The project began with extracting text from the original French PDF of Frédéric Gros's book. The text was carefully normalized, OCR errors were corrected, and then it was translated into Arabic. The translation ensured the philosophical nuances were preserved.
The 27 chapters were converted into audio using Microsoft's Edge-TTS engine. We selected the ar-JO-TaimNeural voice to provide a clear, professional, and engaging narration suitable for a philosophical text. The total run time is approximately 6.2 hours.
To guarantee audio quality, we ran a robust QA pipeline. We used OpenAI's Whisper model to transcribe the generated Arabic audio back into text and algorithmically compared it against the original text. Any discrepancies, dropped sentences, or corrupted audio chunks were identified and specifically regenerated using lossless chunking techniques.
For the visual component, we utilized Krea AI to generate a vast gallery of thematic artwork. Styles included "crimson pines", "woodcut", and dark, moody philosophical covers. These assets form the visual identity of the website and the audiobook covers.