In simple English
This tool takes a book file and reads it aloud with an artificial voice. It supports thousands of languages and lets you clone any voice from a short audio clip. You can run it on your own computer with a graphical screen or in a terminal. It needs some computer memory and works best if your computer has a graphics card. The software is free to use.
What it is
A Python application that converts e-books and text documents into audiobooks using multiple speech generation engines. It runs through a web browser interface or a command-line tool, and includes options for chapter splitting and audio cleanup.
What it is good for
Solo builders and readers who want to listen to their digital book collection, study materials, or custom text without paying for commercial narration services.
- Supports dozens of speech engines and over a thousand languages.
- Includes a web-based screen for easy setup and file conversion.
- Can clone a new voice from a short audio recording.
- Requires at least 2 GB of memory and performs slowly without a graphics card.
- Complex installation process with many large machine learning dependencies.
- Long books take significant time to process and convert.
Paid audiobook creation tools and manual text reading software.
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git clone https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook.git cd ebook2audiobook ./ebook2audiobook.command