Ethical Digital Narration: What It Means for Indie Authors ft. Phil Marshall of Spoken Press (EP#552)

About this episode

Phil Marshall discusses ethical AI narration and affordable audiobook production for indie authors.

Ever wanted to create an audiobook but been scared off by the price tag? Phil Marshall, founder of Spoken.Press , built an AI-powered platform specifically for indie authors who want professional-quality audio without the professional-level costs. In this episode we chat about: Phil’s path from surgeon to tech founder and sci-fi author What “ethical AI narration” means — consenting voice actors who are credited and compensated The difference between text-to-speech (TTS) and speech-to-speech (STS) and when to use each How Spoken analyses your manuscript to recommend voices matched to your characters Creating multi-voice and full-cast audiobooks on a self-publishing budget Where you can distribute AI-narrated audiobooks (spoiler: more places than you think) About Phil Marshall Phil Marshall is the founder and CEO of Spoken (spoken.press), the AI Audiobook Company. With a background in medicine and 25+ years in technology — including founding a conversational AI company in healthcare — Phil built Spoken after experiencing firsthand how expensive and complicated audiobook production was for his own debut novel. Spoken now serves thousands of authors worldwide, from first-time…

People in this episode

Guest: Phil Marshall

Topics covered

• audiobook production
• ethical AI narration
• indie authors
• AI technology
• self-publishing
• voice acting

Keywords

• audiobook
• indie authors
• AI narration
• self-publishing
• voice actors
• Spoken Press
• cost-effective

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Organizations: Spoken Press, Spoken, InAudio, BookFunnel

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