Listen to the chapter
Last checked against the product October 2, 2026
Some books are better heard, and some days there is no time to sit and read. On Novelmint a chapter can come with narration in a voice the author chose for the book. You can listen on its own, or follow along as the text highlights line by line. Like reading, it works a chapter at a time, and the first one is free.
Key takeaways
- Chapters on Novelmint can have AI narration, in a voice the author cast for the book.
- The first chapter’s audio is free. After that, audio is 25 credits a chapter, separate from unlocking the text.
- Read-along highlights the text as it is spoken. It is available for English narration.
- A book’s remaining audio can be unlocked in one go at a saving.
- If a chapter has no narration yet, a reader can have it narrated, and it stays available to everyone afterwards.
What it does
What listening includes
A voice chosen for the book
The author casts the narrator, so the same voice reads the whole book.
Read-along
The text highlights as the audio plays, which keeps your place when you switch between eyes and ears.
The usual controls
Skip back or forward fifteen seconds.
Other languages
A chapter can be narrated in any language it has been translated into.
Narration on request
No audio for a chapter yet? Ask for it. It takes a few minutes, and you are notified when it is ready.
Kept honest
If the author revises a chapter after it was narrated, the audio is marked as made from the earlier version.
How to use it
How to listen
Look for the speaker
A book’s chapter list marks the chapters that have audio.
Play chapter one
Its audio is free.
Unlock the audio you want
One chapter at a time, or the rest of the book together for less.
Turn on read-along
For English narration, the text follows the voice.
If you are an author
An audiobook without a studio
You cast a narrator for your book and can narrate chapters yourself, or leave it to readers who ask for them. Either way the narration stays with the chapter for every listener after.
Publish to readersQuestions
Frequently asked
- Do books on Novelmint have audio?
- Many chapters do. A book’s chapter list shows which chapters have narration. Where one does not, a reader can have it narrated.
- What does audio cost?
- The first chapter’s audio is free. Each later chapter’s audio is 25 credits, and a book’s remaining audio can be unlocked together at a saving. Audio is separate from unlocking the text.
- Is the narration a human voice?
- No. It is AI narration, in a voice the author picked for the book.
- What is read-along?
- The text highlights as the narration plays, so you can follow with your eyes. It is available for English narration.
- Can I get narration for a chapter that has none?
- Yes. On a chapter you have unlocked, you can ask for it to be narrated. The cost is shown first, and some plans take credits off it for a number of chapters each month. Once made, it is there for every reader.
What this page does not claim
- Narration is AI-generated. It is not read by a human narrator.
- Not every chapter has audio, and not every book has a narrator cast.
- Read-along text highlighting is for English narration. Audio itself can be made in other languages.
- Prices can change. The cost is shown before you unlock or request anything.
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Related
Narration is made from a chapter’s text, so the chapter has to exist in a language before it can be voiced in it.
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Reading on Novelmint
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First chapter free
Chapter one of every book, in full, with no account.
Unlocking chapters
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