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How it works

Five steps, in order, with nothing hidden. You always know what happens next, what we need from you, and what you receive.

The five steps

1

Share your manuscript

Write to us about your book and send the finished manuscript. We read its length, work out the finished hours, and confirm your fixed quote in writing, at the published rate, before any production begins. Production starts from a finished manuscript, so bring the book you are done revising.

2

Record your voice, with your consent

You record in your own voice, reading aloud in the studio flow. As part of intake, you read and tick the consent attestations yourself. They confirm the voice is yours, that you agree to it being cloned for your book, and that you understand how it will be used. We do not attest for you, and we do not proceed without your attestations.

3

Your voice is built for your book

From your recording, we build a clone of your voice for your project. It exists to narrate your book. It is not sold, not shared, and not used for any other author's work.

4

Production, with the pronunciation review loop

We produce the narration chapter by chapter. Along the way we run the pronunciation review loop with you: names, places, and terms are checked against how you intend them to sound, and anything that is off is corrected and produced again. Your book should sound the way you wrote it.

5

Review, then own your masters

You review your chapters and flag anything that needs another pass. We finish the corrections and deliver the finished masters. They are owned outright by you, the author, to sell and distribute as you choose.

What you receive

  • A fixed quote in writing, before production
  • Narration in your own cloned voice, with your consent on record
  • A pronunciation review loop during production
  • Chapter review before the masters are finished
  • Finished masters, owned outright by you

Your part

What we ask of you

  • A finished manuscript. The book you are ready to hear, not a draft still being revised.
  • Your own voice. A recording you make yourself, in a quiet room, reading aloud.
  • Your consent, given by you. The intake attestations are yours to read and tick. Nobody can give them for you.
  • Your ear. Time to review pronunciations and chapters, and to tell us plainly what needs another pass.

The consent step, up close

Why step two is built the way it is

A cloned voice is personal in a way a manuscript is not. So consent at OwnVoice Studio is not a line buried in a contract. It is a step of its own, inside the intake flow, taken by the author personally, before any voice is built. If the attestations are not ticked, the studio stops there. That design is deliberate, and it protects you, your voice, and your book.

Read how voice recordings and manuscripts are handled in our Privacy Policy.

Begin

Step one takes one email.

Tell us your book title and its approximate length. We will reply with the next steps and your quote.