Your Writing. Spoken.
Spoken celebrates writers and readers who love to listen.
It helps writers of all kinds to easily self-publish, share, and monetize audio of their work. At the same time, Spoken provides a groundbreaking network for readers to discover, stream, and support the writers they love.
Writer’s Tool.
Everywhere you look, you can find wildly talented world-builders and wordsmiths. From fanfiction to wikipedia entries, creatives large and small are sharing incredible work with their vibrant communities.
Spoken Studio™ breathes new life into the written word. This purpose-built workflow helps writers easily classify their work, produce high-quality audio narration, and publish the audio to Spoken — all without sacrificing creative rights.
Spoken makes narrating, publishing, streaming and getting paid for written work more accessible than ever. With our unique social capabilities, writers not only build their own library, but personal brand as well. We can’t wait to see what the indie writers of the world create.
Power to the (self-)publisher.
Readers Rule.
Listening is the new reading, and more people are doing it every day.
Traditional written-word media platforms don’t cater well to readers who are also listeners, nor do they support independent writers. Streaming media platforms also fall short on short-form writing, both for publishers and listeners.
Spoken changes that. Our platform puts audio first, welcomes diverse communities of creatives, and makes it easy to stream work while supporting the writers you love.
All you have to do is listen.
Pay the Penmen.
There really isn’t a great payment model that rewards dedicated independent writers. Especially a model that doesn’t require Ads.
So we invented the Spoken Affinity Model™
After our beta, 50% of all subscription revenue will go back to the writers who share their projects publicly. Payments are based on the proportion of time listeners spend with a writer’s work instead of play count across all writers.
This fair payment model makes it easy for readers to support the writers they love, while finally, fairly, rewarding writers for their work.
Riches to the Writers.
Join the Spoken Beta Program.
Spoken is a unique platform. We combined familiar elements of social, community, and streaming apps with cutting-edge creative tools, including responsible AI analysis and advanced voice technology.
We haven’t seen anything like it before. We want to do it right. And we’d love your help.
When the Beta launches, it will be free for all users, including those who want to use Spoken Studio. As a small bootstrapped startup, we need to minimize excessive use of the expensive TTS functions. Therefore, you’ll need to request access to Spoken Studio to publish your work. Our team will review your request and get you started within 24 hours.
Use your words.
Trying new things can be better with friends. We’ve set up a Subreddit and Discord server for feature requests, help, sharing work, and community updates.
By Storytellers. For Storytellers.
We believe that giving voice to writing isn’t just for those with resources to create elaborate productions or patience to navigate complex publishing hoops. Spoken was created by a small team of storytellers based in Portland, Oregon who believe in empowering self-publishers.
