Show HN: I built a smart audiobook converter that sounds human (not KokoroTTS)

Category: other

Tags: text-to-speech, audiobook, epub, pdf-conversion, ios-app

Score: 5.3/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 5, Documentation: 3, Utility: 6)

Book2Speech is a web and iOS service that converts DRM-free EPUB, PDF, and documents into audiobooks using a library of 265 narrators across 42 languages, with automatic chapter detection and cross-device progress syncing. It offers a polished end-user product with natural-sounding voices, though the underlying technology is not open source and the HN launch received minimal engagement.

Target audience: general consumers, visually impaired users, commuters, students

Repository: https://www.book2speech.com/

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