[pulpfictional]

I've been looking for a good way to TTS longer PDFs and EPUBs into recordings so I may listen to them on the go. I'd like to take advantage of high quality TTS models but I'd prefer it to be one I may host myself.

Haven't found the right way yet, I'm considering: https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic3

[hagbard_c]

I use Librera Reader [1] for this, it handles both ePub as well as PDF and then some. The quality of the TTS output is dependent on what you have on your (Android) device since that is what it uses. I tend to use Google's TTS with a male UK voice which I tune down (as in deeper voice) and speed up a bit. It mostly works fine, probably better for nonfiction than fiction but that is what I mostly use it for anyway. You can swap between reading on-screen and listening since it keeps position in the document while reading aloud.

You can also have it read into an audio file is so desired which can be listened to later.

[1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.foobnix.pro.pdf.reader/

[adi4213]

If you’re an iOS user, try https://oration.app

[LeafItAlone]

Please don’t use HN primarily to promote your product. It is against the community guidelines.

[mdaniel]

It was a formal Show HN <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39316019> from a while back, so I think that's within bounds but I also agree that it should be one top-level comment and let it go, not replying every time with the same text