Turn any text into an audiobook

What is a text-to-audiobook converter?

It turns written text into spoken audio. You give it words (a pasted paragraph, an article, a manuscript, an EPUB) and it returns a recording in a human-sounding voice. Early tools used robotic speech synthesis. Narrator AI runs on Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS, so the narration carries the pacing and intonation of a real reader instead of a flat monotone. You keep the result as a standard audio file, so it plays in any podcast app, car stereo, or phone. The idea is simple: anything you can read, you can now listen to. Writers proof drafts by ear, students turn dense PDFs into commute-friendly audio, and fans voice stories no studio would ever record.

How do you turn text into an audiobook?

Three steps. Add your text, pick a voice, and generate. Narrator AI splits the text into chapters, narrates each one, and assembles the result into a single downloadable book that runs in the background while you do other things.

1. Add your text. Paste it, drop in a .txt, .epub, .fb2, .md or .html file, or import from a URL.
2. Pick a voice. Use one narrator for the whole book, or assign a distinct voice to each character for dialogue-heavy fiction.
3. Generate and download. A short excerpt finishes in minutes; a full novel keeps rendering while you step away.

How much does it cost to convert text to audio?

You start free. Every new account gets a trial balance, enough to narrate a short chapter and judge the quality on your own words before paying anything. After that you buy credits in packs rather than a subscription, so you pay only for what you narrate. Cost scales with length: a small amount of credit covers a blog post, and a full-length novel runs roughly the price of a single retail audiobook, except you own the file and can revoice it whenever you edit the text. Every narrator is available from the start. You don't pay extra to unlock voices, and there's no per-seat fee. The pricing page shows current pack sizes with prices in US dollars.

What formats and languages does it support?

Upload EPUB, FB2, TXT, Markdown, or HTML, paste raw text, or import from a URL. The parser pulls chapters out of the file and skips the front matter (title pages, tables of contents) so narration starts where the story does. English narration is the default; the engine also handles other languages, and you can set per-book language so names and stress land correctly. Long books are split into chapters automatically, and you can regenerate any single chapter or line without rerunning the whole thing.

Is AI narration good enough to listen to?

For most listening, yes. The narrator reads at a steady, even pace and keeps emotion subtle, which is what you want across a long book, without overacting or jarring swings in tone. Dialogue can be voiced per character so a conversation between two people actually sounds like two people. The honest limit: AI narration won't match a top human performer on a heavily dramatic novel. When a line lands wrong, you regenerate just that line rather than the chapter, so polishing is cheap. The fastest way to judge it is to paste a page of your own writing and listen.

Frequently asked questions

Can I turn a PDF or EPUB into an audiobook?

Yes. Upload EPUB, FB2, TXT, Markdown, or HTML and the parser extracts the chapters automatically. For a PDF, paste the text or convert it to one of those formats first.

Is there a free way to convert text to audio?

Every new account starts with a free trial balance, enough to narrate a short chapter and hear the quality on your own text before you buy any credits.

Do I own the audio I create?

Yes. You download the finished audiobook and keep the file. There's no monthly lock-in, and you can revoice it whenever you edit the source text.

How long does it take to convert a book?

A short excerpt is ready in a few minutes. A full-length novel takes longer and renders in the background, chapter by chapter, while you do other things.