Digital narration technology
Apple Books digital narration brings together advanced speech synthesis technology with important work by teams of linguists, quality control specialists, and audio engineers to produce high-quality audiobooks from an ebook file. Apple has long been on the forefront of innovative speech technology, and has now adapted it for long-form reading, working alongside publishers, authors, and narrators. For information on how you can take advantage of this new technology, see how to get started.
Digitally narrated titles are a valuable complement to professionally narrated audiobooks, and will help bring audio to as many books and as many people as possible. Apple Books remains committed to celebrating and showcasing the magic of human narration and will continue to grow the human-narrated audiobook catalog.
Empowering indie authors and small publishers
More and more book lovers are listening to audiobooks, yet only a fraction of books are converted to audio — leaving millions of titles inaccessible to readers who prefer audiobooks, whether by choice or necessity. Also, many authors — especially independent authors and those associated with small publishers — aren’t able to create audiobooks due to the cost and complexity of production. Apple Books digital narration is free and creating titles is easy, so you can meet the growing demand by making audiobooks available for listeners to enjoy.
Voices
Our digital voices are created and optimized for specific genres. We’re currently accepting ebook submissions categorized as fiction, romance, mystery and thriller, or science fiction and fantasy. Hear samples of voices available for these genres below, or check out the full books in our audiobooks store.
