The news: Spotify is expanding its library of AI-narrated audiobooks through a new partnership with ElevenLabs. The streamer wants to “lower the barrier” for audiobook creation and is building off an ongoing partnership with Google Play Books.
Authors can use ElevenLabs to narrate their audiobooks in 29 languages. Free access includes 10 minutes of text-to-voice per month, and a $99 Pro subscription includes 500 minutes per month.
How it works: Authors download a file package from ElevenLabs and then go through Spotify’s audiobook distribution service, Findaway Voices. They can customize the voice and intonation of the AI narrators.