Convert eBooks to audiobooks with chapters and metadata using Calibre and eSpeak-ng. Supports multiple languages and customizable voice settings!
- 📖 Converts eBooks to text format using Calibre.
- 📚 Splits eBooks into chapters for organized audio.
- 🎙️ High-quality text-to-speech using eSpeak-ng.
- 🌍 Supports multiple languages and accents.
- 🎛️ Customizable voice, speed, and pitch settings.
- 🖥️ User-friendly Gradio web interface.
- ⚡ Designed to run lighting fast on only 100 MB ram.
- Python 3.x
gradioPython package- Calibre (for eBook conversion)
- FFmpeg (for audiobook creation)
- eSpeak-ng (for text-to-speech)
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Install Python 3.x from Python.org.
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Install Calibre:
- Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install -y calibre - macOS:
brew install calibre - Windows (Admin Powershell):
choco install calibre
- Ubuntu:
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Install FFmpeg:
- Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install -y ffmpeg - macOS:
brew install ffmpeg - Windows (Admin Powershell):
choco install ffmpeg
- Ubuntu:
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Install eSpeak-ng:
- Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install -y espeak-ng - macOS:
brew install espeak-ng - Windows (Admin Powershell):
choco install espeak-ng
- Ubuntu:
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Install Python packages:
pip install gradio bs4 pydub nltk beautifulsoup4 ebooklib tqdm
For non-Latin languages:
python -m nltk.downloader punkt
eSpeak-ng provides a variety of voices for different languages and accents:
- Afrikaans:
af - Amharic:
am - Arabic:
ar - Bengali:
bn - Bosnian:
bs - Catalan:
ca - Chinese (Mandarin):
cmn - Croatian:
hr - Czech:
cs - Danish:
da - Dutch:
nl - English (Great Britain):
en-gb - English (America):
en-us - Esperanto:
eo - Finnish:
fi - French:
fr - German:
de - Greek:
el - Hindi:
hi - Hungarian:
hu - Icelandic:
is - Italian:
it - Japanese:
ja - Korean:
ko - Latvian:
lv - Macedonian:
mk - Norwegian (Bokmål):
nb - Polish:
pl - Portuguese (Brazil):
pt-br - Portuguese (Portugal):
pt - Russian:
ru - Spanish (Spain):
es - Swedish:
sv - Turkish:
tr - Vietnamese:
vi - Welsh:
cy
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Run the Script:
python gradio_launch.py
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Open the Web App: Click the URL provided in the terminal to access the web app and convert eBooks.
You can also use Docker to run the eBook to Audiobook converter. This method ensures consistency across different environments and simplifies setup.
To run the Docker container and start the Gradio interface, use the following command:
docker run -it --rm -p 7860:7860 athomasson2/ebook2audiobookespeak:latestThis command will start the Gradio interface on port 7860. (localhost:7860)
For more details, visit the Docker Hub Page.
.epub,.pdf,.mobi,.txt,.html,.rtf,.chm,.lit,.pdb,.fb2,.odt,.cbr,.cbz,.prc,.lrf,.pml,.snb,.cbc,.rb,.tcr- Best results:
.epubor.mobifor automatic chapter detection
- Creates an
.m4bfile with metadata and chapters.
demo_mini_story_chapters_Drew.mp4
- eSpeak-ng: eSpeak-ng GitHub
- Calibre: Calibre Website
- Inspiration from Smiling friends Spamtopia episode Season 2 Episode 7
