EPUB to Audiobook Converter

EPUB to Audiobook Converter is a tool designed to convert EPUB ebooks into chaptered audiobooks, optimized specifically for Audiobookshelf servers. It reads each chapter from an EPUB file, generates audio using a chosen text-to-speech backend, and outputs separate MP3 files with chapter titles preserved as metadata to make navigation easier. The project supports multiple TTS providers, including Microsoft Azure TTS, EdgeTTS, OpenAI TTS, local Piper, and Kokoro via an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, allowing users to choose between cloud and self-hosted voices. A recent addition is a Gradio-based WebUI, which wraps all configuration options in a graphical interface for users who prefer not to work with the command line. The tool offers advanced options such as controlling chapter ranges, handling paragraph detection via newline modes, removing endnote markers, and using regex-based search-and-replace files to tweak pronunciations. It can be run directly with Python or via Docker.