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Public Domain Spotlight: LibriVox

Access to cultural heritage is not a luxury; it’s a necessity. Founded in 2005, LibriVox stands out as a crucial resource, ensuring that our cultural heritage is freely and openly accessible.

by Sean Dudley via @internetarchive

blog.archive.org/2025/03/10/pu…

#publicdomain #audiobooks

Covers of six audio books produced by LibriVox, a public domain website for audio books. In the first row, the covers of "Kapumpo", "The Menace from Below" and "The Thirty-Nine Steps." In the second rwo: The House of Poo Corner, Red Harvest and The Sun also Rises.

Film Screening – Staff Picks from the Prelinger Archives

Prelinger Archives is in the final year of a three-year grant for mass-digitization of its film collection funded by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web. Since the start of the […]\n
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#audiobooks #publicdomain @internetarchive

Hey hey #AUDIOBOOKS folks, do you have a favorite free iOS app? Or one where you pay once and then you own it?

I'm looking for an app that will read my files, and do bookmarks. There is BookPlayer, which is lovely and I am paying for that currently, but I'm just curious if a free option exists?

(I'm happy paying the BookPlayer fellow I'm just wondering about other options for folks I'm trying to get off Audible, so you don't need to remind me to support people)

@audiobooks #bookstodon

#audiobooks #bookstodon @audiobooks group

I'm still hoping for a decent Hungarian AI-based TTS whenever a book comes up that I want to read. It's frustrating that even with all the tech advances, the best speech engines are basically the same as in 2006. Professional narrators reading non-fiction, making text and audio alignment less tedious and less resource-intense training could really help with this. I'm not expecting character voices or emotions, just something enjoyable. #Hungarian #AI #Audiobooks #TechFrustration
#AI #audiobooks #hungarian #techfrustration

#books #audiobooks #bookstodon

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... accessibleworld.org/podcast/te… #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

#opensource #podcast #audiobooks

#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

theguardian.com/technology/202…

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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

theguardian.com/technology/202…


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

#startrek #audiobooks #christmas #levarburton #readingrainbow

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? mosen.org/episode-205-my-most-…

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.

#AudioBooks #FDroid #Android #VLC #AudioAnchor #Syncthing

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

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