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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.

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Spotify says opening its platform to audiobooks narrated by digital voices instead of humans makes it more affordable for authors to sell such versions of their works

Overview

  • 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.