Spotify, an audio streaming service, has announced a partnership deal with ElevenLabs, an artificial intelligence (AI) voice technology company, to enhance its collection of AI-narrated audiobooks.
In a blog post on Wednesday, the company said the collaboration aligns with its goal of making audiobooks more accessible to authors and listeners worldwide.
“As Spotify continues to roll out audiobooks to new listeners worldwide, we’re committed to providing authors with tools that help them reach those listeners and lowering the barrier to entry so more authors than ever can have their books heard,” the post reads.
“Starting today, we’re excited to begin accepting audiobooks from ElevenLabs, an AI software company that provides easy-to-use, high-quality voice narration technology.”
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The streaming platform said with the collaboration, authors can now use ElevenLabs’ AI-powered platform to create audiobooks in 29 languages.
“The audiobooks can then be distributed on Spotify and other retailers via Findaway Voices, a distribution service owned by Spotify,” the report reads.
Spotify also said authors can generate AI-narrated audiobooks using ElevenLabs, download the files, and upload them to Findaway Voices for review.
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Once approved, according to Spotify, the audiobooks will be available on its platform and any other platform that accepts AI-generated content.
“To maintain transparency, all AI-narrated audiobooks will be labeled in the metadata. The book description will also state: ‘This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice’,” the company said.
ElevenLabs offers both free and paid plans for its narration service. The free version allows up to 10 minutes of text-to-speech per month, while the $99/month Pro plan provides up to 500 minutes of narration.
The partnership follows Spotify’s 2023 collaboration with Google Play Books to offer AI-narrated audiobooks.
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