Reading Novels Out Loud Capability

ChatGPT Feature requests
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Hello,

I recently discovered the read out loud feature in ChatGPT and found that the voice (specifically Cove) is wonderfully human sounding.

I decided to have it read out loud a short story I am working on, as hearing my writing out loud is a form of editing tool I use. The quality of the voice was amazing! It sounded like I was at a book reading.

The problem I found is that it cannot read the entire text in one sitting. It also started the audio over again randomly.

Maybe there’s a work around for this sort of thing, but I’m wondering if the read out loud feature will ever expand to be able to read larger bodies of texts. I’ve used apps like Edit Out Loud, but GPT’s Cove is miles above anything else I’ve seen out there. I’d love to be able to generate an audio file I could use to listen to my story in one sitting.

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ChatGPT is optimized for chatting, which is why you are experiencing this unwanted behavior.

Since this is a developer community, I suggest using the TTS API to create an audio version of your text, allowing you to focus on what’s important.

On the upside, you don’t need to learn programming to do this. You can use the platform to create your audio as needed.

There are a few considerations, though.
Cove is not available via API, so you will need to choose one of the voices from this page (a bit further down).

Additionally, API usage is not covered by ChatGPT Plus. You will need to pay for the text separately by purchasing credits.

Overall, this is almost the solution you are looking for.
I hope this helps!