Also, most public libraries have extensive audiobook and ebook archives, and there are apps that bring all that content straight to your phone. If you live somewhere that has library access, you can greatly and easily expand your access to books, new and old through that method.
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#12Why is this sorted by author name ? Site is very spammy and unusable
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#13Do these free audio books collection also has transcripts? I want to use them to train my Speech to text model.
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#14Do these free audio books collection also has transcripts? I want to use them to train my Speech to text model.
The books that are read are typically available in their original textual form at places like Project Gutenberg which curate texts in the public domain.
As for timestamps, I'm not aware of anything other than the chapter markers.
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#15If your favourite book isn't available as an audiobook, give us a try: https://auditus.cc
Voice quality and price seems good enough for me to use a lot - as most books / media I want to read are too niche for Audible, etc.
I tried to order, but it errored out because of some file not readable error, but error was fatal and with no recourse but doing everything again.
I would use this all the time if it was a little smoother. Hit me up if I can be helpful. (see my profile here for email)
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#16See also https://librivox.org for free public domain audiobooks.
I've been listening to Jane Eyre through librivox while I do the dishes. Excellent service, excellent voice actresses.
Another Librivox treasure is David Clarke's reading of The Count of Monte Cristo:
https://librivox.org/the-count-of-monte-cristo-version-3-by-...
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#17If your favourite book isn't available as an audiobook, give us a try: https://auditus.cc
Voice quality and price seems good enough for me to use a lot - as most books / media I want to read are too niche for Audible, etc. I tried to order, but it errored out because of some file not readable error, but error was fatal and with no recourse but doing everything again. I would use this all the time if it was a little smoother. Hit me up if I can be helpful. (see my profile here for email)
Will do, thanks for letting us know about the error.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been listening to Jane Eyre through librivox while I do the dishes. Excellent service, excellent voice actresses.
Another Librivox treasure is David Clarke's reading of The Count of Monte Cristo : https://librivox.org/the-count-of-monte-cristo-version-3-by-...
Treasure Island v2 read by Adrian praetzellis is ... Also a treasure
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#19Why is this sorted by author name ? Site is very spammy and unusable
And the the domain keywordblocks.com is directed to media.net which is blocked by Ublock origin.
Not encouraging!
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#20See also https://librivox.org for free public domain audiobooks.
These kinds of sites really could use a "Top 100" or "Most Popular" feature for when you just want to see what's on tap and don't necessarily have a specific book in mind.
Amazing resource, though. After recording a short story I wrote, I have even more respect for people who volunteer their time to librivox. I had to do a surprising amount of editing and re-takes just reading my tiny story. Could barely get through a paragraph without some sort of error, even if it was just a weirdly timed breath.