I've been working on a 'program"' (read as: overengineered bash script) It's called AI-Audiobook-Maker, and it was born out of my experiences with my 10-year-old cousin who is developmentally disabled. Despite his difficulties with reading, his enthusiasm for stories goes hard, even if he can't READ them.

Watching him, I realized that the world of books was kinda out of reach for him, and I suppose many others.

So, I set out to build something that could bridge this gap.

After only finding shitty, expensive subscription sites that only gave you a couple hours of audio gen, I wanted to make it a bit more accessible.

So I created a tool that can turn any text into a dope, natural sounding, engaging audiobook.

Features that make it better than using ElevenLabs or something:

- It does simple conversion of text files into audiobooks - You get a choice of six different voices and two models: tts-1 for faster processing and tts-1-hd for high-quality audio - Transparent and affordable pricing: only $0.015 per 1,000 characters

I converted 'Fuzzing The Machine', a textbook on bug hunting, and that cost around $5.

I've made it open-source in the hope that it can evolve and help more people.

Would love to hear what you think, hopefully it can help you too.

Audio Demo: https://voca.ro/1jrSMAA4WEsX

P.S (Looking for a job rn, hmu at jack<at>jackdarcy.com.au> if you'd like to chat!