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Luna_C_Pibbles Kirk/Spock :marseydead: :marseytrans:  1yr ago (engadget.com) 1,951 thread views #159902

Audible has ad breaks now :marseylaugh:

https://www.engadget.com/audible-is-now-testing-ads-in-your-audiobooks-for-some-reason-185337088.html

You will never be a real reader

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This is why I download books (legally :marseywink:) and use TTS.

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This sounds awful bb

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Many modern TTSs actually sound pretty good, we've gone past the era of services like EasySpeak and Microsoft Sam.

Now if only I could figure out how to get Mimic 3 to work...

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how much longer until i can get queen tay to read me all my books? :tayhappy:

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If you're willing to fork over some cash, right now: check out elevenai's speech synthesis tool

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YMMV but if you are willing to pay (I'm not, I'm cheap af) https://beta.elevenlabs.io/ is pretty good. Or wait until VALL-E releases, that one will prob be even better.

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tell me more about this pls. i am a massive massive gymcel and spend literally hours a day in the gym. i must read more.

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Bit late to respond, sorry.

If you want TTS for the web, check out Microsoft Edge for Android. It has an amazing TTS that's free. It's a bit jank and sometimes pauses, but it sounds way better than Google TTS imo. You can access it by going to any web page, tapping the 3 dots button and scrolling down to the "Read Aloud" option.

If you want to read aloud PDFs and EPUBs, check out Librera on FDroid, tap the icon in the bottom left with the guy wearing headphones. It lets you use any TTS engines you have installed. If you want the Edge TTS download this: https://github.com/ag2s20150909/TTS (a bit sketch but I can confirm it works) and select it as your TTS engine. You will have to play around in the TTS settings to get better results but it is worth it. Of course if you don't like the Edge TTS you can use whatever engine you like, though many are paid.

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Ty bro I’m gonna listen to all this shit now

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