{"slug": "show-hn-companion-ebook-for-the-odyssey-audiobook-narrated-by-ai-michael-caine", "title": "Show HN: Companion eBook for The Odyssey audiobook narrated by AI Michael Caine", "summary": "A developer created a free companion eBook for The Odyssey audiobook narrated by an AI voice clone of Michael Caine, fixing name mismatches between the narration and the William Cullen Bryant translation. The project is a non-commercial fan effort to help listeners follow along with the text ahead of Christopher Nolan's upcoming film adaptation.", "body_md": "I've been enjoying the Michael Caine voice clone narration of the Odyssey, but noticed it uses Greek names (Odysseus, Poseidon, Zeus), whereas the William Cullen Bryant translation ElevenLabs used as the basis for the audiobook uses the Roman names (Ulysses, Neptune, Jove).\n\nI tried reading the WCB translation while listening, but it got so confusing I had a go at making a companion edition that matches the names in the narration.\n\nIt's free, non-commercial, and obviously not an official ElevenLabs product, just a fan attempt. Mostly for my own use, but thought I'd share in case it helps anyone else reading The Odyssey ahead of the Nolan film :)\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48934421](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48934421)\n\nPoints: 1\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-companion-ebook-for-the-odyssey-audiobook-narrated-by-ai-michael-caine", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/stoilms/odyssey-ebook-michael-caine-elevenlabs-narration", "published_at": "2026-07-16 13:40:35+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-16 13:56:33.416407+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Michael Caine", "ElevenLabs", "William Cullen Bryant", "The Odyssey", "Christopher Nolan"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-companion-ebook-for-the-odyssey-audiobook-narrated-by-ai-michael-caine", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-companion-ebook-for-the-odyssey-audiobook-narrated-by-ai-michael-caine.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-companion-ebook-for-the-odyssey-audiobook-narrated-by-ai-michael-caine.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-companion-ebook-for-the-odyssey-audiobook-narrated-by-ai-michael-caine.jsonld"}}