Storyteller
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ebook reader and audiobook sync
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Storyteller
An open-source, self-hostable synced narration platform for ebooks
smoores.gitlab.io#ebook audiobook sync#self-hosted ebook reader#epub media overlay#whispersync alternative
How HN took it
14 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.
Idea: 9 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Fills a gap left by Whispersync; wanted for years
From 2 comments
This looks absolutely incredible, and like something I’ve been trying to find for years! Thank you so much building this!
zachlatta on HNAwesome! Thanks for sharing and working on this! WhisperSync functionality is a game-changer; it's one of the main reasons I'm able to read so much (switching modalities several…
chrisweekly on HN
Good reader experience and sentence highlighting
From 1 comment
This is true, but it really limits the ability to highlight the current sentence visually while it's being read, which is great for language learning and for reducing cognitive…
smoores on HN
Objections
Only works with DRM-free ebooks and audiobooks
From 2 comments
This works only for drm-free ebooks and audiobooks?
klakierr on HNThat's what the docs say, yes
NoahKAndrews on HN
Docker-only setup is hard for some users
From 1 comment
Good job! I'm probably going to use this. Would love to have my collection accessible from mobile. A small "nit". Would be great to have non-docker installation instructions…
atmosx on HN
Requests
Server-side reading progress sync
From 2 comments
Not yet, but it's on the roadmap (https://gitlab.com/smoores/storyteller/-/issues/13)! This one actually ought to be pretty straightforward; the only trick to it is making sure…
smoores on HNThanks! Server-side position syncing and integration with KOReader are both on the roadmap, actually; you're not the first one to bring this up!
smoores on HN
KOReader and Kobo integration
From 1 comment
I absolutely love this. However, my wife and kids all read EPUBS on kobo e-readers, so I wish we could somehow sync the last page read from kobo to Storyteller so that we could…
rpxio on HN
Text-to-speech narration generation
From 2 comments
Super cool project! > even though there's still a lot more to do A few have asked on this thread already, but since you're already using AI to transcibe, it would be super cool…
mike986 on HNIt's on the list! https://gitlab.com/smoores/storyteller/-/issues/9
smoores on HN
Non-Docker installation instructions
From 1 comment
Good job! I'm probably going to use this. Would love to have my collection accessible from mobile. A small "nit". Would be great to have non-docker installation instructions…
atmosx on HN
Questions
How long does syncing a book take
From 2 comments
Amazing! I've made a similar ebooks-audiobooks aligner years ago: https://github.com/r4victor/syncabook. At that time, I chose to synthesize the text and align two audio…
r4victor on HNThe docs say it's usually 1-4 hours depending on the book and the hardware: https://smoores.gitlab.io/storyteller/docs/syncing-books The docs also have a detailed section about…
NoahKAndrews on HN
Minimum hardware requirements
From 1 comment
This looks awesome. I might be missing it somewhere, but what's the minimum required hardware to run something like this locally?
pseufaux on HN
Handling audio and text differences
From 2 comments
Amazing! I've made a similar ebooks-audiobooks aligner years ago: https://github.com/r4victor/syncabook. At that time, I chose to synthesize the text and align two audio…
r4victor on HNHello! syncabook is awesome, and indeed Storyteller does take "the opposite" approach when it comes to forced alignment. Others have linked to the docs, where I go into detail…
smoores on HN
Alternatives named
Audiobookshelf
From 2 comments
This is really neat, it's something I hadn't thought about before. I've started listening to audiobooks on my commute, but I read at night. I currently use audiobookshelf[0] to…
sphars on HNMore information would be nice, a link to the iOS app or screenshots or what features the project have. Is it a ebook/a book library like audiobookshelf with sync or just sync? (…
0x073 on HN
Amazon Whispersync for Voice
From 1 comment
This has existed for a while, it's called Whispersync for Voice. Not available for all titles but it's there
Infinitesimus on HN
Prologue app
From 1 comment
As noted elsewhere in the comments, you can use Plex with the Prologue app to literally have Plex for audiobooks. But yes, it seems this will also do what you want.
orand on HN