Spotify Expands AI-Narrated Audiobook Offerings with ElevenLabs Partnership

The streaming platform now accepts audiobooks narrated by ElevenLabs' AI voice technology, aiming to make audiobook production more accessible for authors.

• Spotify has partnered with ElevenLabs, a leading AI voice technology provider, to expand its library of AI-narrated audiobooks.
• Authors can use ElevenLabs to create audiobook narrations in up to 32 languages, with customizable voice and intonation options.
• Audiobooks narrated by AI are clearly labeled on Spotify to inform listeners of their synthetic origins.
• Spotify's audiobook distribution service, Findaway Voices, requires AI-narrated submissions to undergo a review process before publication.
• The move follows Spotify's earlier collaboration with Google Play Books and highlights its strategy to make audiobook production more affordable and accessible.

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