Project Gutenberg brings free audiobooks to the global community with AI-generated book narration
When Microsoft learned that the oldest digital library and leading distributor of free eBooks wanted to make its collection more accessible to a broader community of members, including the visually impaired, and those without access to traditional libraries, they donated their generative AI driven solutions, enabling Project Gutenberg to create nearly 5,000 new audio books in record time. Ready to open a bright new chapter in your company's transformation to the Cloud? Azure AI techspert COR Concepts can help you get started.
What is Project Gutenberg's mission?
Project Gutenberg's mission is to support freedom of information by providing free access to literature for people around the world. It aims to make its collection more accessible, especially for individuals with visual impairments and those in areas without access to traditional libraries.
How has Microsoft contributed to Project Gutenberg?
Microsoft collaborated with Project Gutenberg to implement an AI-driven solution that has enabled the creation of nearly 5,000 new audiobooks. This partnership has allowed Project Gutenberg to produce high-quality audiobooks at scale, significantly improving accessibility and reducing the time required for production.
What technology does Project Gutenberg use for audiobooks?
Project Gutenberg uses Azure Synapse Analytics and SynapseML to process existing eBooks and generate audiobooks through neural text-to-speech technology. This AI capability creates lifelike audio recordings that can convey emotion and even portray different characters, making literature more engaging for listeners.
Project Gutenberg brings free audiobooks to the global community with AI-generated book narration
published by COR Concepts
COR Concepts provides Information Governance, Records Management and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) consulting and training services. The company is built on the belief that any Information, Records or Document Management initiative should be designed to extract the maximum business benefit for the organization.
We bring together Compliance, Risk Management and Operational information requirements in a way that delivers benefits to each one of these diverse business units. Our approach is to use an array of industry standards and best practice methodologies to ensure that each implementation will stand the test of time.
We see information governance and records management as an integral part of any Enterprise Content Management implementation and focus on building a solid platform including a records management policy, records management procedures, file plans and a solid change management infrastructure. Building and implementing governance structures is becoming essential for success and we design structures to ensure that all governance aspects are included.
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