Searchable Audiobooks
I love audiobooks because I can listen to them while I am walking or driving, but I have trouble learning from sound alone. I need to see the text to actually understand what I am hearing, but this particular book didn't come with a PDF.
I used a bit of open-source software from OpenAI called Whisper, which was able to read the audiobook for me and produce a transcript faster than I can listen to the book myself.
With Typesense, I am able to search for WHEN in an audiobook my search term is mentioned.
I have demonstrated this with some audiobooks in the public domain.
Jane Eyre
"Jane Eyre," by Charlotte Brontë, is a novel that follows the life of its eponymous heroine from her harsh childhood as an orphan raised by a cruel aunt, through her education at the austere Lowood School, to her employment as a governess at Thornfield Hal…
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Pride and Prejudice
"Pride and Prejudice," by Jane Austen, is a classic novel that explores the themes of love, social class, and misunderstandings through the story of Elizabeth Bennet, a sharp-witted and independent young woman. Elizabeth navigates the pressures of society …
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The Republic
Plato's "The Republic" is a philosophical dialogue that explores justice, the just society, and the nature of the human soul through a series of discussions led by Socrates. The work envisions an ideal city-state governed by philosopher-kings, where the po…
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