Spotify is partnering with AI voice software provider ElevenLabs to bring more AI-narrated audiobooks to its platform.
Currently, AI-recorded audiobooks are allowed on Spotify, but with restrictions imposed by the audiobook platform, Findaway Voices.
ElevenLabs offers authors the ability to narrate audiobooks in 32 languages using a wide selection of synthetic voices.
Spotify sees the potential of using digital voice-narration to make audiobook production more affordable and to bring attention to older, backlist titles.