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Open-Source Tool 'abogen' Converts EPUB, PDF and Text Into Audiobooks With Synchronized Captions

  • Media Generation
  • Open Source

A newly circulated open-source project called abogen turns EPUB, PDF, plain text, Markdown and subtitle files into narrated audiobooks with time-synced captions, running locally with optional GPU acceleration. The tool, developed by denizsafak and published on GitHub, pitches itself as a free alternative to commercial text-to-speech services for readers and content creators who want to listen to documents or produce voiceovers.

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