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Re: Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free

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If your favourite book isn't available as an audiobook, give us a try: https://auditus.cc

We're working on releasing an API for Replica - we'll eventually be able to provide even more realistic voices you could use.

https://replicastudios.com

Auditus looks like a great idea.

Re: Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free

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If your favourite book isn't available as an audiobook, give us a try: https://auditus.cc

Does this use Google Text to Speech service?

That uses Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML), which can achieve realistic pauses gaps in speech.

https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/ssml

Re: Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free

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post #4

If your favourite book isn't available as an audiobook, give us a try: https://auditus.cc

Very nice quality — though it still sounds robotic a tad. There is no “breathing” breaks. Nice work though!

Don't worry it's coming soon :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22029803

Re: Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free

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post #6

If your favourite book isn't available as an audiobook, give us a try: https://auditus.cc

Does this use Google Text to Speech service? That uses Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML), which can achieve realistic pauses gaps in speech. https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/ssml

Sounds more like Polly :)
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