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This project aims to make literature more accessible to (audio)book-lovers everywhere and democratize access to high quality audiobooks. Whether you are learning to read, looking for inclusive reading technology, or about to head out on a long drive, we hope you enjoy this audiobook collection.<br> </h1> <div class="w-layout-vflex flex-block"> <div class="html-embed w-embed w-script"> <script type="text/javascript" async="" src="https://play.vidyard.com/embed/v4.js"></script><img style="width: 100%; margin: auto; display: block;" class="vidyard-player-embed" src="https://play.vidyard.com/rB4GtYDJ4HJ57RZTU4EUS5.jpg" data-uuid="rB4GtYDJ4HJ57RZTU4EUS5" data-v="4" data-type="inline"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="Listen" class="section"> <h1 class="h1">Listen</h1> <div class="section-margin"> <div class="section-width"> <div class="w-layout-grid press-grid"> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0ujyYZ9YgYX9vf3XWjyDOh" id="w-node-f0702e60-eb26-97ff-c5c4-855afe98218d-97fb0eaf" target="_blank" class="press-link w-inline-block"><img src="images/Spotify_logo_with_text.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="press-image"></a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-project-gutenberg-open-audiobook-collection/id1680867884" target="_blank" class="press-link w-inline-block"><img src="images/US_UK_Apple_Podcasts_Listen_Badge_RGB.svg" loading="lazy" width="197" alt="" class="press-image"></a> <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJoYW1pbHJlc2VhcmNoNC5ibG9iLmNvcmUud2luZG93cy5uZXQvZ3V0ZW5iZXJnLXB1YmxpYy9yc3MueG1s" id="w-node-f0702e60-eb26-97ff-c5c4-855afe98218f-97fb0eaf" target="_blank" class="press-link w-inline-block"><img src="images/google-podcasts-logozeevector-1.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="press-image"></a> <a href="https://archive.org/details/@project_gutenberg_and_microsoft?tab=uploads" id="w-node-f0702e60-eb26-97ff-c5c4-855afe98218b-97fb0eaf" target="_blank" class="press-link w-inline-block"><img src="images/archive-ar21.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="press-image"></a> <a href="browse.html" target="_blank" class="press-link w-inline-block"><img src="images/browse_collection.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="press-image"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="Coming-Soon" class="section"></div> <div id="Code" class="section"> <h1 class="h1">Code</h1> <div class="section-margin"> <div class="section-width"> <div class="w-layout-grid press-grid"> <a href="https://microsoft.github.io/SynapseML/docs/Explore%20Algorithms/AI%20Services/Quickstart%20-%20Create%20Audiobooks/" id="w-node-_77ec1917-b68f-5501-8f2b-c05f8596511a-97fb0eaf" target="_blank" class="press-link w-inline-block"><img src="images/synapseml_white.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="press-image"></a> <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/SynapseML" id="w-node-_77ec1917-b68f-5501-8f2b-c05f85965118-97fb0eaf" target="_blank" class="press-link w-inline-block"><img src="images/GitHub_Logo.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="press-image"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="Paper" class="section"> <h1 class="h1">Paper</h1> <div class="section-margin"> <div class="section-width"> <h1 class="bio-text">For more technical information on the code used to generate these audiobooks please see our Interspeech 2023 Show and Tell Paper: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.03926" class="link">Large-Scale Automatic Audiobook Creation</a><br></h1> <h1 class="bibtex-header">Bibtex:<br></h1> </div> <div class="code-block">@misc{walsh2023largescale,<br> title={Large-Scale Automatic Audiobook Creation},<br> author={Brendan Walsh and Mark Hamilton and Greg Newby<br> and Xi Wang and Serena Ruan and Sheng Zhao <br> and Lei He and Shaofei Zhang and Eric Dettinger <br> and William T. Freeman and Markus Weimer},<br> year={2023},<br> eprint={2309.03926},<br> archivePrefix={arXiv},<br> primaryClass={cs.SD}<br>}</div> </div> </div> <div id="Accountability" class="section"> <h1 class="h1">Accountability</h1> <div class="section-margin"> <div class="section-width"> <h1 class="bio-text">The audiobooks here are generated by new neural text to speech technology and automated parsing of the e-books in the Project Gutenberg collection. Some audiobooks may contain errors, strange pronunciations, offensive language, or content not suitable for all audiences. The language and views presented in these audiobooks are do not represent the views of Microsoft or Project Gutenberg. To report an issue with a recording please visit <a href="https://aka.ms/audiobook-issues" target="_blank" class="link">https://aka.ms/audiobook-issues</a>. <br></h1> </div> </div> </div> <script src="https://d3e54v103j8qbb.cloudfront.net/js/jquery-3.5.1.min.dc5e7f18c8.js?site=63ff66a20987c84040fb0eae" type="text/javascript" integrity="sha256-9/aliU8dGd2tb6OSsuzixeV4y/faTqgFtohetphbbj0=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script src="js/webflow.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </body> </html>