audiobook-ingest

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Process audiobooks from the inbox: transcribe to text and organize audio for voice training.

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Audiobook Ingest (The Black Library)

Process and organize your audiobook collection. This skill uses uvx to run its tools, making it self-contained and portable.

Workflow

Sync/Download: Use uvx audible-cli to download books.
Decrypt: AAX/AAXC files are automatically decrypted using your Audible activation bytes.
Transcribe: Use uvx openai-whisper (Whisper CLI) to convert audio to text.
Organize: Moves files to ~/clawd/library/books/<Title>/.

Commands

`list-warhammer`

List all Warhammer 40k books in your Audible library (searches for Warhammer, Horus, Gaunt, Siege of Terra, etc.).

`download-warhammer`

Download ONLY your Warhammer 40k books. Perfect for building the Horus Lupercal voice model.

Exports your library
Finds all Warhammer-related books
Downloads each one in AAX format to the inbox (Audible's native format)

`download-all`

Download all books from your Audible library.

Downloads in AAX format (Audible's native encrypted format)

`ingest <filename>`

Process a single file from ~/clawd/library/inbox/.

Check if ~/clawd/library/inbox/<filename> exists.
Create directory ~/clawd/library/books/<filename_no_ext>.
If AAX/AAXC: Fetch activation bytes and decrypt to M4B using ffmpeg.
Run uvx --from openai-whisper whisper "<audio_file>" --model turbo --output_format txt --output_dir "~/clawd/library/books/<filename_no_ext>"
Move the audio file to ~/clawd/library/books/<filename_no_ext>/audio.<ext> (decrypted version for AAX/AAXC).
Rename output: mv "~/clawd/library/books/<filename_no_ext>/<filename>.txt" "~/clawd/library/books/<filename_no_ext>/text.md"

`ingest-all`

Process all audio files found in ~/clawd/library/inbox/.

List all .mp3, .m4a, .m4b, .wav, .aax, and .aaxc files in the inbox.
For each file, run the ingest workflow.

Setup & First Run

Audible Login: Ask Horus: "Help me log in to Audible" or run this manually:
```
uvx --from audible-cli audible quickstart
```
Follow the prompts to authorize.

Download Your Books:

# Download all Warhammer 40k books
./run.sh download-warhammer

# Or download everything
./run.sh download-all

Transcribe: Ask Horus: "Ingest all audiobooks" or "Process my library inbox".

Tips

Portable: Since this uses uvx, you don't need to manually install whisper or audible-cli. uv will download and cache them on first use.
Character Names: Whisper's turbo model is specifically great for the complex names found in Warhammer legends.