🎧 Audiobook Simplifier

Audiobook Simplifier is a tool that creates audiobooks from text documents or eBooks using TTS (Text-to-Speech) technology.

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📘 Description

This project converts text documents or eBooks into audio files using TTSv2, making written content accessible in audio format. Ideal for accessibility, visually impaired users, or anyone who prefers listening to a book instead of reading.

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⚙️ Installation

🔧 Prerequisites

Make sure the following components are installed:

• Python 3.10
  👉 Download Python 3.10.11 (Windows) OR Download Python 3.10.11 (Windows-Store)

  During installation:

  • Check "Install for all users".
  • Check "Add Python to PATH".

• Download Microsoft C++ Authoring Tools -👉 https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/fr/visual-cpp-build-tools/

• FFmpeg
  👉 Download FFmpeg

  Add FFmpeg to your system PATH variable.

  Command terminal

  winget install "FFmpeg (Essentials Build)"

• Git
  👉 Download Git OR https://git-scm.com/downloads

🔧 Only for Nvidia card owners

• CUDA Toolkit 11.8
  👉 Download CUDA Toolkit 11.8

• cuDNN v8.9.7 for CUDA 11
  👉 Download cuDNN v8.9.7

  Unzip and copy the files into :
  C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.8

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📦 Project Installation on Linux and Windows

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/EasyAI-France/audiobook-simplifier.git
   cd audiobook-simplifier

🔧 Only for Nvidia card owners

2. (Recommended) Install dependencies in a virtual environment:

   python -m venv .venv
   .venv\Scripts\activate
   pip install torch==2.5.1 torchvision==0.20.1 torchaudio==2.5.1 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118
   pip install -r requirements.txt

🔧For others

2. (Recommended) Install dependencies in a virtual environment:

   python -m venv .venv
   .venv\Scripts\activate
   pip install torch==2.5.1 torchvision==0.20.1 torchaudio==2.5.1 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
   pip install -r requirements.txt

Project Installation on Windows Only

• Double-click install.bat.
• Select your graphics
• Once the project is installed, the terminal closes by itself

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📦 Installing the project on Docker

Clone the GitHub directory, then navigate to the root of the Audiobook-Simplifier directory, where the Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml files are located. To create your Docker image, type in the terminal:

docker build -t audiobook_simplifier .

👉 To launch it in English, type:

docker run --name EasyAI -e LANGUE=eng -p 7860:7860 audiobook_simplifier

👉 Or to launch it in French:

docker run --name EasyAI -e LANGUE=fr -p 7860:7860 audiobook_simplifier

▶️ Usage

Start the application

On Windows:

• Double-click start.bat.
• Select your language.
• Open the displayed URL in your browser.

Command line (Python):

.venv\Scripts\activate
python scripts\main_eng.py

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Usage Instructions

1. Select a TTS voice in .wav format.
2. Choose the language from the dropdown menu.
3. Enable or disable subtitles.
4. Upload your text file or eBook (optimized for one paragraph at a time).
5. Process the text to make it more understandable for the TTS engine.
6. Convert text files into audio files (multiple segments will be created in the cache folder).
7. In the terminal: You must accept the terms of the CPML non-commercial license: https://coqui.ai/cpml
8. Compile segments into a single audio file using the "Compile audio files" button.
9. Listen to and download your audiobook.
10. Clear the cache using the "Delete files" button.

In case of an incorrectly generated file:

1. Click on “Transform an audio”.
2. Enter the name of the .wav file.
3. Rewrite the text to be fixed.
4. Click “Recompile audio file”.

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🤝 Contributing

This project is maintained by EasyAI-France.
It uses the open-source TTS engine from Coqui TTS.

Contributions are welcome!
Feel free to submit improvements, bug fixes, or issues.

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📝 License

This project is distributed under an MPL-2.0 license.

📫 Contact

For questions, feedback, or suggestions:
📧 easyaivideo@gmail.com

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