When Dreams Meet Technology
How Lightover Inc. Helps Everyone Tell Their Story
Why I Created Personal Audiobook Creator
Listen to the founder's personal journey
How We Help
We saw too many people stuck between bad options: robotic text-to-speech that drains all life from their words, or expensive studio production that takes months and thousands of dollars.
So we asked: "What if one minute of your voice was all we needed?"
The voice reader we built answers that question. Record a single paragraph—60 seconds of your natural speaking voice. Upload your text. Generate your audiobook. It's that simple.
This isn't about professional narration or commercial production. It's about making sure that when someone needs to share something in their own voice, they can. Immediately. Affordably. Without compromising on quality.
The Magic Numbers
Our Approach
We Start with the Human Need
Before we build anything, we understand the problem. Who needs to hear this? Why can't they read it themselves? When do they need it? Every technical decision flows from answering these human questions first.
We Keep Everything Local
Your voice stays yours. Everything runs on your computer—no uploads to servers, no terms of service claiming your content. This matters when you're sharing something personal. Privacy isn't a feature, it's fundamental.
We Hide the Complexity
Advanced AI voice synthesis sounds intimidating. Using it shouldn't be. Record your voice, upload your text, click generate. That's it. All the sophisticated technology stays under the hood where it belongs.
We Build for Real Moments
This isn't about scaling to millions or building the next platform. It's about being ready when someone needs help. Today it's a book for someone recovering from surgery. Tomorrow it's lecture notes for a student. We build for whatever moment comes next.
Beyond the Technology
Yes, the voice reader uses sophisticated AI and neural voice synthesis. Yes, it builds on cutting-edge research from Resemble AI's Chatterbox project. But at its heart, it's about something more fundamental: when someone has something important to say, they should be able to say it in their own voice.
The technology only matters because the human stories matter.
Who This Will Help
The voice reader is being designed for:
Families
Share stories with relatives who can't read due to health, age, or disability. Preserve family histories in the voices of the people who lived them.
Parents and Children
Record bedtime stories for when you can't be there. Help kids with learning differences experience books in a familiar, comforting voice.
Friends
Share your writing with someone recovering from illness. Make sure distance doesn't stop you from being there when someone needs to hear from you.
Caregivers
Create audio versions of important information for those you're helping. Make instructions, memories, or comfort available whenever they're needed.
Anyone Who Needs to Be Heard
Sometimes the most important audience is just one person. When reading isn't possible but connection is essential, your voice can bridge that gap.
Each recording represents something that matters to someone—a connection that deserves to happen, no matter what barriers stand in the way.
Our Commitment
When someone trusts us with something personal—their book, their family stories, their voice—we don't take that lightly.
That's why the voice reader:
Sometimes people want to do everything themselves. Sometimes they just want to send us their text and get back an audiobook. Both are fine. What matters is that when someone needs to share something with someone who can't read it, we make it work.
This isn't about forcing people to be technical or completely hands-off. It's about meeting people where they are and helping them connect.
The Future We're Building
We see a simple future: your voice, your words, reaching whoever needs them. No studios. No fortune. No waiting.
Some people love audiobooks for their daily walks. Others want to experience a friend's novel in their actual voice. Parents want to preserve bedtime stories. Teachers want to share lessons that feel personal. Everyone has their own reason for wanting to hear or be heard.
We're not trying to change the world. We're just making sure that when you want to share something in your voice—for whatever reason, to whoever needs it—you can. Because your voice matters, and technology should help it be heard.
The most powerful tools are the ones that help us be more human.
Personal Audiobook Creator will be available as a free, open-source tool because we believe powerful creative technology should be accessible to everyone.
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