you get DRM-free epub files?

Perhaps not what you're looking for but there's plenty worth reading here for me: https://standardebooks.org/

Re: Ask HN: Where do you guys find audiobooks?

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Post by malshe »

tene80i wrote: post #24
eddythompson80 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can "rip" books you "buy" from Audible if you want them on a device that doesn't support Audible or is otherwise mainly offline.

Is this still possible? I’d love to move some of my audiobooks to an offline device but I struggled to find a way to do this.

I used https://openaudible.org/

Re: Ask HN: Where do you guys find audiobooks?

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Post by geor9e »

libgen > open .epub in EPUBReader extension in Edge browser > Read Aloud This Page (Microsoft Steffan Online Natural voice, Speed at max) . "Keep Awake" extension prevents laptop from sleeping. Bluetooth headphones let me walk around the room. It's not ideal for things like bike rides but otherwise it works well for me.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you guys find audiobooks?

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Post by Volundr »

tene80i wrote: post #24
eddythompson80 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can "rip" books you "buy" from Audible if you want them on a device that doesn't support Audible or is otherwise mainly offline.

Is this still possible? I’d love to move some of my audiobooks to an offline device but I struggled to find a way to do this.

I use Libation for this https://getlibation.com/

Re: Ask HN: Where do you guys find audiobooks?

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Post by derwiki »

gadders wrote: post #17

Libby: Source is local library Spotify Premium: You get a certain number of free hours per month BBC Sounds: Worst app of the lot, but they do have audio books I wish all of these apps implemented a "Default Sleep Mode" between, say, 10pm and 7am so if you press play it defaults to only playing for 30 mins. Podcast Republic has this.

IIUC you’re asking for a sleep timer? If so, built-in timer on iOS can “stop playing” instead of an alarm sound. Not sure about Android.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you guys find audiobooks?

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Post by derwiki »

ortusdux wrote: post #21

Tangentially related, but can anyone suggest an alternative to goodreads for discovering new audiobooks based of my past ratings?

I use Goodreads to track what I’ve read/listened to and my ratings, and then I dump it into LLM chat and ask for more recs. It’s not perfect but I get better recs than Goodreads itself.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you guys find audiobooks?

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Post by silverquiet »

navanchauhan wrote: post #9

If you want to sail the high seas, MyAnonaMouse is one of the best private trackers. If you want a public tracker, I’ve heard good things about Audiobookbay

I was going to post this - I just joined this week, but have a friend who has sourced audiobooks from it that I couldn't find any other way so it looks good so far. Their emphasis on friendliness is nice too and seems genuine.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you guys find audiobooks?

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Post by barbazoo »

nickthegreek wrote: post #41
barbazoo wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m jealous, I wish my mum was into tech more so I could build stuff for her. But she’s a luddite :) Good for you.

if your mum can use netflix, she can use jellyfin.

She doesn't use Netflix. Probably could if she learned but doesn't think she can.
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