Hell yeah 👏🏻🫡
I was inspired by Bitcoin Audible and nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev to create a free and open source Political Science audiobook for my students.
The finished product is over 30 hours long, and we've had a great response from students around the country. It has been especially helpful for students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities. I'm presenting at an upcoming conference, and just wanted to share this clip that gives a shout out to Guy. I'm thankful for his work and for inspiring me to undertake this creative project.
For anyone wanting to learn more, you can search for "OpenStax American Government" on YouTube, Spotify, or podcasting apps. https://m.primal.net/HKtd.mp4
Discussion
I'm a big fan of your work, Guy. Keep doing what you're doing. Narrating, editing, and publishing the audiobook gave me a deeper appreciation for how much work goes into your process.
You'll either love this (based on your interest in AI) or hate this (due to your huge investment of time in narrating), but my next project is to use AI platforms like ElevenLabs to produce similar audiobooks for other disciplines. It looks like I've been able to secure funding, so will be working on that project next as a proof-of-concept.
I’ve played around with ElevenLabs and have tried a variety of Ai tools in trying to make foreign language versions of the show! It’s not there yet and I need a workflow with multiple LLMs (to correct and account for Bitcoin related terms in both transcription and translation) to get it accurate and organic sounding enough.
If you find a good setup or a particular tool you like most let me know. I’m definitely going down that rabbit hole (small part of why I started the Ai Unchained show actually 😆)