ebook2audiobook

by Drew ThomassonAppMake video or audio

Turns an e-book into an audiobook file with chapters, read aloud by AI voices

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The problem it solves

The book you want to read has no audiobook, and you only have time to listen on your commute.

For Audiobook listenersAuthors and self-publishersLanguage learners

Before: You wait for an audiobook that may never come, or use a reader app with a flat voice and no chapters.
After: You drop the e-book into the app, pick a language and voice, and download an audiobook file with chapters to play anywhere.

Stars: ★ 20k
License: Apache-2.0
Cost: Free
Platforms: Mac · Win · Linux · Web
Runs: Local · Cloud

Screenshots

From the project's own repository · 3 images, swipe or use the arrows.

The ebook2audiobook web interface with an e-book upload box, voice cloning upload, language and model choices — Image: Drew Thomasson (Apache-2.0). Original file

A finished M4B audiobook in the ebook2audiobook player, with a download link — Image: Drew Thomasson (Apache-2.0). Original file

Overview

ebook2audiobook is an open source app that converts e-books into audiobooks on your own computer. You drop an EPUB, MOBI, PDF or another supported file into its browser window, choose a language and voice, and get an audio file such as M4B or MP3 with chapters and book details. You can also clone a voice from a short sample of your own, and it reads scanned pages with text recognition. It suits listeners and creators who own DRM-free books.

It runs on your own computer with voice models for more than 1,000 languages, and keeps the book's chapters in the finished audiobook.

Try these first

Start with the first one: it is a small task you can check easily.

Paste a short public-domain paragraph into the text box, convert it with the default English voice and play it back.First try · stays on your computer
Upload [book.epub], choose English and convert it to an M4B audiobook with chapters.
Upload a short WAV sample of your own voice and convert one chapter in that voice.
Try the Hugging Face demo with a short text before installing it on your computer.uploads to Hugging Face

Example prompts written by Agent Flows Hub.

Features

From the creator's documentation.

Feature	What it does	Runs
E-book import	Reads EPUB, MOBI, PDF, TXT, DOCX, HTML and many other e-book formats	Your computer
Voices and languages	Several voice engines, more than 1,000 languages and fine-tuned preset models	Your computer
Voice cloning	Reads the book in a voice from a short audio sample you upload	Your computer
Chapters and formats	Saves M4B, MP3, FLAC, WAV and other formats with chapters and book details	Your computer
Scanned pages	Recognises text on pages that are images before reading them aloud	Your computer
Hosted demo	An online version on Hugging Face Spaces runs on a basic CPU, so conversions are slower	Hugging Face

Good to know

You own a DRM-free e-book and want to listen to it as an audiobook. You upload the file in the app's browser window, pick a language and voice, and download an audio file with chapters.

Limits

It is meant for DRM-free, legally acquired e-books only. EPUB files have no standard chapter structure, so remove text you don't want read aloud before converting.
The newer voice engines are very slow on a computer without a graphics card; the project suggests lower-quality engines such as YourTTS or Tacotron2 there.

Notes by Agent Flows Hub (original project name: ebook2audiobook), written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves. ebook2audiobook: README and instructions · ebook2audiobook on Hugging Face Spaces

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How to start

Install itPaste the install request into an AI agent you already use, or run the official command yourself or follow the official guide.macOS, Linuxgit clone https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook.git cd ebook2audiobook ./ebook2audiobook.command
Windowsgit clone https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook.git cd ebook2audiobook ebook2audiobook.cmd
Open itFollow the first-run steps in the app.
Give it a first taskConvert a short public-domain text with the default English voice, then play the result in the app and check the reading and pauses.

Steps follow the creator's instructions. The request tells your agent to read them first and wait for your OK.

Before you start

A computer with macOS, Windows, Linux or a web browser.
Git to download the project; the launch script installs the other programs it needs
At least 2 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended); a graphics card is recommended
A DRM-free e-book that you acquired legally
Free. Nothing to pay.

Details

Made by: Drew Thomasson
License: Apache-2.0 Terms
Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux, Web
Runs on: Your computer, Cloud

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For AI agents

This page as a Markdown install brief:

/en/library/ebook2audiobook/install.md

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