alt Hacker NewsI am big time user of Amazon’s WhisperSync feature. With that feature I can simultaneously read the book and listen to it.
This is especially helpful when you’re on the go but still want to have a visual now and then or highlight text for later.
The problem is that many books don’t offer that feature. There is a built-in read function now in the kindle app, but it’s crap.
So, if you ask me, I’d prefer a good human-written book with an additional AI voice on top to enable that feature for me.
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yeah, i don't see the problem. using a generated voice, no matter how, only affects the audiobook, not the actual book. if i don't like the voice i can ignore it. i am part of a group that occasionally gets email from new authors wanting us to review their books. and some of them sound really interesting, and i'd love to read them, but i can only do audiobook, so i would be very happy if the author went through the effort to generate an audiobook that i could listen to.
Thre's a nice project that attempts to do this: https://gitlab.com/storyteller-platform/storyteller
I've been meaning to use its position sync protocol with KoReader, but it's not trivial.
I'm obsessed with "simultaneously read the book and listen to it". Thats why I built WithAudio. You can checkout the demo here: https://desktop.with.audio/reader-demo
I'd love to hear any feedback you have. "prefer a good human-written book with an additional AI voice on top to enable that feature for me" is exactly what I prefer when it comes to reading.