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 # pdf-to-audiobook
 
+> **Disclaimer:** this codebase was written with the assistance of a large
+> language model (an AI assistant) and has NOT been reviewed or verified by
+> a human. Read the code before relying on it with irreplaceable files.
+
 Turn a PDF into a narrated MP3 audiobook: text extraction, OCR-defect
 reporting and repair, voice sampling, resumable free edge-tts synthesis,
 ffmpeg stitching, and ID3 chapter markers.
 
-Proven on a 546-page scanned book: 546 pages in, a 14h MP3 out, 100+
-chapters, zero cost.
+Tested end-to-end (by the AI that wrote it, not a human) on a 546-page
+scanned book (14h MP3 out, 100+ chapters) and on a clean digital PDF, zero
+cost.
 
 ## How it works