Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:48:47 +0000Castopod - https://castopod.org/https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.htmlb5240993-8df6-5d3c-8051-ba21cee8b36aMiscellanyMiscellany is the audio edition of the notebook at news.collver.biz — short essays and explorations on technology, faith, family, and whatever else has caught my attention, each one read aloud. Some of it is about building things; some about noticing them. From the desk, and the homeserver, of Rev. Dr. Albert B. Collver III.

]]>podcastenyesTechnologyfalseThree Doves Productionshttps://podcast.collver.biz/@miscellanyRev. Dr. Albert B. Collver IIInewsletter@collver.bizepisodic© 2026 Albert B. Collver IIIhttps://podcast.collver.biz/media/podcasts/miscellany/cover_feed.jpgMiscellanyhttps://podcast.collver.biz/@miscellanyTeaching a Laptop to Read in My Own Voicehttps://podcast.collver.biz/@miscellany/episodes/teaching-a-laptop-to-read-in-my-own-voiceThu, 09 Jul 2026 11:30:00 +0000How I got an open-source model to read my drafts aloud in a passable version of my own voice — for free, on my own machine. The ElevenLabs-cost itch, the fight to fine-tune Chatterbox, why some text-to-speech recites while the rest improvises, and the little CPU model that finally worked. Read, fittingly, in that very cloned voice.

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