NEW: Our titles in Audiobook format!

[Mililea]

Please let us know if the process of buying it via this website is straight-forward and easy! If not, we are working on other options as well.

Also, if when you listen to it, you notice any glitches, don't be afraid to let us know. We triple-checked, but you never know.

First I opened the website and there you can sign up easily and if you want to buy a book you can pay via credit card. Then I downloaded the app and that is even easier, I could pay via "phone" like how you pay for an app. For me it seems pretty straight-forward and easy

 

[Sindy-S.R]

There's a preview on the listing where you can hear AI Laura narrating the introduction. It's not the same as hearing the entire book narrated, but it's a good preview of what it's like to have Laura read The Wave to you.

We hope you enjoy it!!!

This project is fantastic!!!!!!!
I know that @Laura's cloned voice can also be translated into other languages, I hope it can be translated into Spanish and Italian.
I would love to reread Laura's books, but due to time constraints, it's difficult for me.
With audiobooks, on the other hand, I have plenty of time!
It's possible that this way I could read all the books from Pilule Rouge

 

[Chu]

I know that @Laura's cloned voice can also be translated into other languages, I hope it can be translated into Spanish and Italian.

That's exactly the idea, once we are done with the English books.

and thank you @Mililea ! Phew, now we know everything is working well.

 

[cassandra]

If you guys need any help in "proof-listening", I'd be glad to help out with this fantastic project.

 

[baz]

Dear everyone,

We are very happy to announce that we have just released our first Audiobook!

The Wave 1 - Riding the Wave, by Laura Knight-Jadczyk is available here:

The Wave, Volume 1 : Riding the Wave by Laura Knight-Jadcyk - Audiobook

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There's a preview on the listing where you can hear AI Laura narrating the introduction. It's not the same as hearing the entire book narrated, but it's a good preview of what it's like to have Laura read The Wave to you.

We hope you enjoy it!!!

How was it done?

The audiobook version was created by cloning Laura's voice (several hours of recordings), and with the help of Artificial Intelligence. After that, we edited each file as carefully as possible, "training" AI to pronounce things correctly, and to sound more natural. This is not a perfect system but we are quite happy with the result, and hope that you will be too! With the little glitches and imperfections of the system, you can still enjoy engaging your imagination with the text.

Volume II is in the works.

Why not on Audible?

We would have liked to, but unfortunately, Amazon refuses to accept audiobooks that are not fully read by the author (THAT would take months of recording, being how prolific a writer Laura is!), and for AI assistance, it would have been extremely mechanical sounding. It wouldn't allow us to clone Laura's voice. But we are planning on uploading the books on other platforms as well, such as Spotify and inAudio.

Please let us know if you like it, and we will continue producing them!

A big thank you to @A Jay for coordinating the project, and to @Alejo, @Alana, @Aliana, @Yas, and @Mrs. Peel for dedicating hours of their time to help us "proof-listen" and spot all glitches and things that could be improved!

Yeah… I bought the audiobook! It was a very easy process. I followed the link, downloaded the ElevenReader app and used Apply Pay to pay for it - note it changed the price from US$ to British £ automatically. Easy peasy. Thanks so much x

 

[mimimari]

Wow! AI Laura sounds so good!! Thank you for doing this project. You all did such a great job. This must have been a lot of work! And AI can translate it easily too! I am excited to download the app and get started listening.