Spoken V1.04 Release Notes: API Power, Future-Ready Infrastructure and Full Freedom with Distribution

Written By Patrick McMahon

We’re excited to announce the release of Spoken V1.04 — a major step forward in making scalable audiobook production faster, simpler, and more powerful. Whether you’re a publisher, a distributor, or a platform expanding your creative ecosystem, this update opens new possibilities for integrating Spoken into your workflow.

Spoken Studio API — Powering the Next Generation of Audiobook Workflows

With V1.04, Spoken’s Studio API is now available to all partners — transforming audiobook creation into a fully programmable, scalable service. Built for developers, publishers, and distribution platforms, the API gives you complete control over project creation, narration, and delivery, directly from your own applications and workflows.

Full Programmatic Control

  • Authenticate instantly with a clientId and secretKey, and start building projects within seconds.

  • Pass in your own externalProjectId to link Spoken projects to your existing systems and pipelines.

  • Automate audiobook creation from manuscript submission and voice casting to narration and audio retrieval.

Easy Integration into Existing Platforms

  • Seamlessly embed Spoken into your publishing tools, author platforms, or distribution services using our "Easy Peasy" Parameterized URL approach, allowing your authors to maintain their control of the quality of their work.

  • Create, manage, and deliver projects dynamically through simple, secure endpoints.

  • Eliminate manual steps, reduce time-to-market, and scale output with far less engineering overhead.

Scalable by Design

  • Power workflows ranging from quick demos to full enterprise-grade audiobook pipelines.

  • Produce titles programmatically with the same speed and simplicity as a single project.

  • Integrate narration, installment delivery, and audio export directly into your own applications.

Spoken’s Studio API is now the strongest tool in your publishing toolkit — built to turn audio production into a fast, flexible, and deeply integrated part of your ecosystem.

Explore the documentation and get started: API.Spoken.press

CI/CD Deployment and Infrastructure Upgrade

We’ve completely overhauled our backend deployment system to make Spoken faster, more reliable, and future-ready.

  • New Production Environment: A robust new setup designed for growth.

  • Improved Scalability: Optimized resource handling for large-scale workloads.

  • Faster Releases: Updates now ship more smoothly and reach users quicker.

  • Better Reliability: Reduced downtime and more consistent performance.

If terms like "CI/CD," "Kubernetes," "Pods," and "Replicas" mean something to you, you’ll appreciate the depth of these changes. If not, simply know that everything under the hood is now more efficient, stable, and built for success. 

Updated Terms of Service

Please see our updated Terms of Service. We’ve removed all constraints on distribution. Spoken is built to empower authors with both creative and publishing control.

Patrick McMahon
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