Thanks entirely to the help of a friend very generous with his time (Shane Coombs), I have been able to obtain a computer voice (what is known as "TTS" or text-to-speech) with an open license (i.e., for free and unrestricted commercial use). Ironically (given the subject matter of my first Audio Collection) the TTS program I'm using is entitled MARY (Modular Architecture for Research on speech sYnthesis).
Each "Audio Collection" is a compilation of apologetic presentations of mine from various sources (as opposed to an "audiobook" of one of my actual books), edited anew especially for audio, with occasional additions here and there. The time length will be a little less than 80 minutes, so that the entire set can be burned onto a single CD, if that is desired. All the files are mp3's: the most widely used format. They can be played on a computer and with all kinds of audio playing devices.
Audio Collections in TTS voice are available for purchase for only $5.00, and are instantly downloadable by means of the Payloadz system (the same way I sell my e-books). In due course I'll be offering many collections and audiobooks with a real voice (either my own or my sixteen-year-old son Michael's; he sounds uncannily like me). Michael does a very good job reading out loud (good diction, intonation, emotion, etc.), and is also an author like his dad (though a very different sort of writing). He's already at work on his third fantasy novel (in a series) a la Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.
Each "Audio Collection" is a compilation of apologetic presentations of mine from various sources (as opposed to an "audiobook" of one of my actual books), edited anew especially for audio, with occasional additions here and there. The time length will be a little less than 80 minutes, so that the entire set can be burned onto a single CD, if that is desired. All the files are mp3's: the most widely used format. They can be played on a computer and with all kinds of audio playing devices.
Audio Collections in TTS voice are available for purchase for only $5.00, and are instantly downloadable by means of the Payloadz system (the same way I sell my e-books). In due course I'll be offering many collections and audiobooks with a real voice (either my own or my sixteen-year-old son Michael's; he sounds uncannily like me). Michael does a very good job reading out loud (good diction, intonation, emotion, etc.), and is also an author like his dad (though a very different sort of writing). He's already at work on his third fantasy novel (in a series) a la Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.
Audio Collections in real voices (sort of the "deluxe audio" versions) will be available for $10.00.
Prices of audiobooks will probably vary somewhat due to length and other considerations.
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Audio Collections (TTS Voice)
The Blessed Virgin Mary [Ten Talks: 1 hr, 16 mins. length]: Only $5.00
Purchase from Payloadz ($5.00) / Instant Download
[see individual page for more information]
Purchase from Payloadz ($5.00) / Instant Download
[see individual page for more information]
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1 comments:
Maybe you can post a short piece of something to let us hear what it sounds like. I'm afraid to say that the electronic voices I have heard to date are not appropriate for anything more than a sentence after that the failure in inflection and pacing make them un-listenable.
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