[hereme888]

Good for you!

So similar to my app. But I'm not a real programmer, so of course your is more refined.

I almost launched the same exact online business.

Here's my version (my github version is a bit less refined than my local code):

https://github.com/sm18lr88/OpenAI_TTS_GUI

[yagudaev]

Super cool! Thanks for sharing that . Just clean up the UI a little to make it more attractive and hide certain options.

I also experimented with a desktop app and tried to run open-source models locally.

Being a "real programmer" actually hurts you, I had a lot of things to unlearn to just ship fast and keep iterating. I was too stuck looking for the "best practices" or for it to be "just right" (code words for perfectionism).

So keep iterating and writing many projects . This is project 12 in 16 weeks. I've been doing this challenge of 52 startups in 52 weeks. It's been tremendously helpful. (more about it: http://52shipped.com)

[hereme888]

Thanks for sharing that site!

I just converted my app from monolithic to modular, and switched from PySimpleGUI to Qt6.

I think the second biggest factor that kept me from launching the online business was reading up on all the big online marketplaces banning AI audiobooks, at least for now. So I just use it for myself.

Some of my initial versions even had a button to make the output compliant with part of the ACX requirements using complex ffmpeg commands.

I've also found that using the iZotope or Adobe Audition (best) algorithm to stretch the audio by 8-15% makes the listening experience better for difficult material, since OpenAI's slower speed settings don't sound well. So I tend to do tts-1-hd and a 12% stretch with Adobe Audition.