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I download epub files and then have ElevenLabs read it to me using AI generated voices I created/cloned using its built in tool. I prefer this method because I can have a book narrated to me using any voice I want to. For example, I’m currently listening to the foundation novels but having it narrated by an AI clone of Lou Lobell’s voice since she narrates the tv show. You can also export narrations as mp3 files and listen to them however you want.

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What is the average cost of using elevenlabs for that? they have great voices, but I would have assumed this would have been cost prohibitive.

If you do it through their iOS app it's completely free.

I pay $22 for the unlimited subscription which allows me to generate more audio narration than I can reasonably listen to in 1 month.

Where do you get DRM-free epub files?

Perhaps not what you're looking for but there's plenty worth reading here for me: https://standardebooks.org/

I pirate books that I own physical copies of or find them on archive.org.

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