Kokoro: 82M Parameter TTS Model Turns Ebooks into High-Quality Audiobooks

2025-01-15

Claudio Santini created Audiblez, a tool leveraging the lightweight 82M parameter text-to-speech model Kokoro to convert ebooks into high-quality audiobooks. Audiblez supports multiple languages and voices, converting large ebooks in a few hours. The Python-based tool requires installing necessary libraries and model files. While chapter detection is still a bit rough, it works well overall, with future improvements planned for chapter detection and added features.

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