AI voice-overs for audiobooks
Audiobook production is a marathon of consistency. Readers expect the same narrator from chapter one through the epilogue, even pacing, and names that never flip pronunciation halfway through. Hiring a full studio run is expensive; re-recording a revised chapter is slower still.
Chapter-by-chapter generation keeps the manuscript moving. Paste each chapter, lock the same voice and soft narration style, and download a seamless long track. When an editor changes a paragraph three weeks later, only those sentences re-bill — the surrounding chapter audio stays cached.
Series and multi-book catalogs benefit most. Define character names, place names, and invented terms once in the pronunciation dictionary, then apply those rules across every title so your narrator never relearns the cast between sequels.
No signup needed — the demo speaks up to 500 characters.
How it works for audiobooks
- 1
Add character names, place names, and invented terms to the pronunciation dictionary before chapter one.
- 2
Generate chapter by chapter with the same voice and a calm narration style pack for even pacing.
- 3
Stitch long chapters into one file; keep source text so you can re-open and revise later.
- 4
When a chapter is edited, re-voice only the changed paragraphs and re-export that chapter file.
Chapter-scale stitching
Long chapters split on sentences and reassemble into one continuous narration file without mid-chapter voice jumps.
Stable narrator identity
Reuse one voice profile across the whole book or series so listeners never hear a cast change mid-story.
Names spoken your way
Pronunciation rules lock fantasy names, foreign places, and brand terms so they stay correct for hundreds of pages.
Sparse performance, not promo energy
Audiobook style packs favor calm pacing and sparse tags — pauses at section breaks, not ad-read emphasis.
26 studio voices · 20 output languages · SRT captions and bulk mode on every plan
Pricing that doesn't punish volume
Simple monthly plans plus one-time top-up packs that never expire.
free
$0/mo
Try everything, every month
- 10,000 characters/mo
- 3 AI scripts/mo
- Bulk: 5 rows/batch
- SRT captions
- Spoken outro on audio
creator
$7/mo
≈ 3 hours of audio
- 300,000 characters/mo
- 50 AI scripts/mo
- Bulk: 25 rows/batch
- SRT captions
- No watermark
channel
$15/mo
≈ 7.5 hours + priority queue
- 750,000 characters/mo
- Unlimited scripts
- Unlimited bulk batches
- SRT captions
- No watermark
- Priority queue
agency
$39/mo
≈ 20 hours + 3 seats
- 2,000,000 characters/mo
- Unlimited scripts
- Unlimited bulk batches
- SRT captions
- No watermark
- Priority queue
- 3 seats
- API access (coming soon)
| Entry paid plan | Price | Credits / chars | Audio / month | Cost per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ToneCraft | $7/mo | 300,000 chars | ≈ 3 hours | ≈ $2.33 |
| ElevenLabs (Creator) | $22/mo | 121,000 credits | ≈ 1.2 hours | ≈ $18 |
| Murf (Creator) | $29/mo | —* | 2 hours | $14.50 |
* Murf's Creator plan is sold by voice-generation time (2 hours/month), not a characters or credits pool — so we leave that cell blank rather than invent a number.
≈ hours assume ~100,000 characters per finished hour; where a provider sells characters or credits we convert with the same rule. Verified against published pricing as of July 13, 2026 — check their sites for current plans.
Questions, answered
How long can a single chapter script be?
Very long scripts are supported: the pipeline chunks on sentence boundaries, generates pieces in parallel, and stitches them into one seamless chapter file. Extremely large manuscripts are still best split into chapter jobs for editing.
Can the same voice narrate an entire series?
Yes. Select the same voice for every chapter and title. Combined with pronunciation rules, that is how you keep a series sounding like one continuous production.
What if I rewrite a scene after generation?
Open the chapter text, edit the paragraphs that changed, and regenerate only those. Unchanged paragraphs replay from cache at no extra character charge.
Is this a replacement for a human audiobook performer?
It is a production tool for drafts, indie catalogs, educational titles, and internal narrations. Premium retail fiction may still want a human performance — many authors use generated narration for earlier editions or companion formats.
Do you mux audiobook chapters into retail packages?
No. You get clean audio (and optional SRT). Packaging for a specific retailer or LMS is still done in your own tools after download.