Narration
Synthetic English voices for scripts, introductions and spoken stories, with selectable voices and pacing. A separate Slovenian female voice is also available.
Discuss narrationFREE TO USE · BUILT FOR ACCESSIBILITY
Give your story
a voice.
Explore expressive synthetic narration, chapter-based audiobooks, and fictional characters brought to life with speech.
Every playable example below was generated by this installation. Synthetic voices and AI characters are clearly labelled.
FROM THE STUDIO
Choose Play to watch the real demonstration.
Fictional character demonstrationAI-generated
Chief engineer
Aleksander Praprotnik
I am Aleksander Praprotnik, Storybook’s chief engineer. I live with muscular dystrophy.
My team and I are building free tools for communication, reading and creativity, with disabled people at the heart of the project.
Donate & supportACCESSIBILITY AT THE HEART. POSSIBILITIES FOR EVERYONE.
What would you like to make?
Start with words you already have, or try a script starter. The free workshop runs in your browser.
Give your next episode a clear opening.
Start a podcast introduction, listen to its rhythm, and download your edited script.
Live now: text editing, browser read-aloud, TXT import and text downloads. Studio-generated audio, audiobooks and talking videos are currently produced on our private PC; this website does not offer public AI rendering.
THE LISTENING ROOM
Find your voice. Meet your character.
Compare English voices, hear verified Slovenian narration, and explore the character demonstrations. All media controls work with a click.
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MEET THE CAST
More faces for your stories.
20 new fictional characters: 10 female and 10 male. Choose a reference portrait for a video made in the private studio. Finished video demos are shown separately.
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These are AI-generated reference images, not real people or completed video examples. Appearance and narration voice are selected separately.
THREE WAYS TO TELL IT
From a short message
to a longer story.
Audiobooks
Chapter-based narration from text documents, with consistent voice settings, adjustable pauses and individual chapter or combined recordings.
Discuss an audiobookTalking characters
Choose a studio character or provide your own reference image for a talking video with generated narration. The portfolio shows real examples and their visual limits.
Discuss a character videoAbout the free project, accessibility & our server
100% FREE TO USE · BUILT FOR ACCESSIBILITY
Creativity should be within reach.
This project exists to help disabled people listen to stories, turn text into speech and create talking-character videos. There is no subscription or purchase required, and donating is always optional.
The website introduces the tools and lets you request help. Generation currently happens on our private local server; it is not an unlimited public rendering service. Availability depends on the time and computing capacity we have.
We need voluntary donations to help keep the project free, cover running costs and work towards a bigger, faster server. We also want to keep improving accessible controls and the experience for disabled users.
THE SERVER BEHIND THE PROJECT
One real PC.
A bigger ambition.
Generation currently runs on a private Windows PC. Heavy jobs run one at a time, so longer books and videos can mean a wait. The public website does not provide access to the private studio or ComfyUI.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
8 CPU cores · 16 threads
48 GB RAM
System memory for models, books and generated media
NVIDIA RTX 5070
12 GB VRAM-class GPU for local AI generation
Local creative tools
ComfyUI video workflows, offline English voices and offline English ↔ Slovenian translation. Slovenian Petra narration needs an online speech service.
Hardware verified on 25 October 2026. Upgrade specifications, budget and performance gains are not yet confirmed.
A CLEAR STARTING POINT
Your brief comes first.
Tell us what you would like to make, which language you need, the approximate length, and how you intend to use it. Reference images should be yours to use.
- Describe the projectShare the script length, audience, language and desired format.
- Choose a directionUse the demos to identify the voice and character style you prefer.
- Agree the scopeThe project is free. We confirm what is possible with the available computing capacity; submitting an enquiry does not guarantee a delivery date.
Where this project could go next
These are ideas for future development, not available services or promised delivery dates.
More languages, less friction
Clearer voice setup and more multilingual examples.
Stories you can follow in more ways
Better text highlighting, editable captions and accessible reading experiences across devices.
More room to create
A public generation queue may become possible with suitable hosting, privacy controls and computing capacity. It is not connected today.
Our direction stays the same: free access, useful tools and accessible controls. Donations remain optional and do not buy priority or rewards.
Tell us about your project
LET’S START WITH THE IDEA
What would you
like to create?
A few details are enough to describe the starting point.
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Free to use. No purchase or donation is required. Availability and timing are confirmed individually; there is no paid checkout.
Help keep creativity accessible.
Voluntary support for our team, running costs and a faster server. No rewards, paid access or required donation.