Abstract: A method includes receiving a text file of an author's book as input to a serialized process that creates a record of each paragraph of text and creating a character file with associated character attributes and information required for the recording process and or virtualization process. The method includes combining the serialized file with the character file to create a snippet file, assigning characters to snippets, and generating audio files from snippets using text-to-speech APIs. The snippets of text are assigned to a character, can be edited and audio played back. The method includes sharing snippets with narrators to record specific characters not represented by text-to-speech synthesized audio and concatenating all audio files from snippets, with proper time spacing, into a publishable audiobook format. The snippets are concatenated, and audio files are created through links to text-to-speech API processes. The snippets are concatenated and shared with a human narrator.

Abstract: Colabnarration is six-step process that allows authors to create their own audiobooks with or without human recorded narration. The processes described herein are; 1) Serialization of the text-based novel or book. This process creates a record for each paragraph of text in the book (text file) and also creates a proprietary file to be used within the software application. 2) Creation of a character file. This process allows the author to create a list of characters and add all pertinent information required in the recording process and/or the virtualization process. 3) Combining the serialized file with the character file creates the Snippet file, which is used in the Snippet Manager. In this process, the author can assign characters to every snippet (text block) which will be used in the following step. 4) Generate audio files using 3rd party text-to-speech APIs. Each snippet (text block) is sent to a virtual voice API and is converted into an audio file.