Audiobook tools & guides
Free calculators, format guides and honest comparisons: everything around turning a manuscript into a full-cast audiobook.
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AI audiobook tools
Cast, direct and export a full-cast audiobook.
ToolAI Voices for Audiobooks
Narrator and character voices for audiobooks, with casting tips by role and genre so the whole book is easy to listen to.
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Audiobook Sample Chapter
Voice a short sample chapter with a narrator and a voice per character on free credits, then decide about the whole book.
ToolMulti-Voice Audiobook
Give the narrator and every speaking character a distinct AI voice, detected straight from your manuscript.
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Multi-Voice Text to Speech
Paste a dialogue, a script or a scene and hear every speaker in a different AI voice, then download one MP3.
ToolPublic Domain Audiobook Maker
Turn a classic from Project Gutenberg or Standard Ebooks into a full-cast audiobook, after checking its status where you publish.
ToolText to Audiobook
Paste a story or upload a TXT file: narration and dialogue are split, every character gets a voice, MP3 or M4B out.
Format
From any file
Turn EPUB, PDF, DOCX and TXT into an audiobook.
FormatBook to Audiobook
Turn a book you own the rights to into a full-cast audiobook: chapters found, characters voiced, M4B or MP3 out.
FormatCalibre EPUB to Audiobook
From a DRM-free book in your calibre library to a full-cast M4B with chapters, then back into the library.
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EPUB to Audiobook
Chapters from the EPUB's own table of contents, a voice for every character, and an M4B or MP3 at the end.
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Google Docs to Audiobook
Download your Google Doc as DOCX, upload it, and hear the draft with a narrator and a voice for every character.
FormatKindle to Audiobook
Bought Kindle books stay locked. If you wrote the book, your KDP manuscript makes a full-cast audiobook you own.
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M4B Audiobook Maker
Start from text, not MP3s: voice the book with a full cast and download one M4B with a marker at every chapter.
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Markdown to Audiobook
Upload .md files: # headings become chapters, formatting marks stay silent, every character gets a voice.
FormatPDF to Audiobook
Turn a text-based PDF into a full-cast audiobook: page numbers dropped, chapters found, every character voiced.
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PDF to MP3
Notes, reports and papers as MP3: natural AI voices, page numbers dropped, one file or one per chapter.
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TXT to MP3
Turn a long .txt file into MP3s: chapters split at the headings, a narrator plus a voice per character.
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Word Document to Audiobook
Upload the DOCX you write in: Heading 1 becomes chapters, every character gets a voice, and you export MP3 or M4B.
Genre
By genre
How a full cast works for your kind of story.
GenreAI Audio Drama Generator
Turn a story or a script into a performed drama: a voice per role, directions in brackets, one file per episode.
GenreAI Bedtime Stories
Your own stories, read aloud by a soft narrator with calm character voices, slow pacing and an MP3 to replay every night.
GenreChildren's Audiobook Narration
A warm narrator, character voices kids can tell apart and a bedtime pace, for picture books, chapter books and your own stories.
GenreCozy Mystery Audiobook
A sleuth, a sidekick, a town full of suspects, and the same voices from book one to book twelve.
GenreDramatized Bible Audio
A narrator plus a voice for each speaker, from public-domain translations such as the KJV or the WEB.
GenreFantasy Audiobook Narration
Cast a narrator, heroes, villains and creatures from your manuscript, fix invented names and keep the cast for the sequel.
GenreHistorical Fiction Audiobook
Two narrators for two timelines, letters read in character, and period voices without the caricature.
GenreHorror Narration
A narrator who never hurries, victims who sound afraid, and every whisper directed in brackets. For horror books and story channels.
GenreLitRPG Audiobook
A voice for the System, the party and the boss, plus a plan for stat screens and serial chapters.
GenreMM Romance Audiobook
Cast two male leads who never blur, choose duet or dual narration and keep the couple's voices all series.
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Nonfiction Narration
One clear narrator for self-help, business and memoir, chapters from your headings, and a second voice only where it helps.
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Romance Audiobook Narration
Give both leads their own voice: dual narration by POV chapter or duet narration in every scene, cast and directed by you.
GenreRomantasy Audiobook
Duet leads for the romance, a full cast for the court, fae and dragons, and the same voices every sequel.
GenreSci-Fi Narration
A voice for every crew member, alien and ship AI, a steady narrator for the science, and invented words read the way you hear them.
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Shakespeare Audiobook
Voice every role of a public-domain play, keep or cut the stage directions, and make each scene a chapter.
GenreThriller & Mystery Narration
Pace a thriller or mystery for the ear: a controlled narrator, suspects listeners can tell apart, reveals that land.
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Xianxia Audiobook
Elders, rivals and senior brothers with voices of their own, and pinyin names said one way for 1,000 chapters.
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YA Audiobook Narration
A first-person lead who sounds like a teen, a friend group you can tell apart, pacing built for dialogue.
Audience
Who it's for
For authors, web-novel writers, readers and storytellers.
AudienceAI Table Read
A screenplay or stage play read by a cast: a voice per character, action read or skipped, files for notes.
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AI Voice for Storytelling
A narrator plus a voice for every character, for story channels, fiction podcasts, classrooms and game nights.
AudienceAO3 to Audiobook
Download an AO3 work as EPUB and hear a voice for every character. Your own works, private listening, or podfic with permission.
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Audiobooks for ADHD
Turn readings into short chapter files with a clear narrator and a distinct voice for each speaker.
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Audiobooks for Dyslexia
Turn readings that have no audiobook into clear audio, with a distinct voice for each speaker and chapters you can jump to.
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Audiobooks for Visually Impaired
Clear narration from DRM-free text for family, teachers and volunteers, as numbered MP3s or a chaptered M4B.
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Classroom Read-Aloud Audio
Chapter-sized read-aloud files from texts you can use, with distinct voices so students follow the dialogue.
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D&D Session Recap Audio
Open each session with a spoken "previously on": a narrator, NPCs in their own voices, one cast all campaign.
AudienceFanfiction to Audiobook
Hear your fic with a different voice for every character, from a pasted chapter or a whole EPUB.
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Language Learning Audiobooks
Turn graded readers you wrote, public-domain stories and class dialogues into audio with a voice per speaker.
AudienceManuscript to Audiobook
Proof-listen your draft, make a sample chapter, then produce the full-cast audiobook and keep the files.
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Substack Text to Speech for Fiction
Voice each installment of your Substack serial with a narrator and a cast, then post it as a voiceover.
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Text to Speech for Writers
Hear a draft chapter read by a cast and catch clunky rhythm, repeated words and lines with no clear speaker.
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Wattpad to Audiobook
Turn your Wattpad story into full-cast audio, part by part, and share it with your readers.
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Web Novel to Audiobook
Voice your serial chapter by chapter, with the same full cast from chapter one to the latest release.
Comparison
Comparisons & alternatives
How we compare with other audiobook tools, checked against their public pages.
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AI vs human narrator
Quality, cost, turnaround and store rules, and the cases where a human narrator is still the better choice.
ComparisonBest TTS for Audiobooks, by Job
Reader apps, voice studios, store programs, open source and full-cast tools, compared with sources.
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Full cast vs single narrator
When a cast helps a book, when one narrator is the better choice, and what each costs with human performers or AI voices.
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FullCastBook vs Apple Books Narration
Apple's digital narration next to a full-cast audiobook you export: who can apply, voices, rights, stores.
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FullCastBook vs Balabolka
Free, Windows-only Balabolka next to a browser studio that casts every character and exports M4B.
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FullCastBook vs Edge Read Aloud
Edge's free Read Aloud next to a tool that saves a book as MP3 or M4B with a voice per character.
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FullCastBook vs ElevenLabs
How ElevenLabs' audiobook tool and FullCastBook compare on formats, export, free-plan rights and the cost of a whole book.
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FullCastBook vs Google Play Auto-Narration
Google's free auto-narration next to a full-cast audiobook that needs no Play listing: casting, languages, files and the rules for selling elsewhere.
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FullCastBook vs KDP Virtual Voice
Amazon's Virtual Voice next to a full-cast audiobook you export and own: who can use it, file ownership, voices and where you can sell.
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FullCastBook vs Murf for Audiobooks
Murf's block-by-block voiceover studio next to automatic casting, chapters and M4B export for whole books.
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FullCastBook vs NaturalReader
NaturalReader's reader and commercial plans next to a tool that produces full-cast audiobook files.
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FullCastBook vs Speechify
Speechify's reader and Studio next to a full-cast audiobook maker: what each is for, files, commercial rights and cost.
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FullCastBook vs Spotify Audiobook Creation Tools
Spotify's free one-voice beta next to a full-cast audiobook you export: who can use it, voices, files and publishing on Spotify either way.
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Open Source Audiobook Generators
ebook2audiobook, audiblez, abogen and Audiobook Creator next to a hosted full cast: setup, licences, M4B.
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Play.ht Alternative for Audiobooks
A Play.ht alternative for books: what happened, what you can recover and how to rebuild with a full cast.
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Wondercraft Alternative for Audiobooks
Wondercraft's timeline editor next to automatic character casting and M4B chapters for whole books.
Guide
Guides
Step-by-step walkthroughs from manuscript to finished audiobook.
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AI voice emotion tags
Bracket notes and sound tags that work in long-form narration, which voices follow them, and when to stop.
GuideAudiobook chapter length
Chapter minutes from word count, the 2-hour file limits at ACX and Spotify, and how to split a long chapter.
GuideAudiobook cover size
Square cover specs for ACX, Spotify, INaudio, Google Play, Kobo and Apple, checked October 2026.
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Audiobook pronunciation guide
Get every name right with AI voices: a name list, phonetic respelling, and one-line fixes.
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Audiobook rights, in plain language
Who holds audio rights, what public domain covers, fan works, YouTube, and a permission request you can copy.
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Audiobook script format
Headings the importer detects, dialogue punctuation, what to cut, and a template to copy.
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Can ChatGPT make an audiobook?
What ChatGPT, NotebookLM, Gemini and Claude do with a book as of October 2026, and where each one stops.
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Does Audible accept AI-narrated audiobooks?
What ACX's rules say as of October 2026, how Virtual Voice and voice replicas fit in, and which stores accept AI narration today.
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Google AI Studio audiobook
Voice a chapter with Gemini TTS in AI Studio: steps, Google's limits, and what a whole book takes.
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How long to record an audiobook
Recording, editing and review hours per finished hour for a human narrator, set against an AI full cast.
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How much does it cost to make an audiobook?
Narrator rates per finished hour, royalty share, the extras people forget and what AI narration changes, with a worked example.
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How to do character voices
Five levers narrators use, a character bible for consistency, and how it all maps to an AI cast.
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How to make an audiobook on Amazon
ACX with a narrator, KDP Virtual Voice by invitation, or AI narration sold elsewhere: rules, costs and timelines as of October 2026.
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How to make an audiobook with AI
Prepare, cast, direct, proof-listen and export: the whole process, with the decision you face at each step.
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How to play M4B files
Which app opens an M4B on each device, how to get the file there, and fixes for missing chapters.
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How to publish an audiobook on Spotify
Specs, the upload in Spotify for Authors, AI narration disclosure, pricing and royalties, checked October 2026.
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M4B vs MP3 for audiobooks
What an M4B is, how chapters work in each format, file size, and which players and stores take which.
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Make an audiobook on YouTube
Rights, the AI use setting, timestamps and monetization: what gets YouTube audiobooks removed, then the build.
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Publish an audiobook on Google Play
Partner Center steps, audio specs, the synthesized-voice label and pricing rules, checked October 2026.
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Publish an audiobook on Kobo
Kobo Writing Life steps, MP3 and cover specs, the synthesized-voice label and royalties, checked October 2026.
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Publish an audiobook on Ximalaya
Creator Center upload, file formats, copyright, AI-voice labelling and creator revenue, checked October 2026.
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Sell audiobooks on your website
Delivery services, the files to send buyers, pricing against store royalties, and honest AI labels.
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Where to sell AI audiobooks
Every channel's AI-narration rule, disclosure, royalty and file spec in one dated table.
Free tool
Free calculators
Quick numbers before you start: running time, credits and plans.
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Audiobook Cost Calculator
Turn a word count into running time, credits and the plan that covers the whole book, and compare it with a narrator's quote.
Free toolAudiobook Length Calculator
Turn a word or page count into finished audiobook hours and average chapter length, at the narration pace you pick.
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EPUB Chapter Extractor
Drop an EPUB, DOCX, PDF, TXT or MD file: every chapter with its word count and estimated audio minutes.
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MP3 to M4B Converter
Merge chapter MP3s into one M4B with a marker per file, right in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
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Words to Minutes Calculator
Turn a word count into spoken minutes at 140, 155 or 170 words a minute, with speaking rates by use.
Every character gets a voice.
Upload your manuscript, cast the voices and export every chapter. Free to start.