Spoken V1.02 Release Notes – LPF Distribution Files, New Retail Samples, Passage Upgrades, and the Dawn of The AI Audiobook Company™

Spoken V1.02 is all about making your audiobooks distribution-ready. With this release, we’re delivering full LPF-compliant downloads, Independent Passage Editing, retail-ready samples, smoother playback, and a set of refinements that raise the bar for production quality.

LPF File Downloads for Distributors

Spoken now provides LPF-compliant files for download, meeting the standards required by distributors such as InAudio. Projects are automatically structured to align with professional audiobook submission requirements:

• Chapters and segments

• Opening credits standardized:

• “Made with Spoken, Jingle, [Title], Written by [Author Name], Author-recorded introduction (optional).”

• Retail samples under 5 minutes

• Audio requirements:

• Constant bit rate ≥192 kbps, 44.1 kHz sample rate.

• 1000ms of silence (room tone) is now added to the beginning and end of every installment, including opening credits.

• During mastering, the first passage’s padding is automatically stripped and replaced with this standardized 1000ms silence.

• Cover art

This ensures audiobooks created on Spoken are ready for distributor submission the moment you export them.

Independent Passage Editing

We’ve refined how the Update button works at both the passage and batch level, giving authors more control and flexibility when revising narration.

Individual Passage Updates

• Clicking Update on a single passage now processes that passage independently.

• Multiple passages can be updated in parallel if each is triggered individually.

• Cancel will cancel that passage’s update, including narration if it has already started.

Batch Updates

• Clicking the Update X Passages button at the bottom of the page processes all pending passages together, in one batch.

• While a batch update is running, individual passage Update buttons are disabled (grayed out).

• Authors can still edit passages during a batch run; updates can be applied once the batch completes.

This new design provides a clear distinction between individual passage control and installment-wide batch updates, while preventing conflicts and ensuring smooth processing.

5-Minute Retail Samples

Spoken now automatically generates 5-minute samples for every project:

• Included when you Take It With You (TIWU).

• Streamable directly on your project page as a preview.

This makes it easy to promote your audiobook and meet retailer requirements with no extra steps.

Playback Improvements

Narration now includes better breathing room between passages, eliminating cutoff issues and creating a smoother, more natural listening experience.

Spoken is The AI Audiobook Company™

With this release, we’re unveiling an expansion of our brand identity: Spoken, The AI Audiobook Company™.

This moniker reflects our singular focus. While many companies experiment with text-to-speech, Spoken is purpose-built for authors and storytellers. Our mission is to deliver professional-quality audiobooks with unmatched listening experiences — and to ensure your work is distribution-ready for every major streaming and retail platform.

This identity represents more than a tagline — it marks Spoken’s evolution into the dedicated home for AI-powered audiobook creation.

Fixes & Polishing

This release also resolves a wide range of issues to improve stability and workflow:

• UI fixes for clearer, more consistent display.

• Narration reliability improvements, reducing glitches and dropouts.

• Character merging is more accurate in multi-voice projects.

• Passage editing is smoother and more reliable.

These refinements make the authoring process more seamless and dependable from start to finish.