To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live. – Tenzing Norgay

My New Hiking Audiobook is Live

Ten years ago I hiked a thousand miles on the Appalachian Trail, after coming off of the trail I spent three months living in Pensacola, Florida working on this book. I put the book out as both a physical copy and an E-book and it actually did ok and is well reviewed on Amazon.

I wanted to do an audiobook but the time and set up needed to do that was just something I couldn’t find the time or the energy needed to do. So the idea languished and then it became too far after the original publication to really do anything about it.

Enter technology, the advances made by AI have now allowed for the possibility that AI can narrate from text. Amazon is running a beta test on their new AI narration system and gave me the opportunity to use it to create an audiobook for Appalachian Trail Happiness.

The process was a bit complicated, but once I got the hang of the system the editing process only took me about three days to complete. It even allowed me, once I figured things out, to cover over some editing errors in the text version.

So, if you, or someone you know is into hiking and want to listen to a fun and interesting book about a wonderful hiking adventure, grab a copy and give it a listen and reviews are always welcome.

Link to the audiobook on Amazon

Thanks to all of you who have bought and read the hard copy and ebook and have a happy day my friends. ~ Rev Kane