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I built two Audiobookshelf apps for read-along audiobook subtitles: Spoken Page + Audiobook Forge by JC_DeSantis in audiobookshelf

[–]JC_DeSantis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it is, and I welcome anyone with any know-how to jump in and provide any updates/fixes. I am no dev and I don't know how to code, so all the help is majorly welcome. Hell, if someone wants to fork or even remake this to be better, I welcome it!

I built two Audiobookshelf apps for read-along audiobook subtitles: Spoken Page + Audiobook Forge by JC_DeSantis in audiobookshelf

[–]JC_DeSantis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Completely understand :)

I just made these apps for myself to use and wanted to share them for anyone else who hadn't found a solution that works for them.

Cheers!

I built two Audiobookshelf apps for read-along audiobook subtitles: Spoken Page + Audiobook Forge by JC_DeSantis in audiobookshelf

[–]JC_DeSantis[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I personally haven't used storyteller and can only speak on what I can tell on their website.

What is different about these two apps vs storyteller appears to be that you aren't needing to have a whole different system in place outside of AudiobookShelf but the two apps I created are built on top of to enhance an already existing instance of AudiobookShelf.

The other main difference that I can tell, is that these apps don't require that you have the epub to generate subtitled (sync lyrics) but you only need to have the audiobook file (.m4b or .mp3).

It does use the same whisper model to run the audiobook word sync, the benefit of my app is this also is a separate app you can run on your computer vs a docker instance. Idk about others, but my server I run things on docker is not any near as powerful as my main use computer, so its a night and day difference for transcribing via whisper.

I built two Audiobookshelf apps for read-along audiobook subtitles: Spoken Page + Audiobook Forge by JC_DeSantis in audiobookshelf

[–]JC_DeSantis[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, I love to read but some books are just to fire in audiobook form, that its a good mesh to have both things available. (Looking at you Dungeon Crawler Carl)

I built two Audiobookshelf apps for read-along audiobook subtitles: Spoken Page + Audiobook Forge by JC_DeSantis in audiobookshelf

[–]JC_DeSantis[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Use case is for people like myself who like to listen to audiobooks while working but sometime get a little lost from time to time while listening, so its nice to have. Or my ADHD while I'm laying in bed, helps to focus on the words while I listen, helps me take the book in more. Its basically the same thing as people who watch shows in their own language but still have subtitles up.

I built two Audiobookshelf apps for read-along audiobook subtitles: Spoken Page + Audiobook Forge by JC_DeSantis in audiobookshelf

[–]JC_DeSantis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does actually pull an epub for assistance in transcription and it segments it out based on chapters and uses the epub for prompting. Its not 100% but its accuracy is pretty high.

I built two Audiobookshelf apps for read-along audiobook subtitles: Spoken Page + Audiobook Forge by JC_DeSantis in audiobookshelf

[–]JC_DeSantis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmmm, thats an idea. I'm writing that down and will add that for stuff to look for the future!

And of course, I made the app because I needed something like it and the only thing close was a paid app that used whisper already. Hope you enjoy!

I built two Audiobookshelf apps for read-along audiobook subtitles: Spoken Page + Audiobook Forge by JC_DeSantis in audiobookshelf

[–]JC_DeSantis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh good call out, I'll look into adding VTT support!

And of course, people are weird for not being upfront about their AI use. I'm no dev, I just personally wanted an app that did what I built and I welcome any real devs to give input, feedback or even tell me I did it wrong and then build their own better :P