Storyteller
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Nov 7, 2025first mention
Aug 25, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Yes, that's it.”
“You should check out Storyteller. It aligns ebooks with audiobooks to create EPUB3s with media overlays so you can do immersive reading.”
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“This then allows you seamlessly switch back and forth between your e-reader and listening to the audiobook”
“some great existing software to create EPUB3 files”
“i use Storyteller to sync an audiobook and ebook”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“The current Storyteller alignment algorithm actually does do just that!”
Threads where it came up
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Data: storyteller.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“the EPUB spec that Storyteller uses for readaloud”
“Storyteller[1] is an open source, self hosted platform”
“Yes, that's it.”
https://storyteller-platform.dev ?
“You should check out Storyteller. It aligns ebooks with audiobooks to create EPUB3s with media overlays so you can do immersive reading.”
“This then allows you seamlessly switch back and forth between your e-reader and listening to the audiobook”
“some great existing software to create EPUB3 files”
“i use Storyteller to sync an audiobook and ebook”
“I run the Storyteller app on it.”