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NLS BARD Express. You can now listen to NLS Audio Books and Magazine's right on your Windows computer using the BARD Express software. So now you can do everything right from BARD Express; search and find the books you want, add them to your wish list or download them, and now play and listen to them! The Tek Talk podcast had two gentlemen from NLS to talk about and demostrate the new BARD Express software. You can check it out and give it a listen here... https://accessibleworld.org/podcast/tek-talk-welcomes-zhi-huang-and-don-olson-of-nls-bard-to-discuss-playing-audio-books-with-bard-express-for-windows-03-04-2024/ #TekTalk #NLS #BARD #BardExpress #Windows #AudioBooks #Blind

Tek Talk welcomes Zhi Huang and Don Olson of NLS BARD to discuss Playing audio books with BARD Express for Windows. 03/04/2024 – Accessible World

accessibleworld.org
#blind #Windows #audiobooks #bard #nls #tektalk #bardexpress

To nevypadá vůbec špatně 👍
Aplikace i pro android.
https://www.audiobookshelf.org/
#opensource #audiobooks #podcast

AudioBookshelf

Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server
www.audiobookshelf.org
#opensource #podcast #audiobooks

If you're looking for samples of #audiobooks narrated by AI, search for the term "Narrated by Apple Books" in the Apple Books app. It will pull up a list of books converted to Audio by #Apple.

Here are a few samples:

https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1636546592

https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1640349620

#bookstodon #accessibility #audio

‎Loving From Afar

‎Romance · 2022
Apple Books
#Accessibility #apple #audio #audiobooks #bookstodon

Here's a good piece that lays out some advantages to #AI narrated #audiobooks. The trouble is that there is no analysis of what happens when an author or publisher decides to forego hiring a human and go directly to this method.

Why AI audiobook narrators could win over some authors and readers, despite the vocal bumps

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/05/why-ai-audiobook-narrators-could-win-over-some-authors-and-readers-despite-the-vocal-bumps

#books #bookstodon

Why AI audiobook narrators could win over some authors and readers, despite the vocal bumps

Apple and Google’s AI turn in a booming market may sound less than human and raise the ire of voiceover actors, but it has cost benefits
Lois Beckett (The Guardian)
#books #AI #audiobooks #bookstodon

I really enjoy listening to audiobooks and appreciate the emotion and nuance that skilled narrators bring to the story. So I have my (considerable) doubts that AI-voiced audiobooks will be just as good. Hope this doesn’t become the norm. #Bookstodon #BookToot #AudioBooks #AI

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/04/apple-artificial-intelligence-ai-audiobooks

Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks

Exclusive: tech firm quietly launches new audiobook catalogue narrated by AI – but move expected to spark backlash
Leyland Cecco (The Guardian)
#AI #audiobooks #bookstodon #booktoot

FYI, I just found this out and maybe it will interest others -

You can get "A Christmas Carol" narrated by LeVar Burton for free on Apple Books at the moment. :blobhajTinyHeart: He does an excellent job! 🎄

https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/a-christmas-carol/id1651251297

#levarburton #christmas #audiobooks #startrek #readingrainbow

‎A Christmas Carol

‎Fiction · 2022
Apple Books
#startrek #audiobooks #christmas #levarburton #readingrainbow

@bookstodon
NEW RESOURCE ALERT 🚨
Just come across these guys as a sustainable and ethically run alternative to Bezos for #audiobooks
https://xigxag.co.uk/
#bookstodon #books #sustainability #ethicalconsumption #climate #thereisnoplanetb #wordnerd

UK Audiobooks From £7.99 (or less) - xigxag

xigxag: no subscription audiobooks, better prices the more you listen and exclusive access to the listen-and-read x-book®. Proud B Corp™.
xigxag
#books #sustainability #climate #audiobooks #bookstodon #ethicalconsumption #thereisnoplanetb #wordnerd @bookstodon group

Episode 205 of the Mosen at Large #Podcast is now available wherever you get podcasts. My most bizarre #Windows experience ever, the real-world impact of #iOS bugs, how to maintain maximum #iPhone battery health for years, and #audiobooks on the BlindShell Classic 2. Plus, if a hotel has discriminated against you because of a guide dog but apologise, would you go back? https://mosen.org/episode-205-my-most-bizarre-windows-experience-ever-the-real-world-impact-of-ios-bugs-how-to-maintain-maximum-iphone-battery-health-for-years-and-audiobooks-on-the-blindshell-classic-2/

Episode 205: My most bizarre Windows experience ever, the real-world impact of iOS bugs, how to maintain maximum iPhone battery health for years, and audiobooks on the BlindShell Classic 2

Kia ora Mosen At Largers. A reminder that this podcast is indexed by chapter. If you listen with a podcast client that offers chapter support, you can easily skip between segments. We also make tra…
Mosen At Large
#Windows #ios #podcast #iphone #audiobooks

VLC on Android isn't a good choice for playing audiobooks. It loses a few seconds when trying to change playback speed. Also, it doesn't understand a folder of audio files as one book.

I switched to AudioAnchor from F-Droid. It doesn't suffer from the above two issues. However, it expects a folder for each book, even if it's a single file.

I have a Syncthing folder for Audiobooks now, holding only the current ones.

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#android #fdroid #syncthing #audiobooks #VLC #AudioAnchor

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