Audiobook audio

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  calebzneff · Member · Mar 11, 2022 at 1:19 am

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  If I want to turn my blog posts into an audiobook, do I have to read them out loud myself, or does the software make audio files?

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  cuellin · Member · Mar 11, 2022 at 5:49 am

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  Hi there calebzneff

  Turning text into an audiobook is something you’ll have to prepare on your own.
  WordPress.com would give you a platform to share your audios in the same way you use it to share text.
  That being said, there are multiple ways to create an audiobook. One way would be to read and record them yourself. Another option would be to hire people to do it, or to get some software (free or paid) that does it for you. You’ll have to research which option fits you better.

  Finally, I want to note that your site proseandwritethinking.com isn’t actually using WordPress.com as a hosting provider. You are using a self-hosted installation of WordPress.org which has a lot of differences from the .com version. For future reference, you can find the forums for WordPress.org installations here: https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/

  Hope this helped! 👍

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  staff-sheva · Staff · Mar 11, 2022 at 6:18 pm

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  Hi @calebzneff,

  For sites hosted on WordPress.com, you can convert your blog to a podcast on Anchor.fm using text-to-speech, as outlined here: https://wordpress.com/support/create-anchor-podcast/

  While this isn’t quite the same as creating an audiobook, you may find this useful for your WordPress.com site.

  Otherwise, for your WordPress.org site, there are plugins that can convert posts to audiobooks.

  Hope that helps.