I am big time user of Amazon’s WhisperSync feature. With that feature I can simultaneously read the book and listen to it.
This is especially helpful when you’re on the go but still want to have a visual now and then or highlight text for later.
The problem is that many books don’t offer that feature. There is a built-in read function now in the kindle app, but it’s crap.
So, if you ask me, I’d prefer a good human-written book with an additional AI voice on top to enable that feature for me.
I'm obsessed with "simultaneously read the book and listen to it". Thats why I built WithAudio. You can checkout the demo here: https://desktop.with.audio/reader-demo
I'd love to hear any feedback you have. "prefer a good human-written book with an additional AI voice on top to enable that feature for me" is exactly what I prefer when it comes to reading.
Very surprising that you're offering this without subscription. Huge selling point. Next time the need arises, I'll come back for WithAudio.
Thanks! Will definitely check it out
yeah, i don't see the problem. using a generated voice, no matter how, only affects the audiobook, not the actual book. if i don't like the voice i can ignore it. i am part of a group that occasionally gets email from new authors wanting us to review their books. and some of them sound really interesting, and i'd love to read them, but i can only do audiobook, so i would be very happy if the author went through the effort to generate an audiobook that i could listen to.
Thre's a nice project that attempts to do this: https://gitlab.com/storyteller-platform/storyteller
I've been meaning to use its position sync protocol with KoReader, but it's not trivial.