Free audiobooks made from unused text-to-speech credits
Project Gutentag turns unused credits into free audiobooks. People with accounts can let their remaining s be used to convert public literature into spoken audio. More than 10 million words have already been processed.
The long-term goal is to build a large free, open, multilingual library of audiobooks and spoken literature. Contributors must share an API key, so the keys are when stored, only unlocked during an audio generation request, and never saved in logs. Contributors can set their own spending limit, pause participation, or revoke access at any time.
The system sends work to accounts that still have available credits, then joins the small audio pieces back into full audiobooks. Auto-contribution can run during the last 6 hours of a , calculate unused credits, and use them to create new audiobooks.
Key points
- Unused credits are used to create free audiobooks.
- The project has processed more than 10 million words so far.
- Contributors can set a spending cap, pause, or revoke access.
- are in storage and only unlocked during audio generation.
- Auto-contribution can use remaining credits in the final 6 hours of a .