Free audio books in mp3 format

[Guildenstern]

Sorry if this is already general knowledge but I learned that Project Gutenburg has numerous free ebooks available in mp3 format. I've tried one briefly on my sj-33 using ajvmp3 to see if it would work and it does, can't vouch for the quality as I havn't actually listened to one yet but its worth a look see. Here is the link:

http://www.gutenberg.org/audio/

[Edlin]

Kewl Thanks :)

[Edlin]

Just listened to a couple of them of chapter ones. Quailty is fine, and a fair range to pick from. But they are using (at least for those two) computer generated voices ): I dislike that monotoned artifical sound. The index file said some real voices but I couldnt listen long enough to hear one.

[*YellowRose*]

Originally posted by Edlin
Just listened to a couple of them of chapter ones. Quailty is fine, and a fair range to pick from. But they are using (at least for those two) computer generated voices ): I dislike that monotoned artifical sound. The index file said some real voices but I couldnt listen long enough to hear one. Yeah. I was all happy too, until I actually listened to one. Ewwwwwwwwwww.

[Guildenstern]

Ugh, sorry guys...boy does that take me back to the eighties.

[fjl307]

Originally posted by Guildenstern
Ugh, sorry guys...boy does that take me back to the eighties.

Lol...is the quality that bad? The record (WTF is that?) must have gotten scratched or the cassette tape is going bad.

[pee]

i use this program to convert text to mp3s
http://www.nextup.com/TextAloud/index.html they sound like a computer unless you get the addon (att natural voices). a sample mp3 of the 'natural' sounding voices is here http://wcarchive.cdrom.com/pub/bws/bws_44/Crystal16mp3.mp3 and an interactive demo can be found here http://www.nextup.com/nvdemo.html