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Pronunciation Guide Generator: Agree on the names before your narrator records them.

You have heard that character’s name in your head for years. Your narrator is seeing it for the first time. Pronunciation Guide Generator helps you prepare a list to review together, so the sound of your world becomes a conversation before recording.

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Settle the sound before the session

Where does the stress fall?
Which reading did you intend?
What should sound the same throughout?

Your names. A shared pronunciation.

Create suggested pronunciations from your manuscript, then approve or correct them with your narrator.

Your manuscript stays private. Author Media never stores or views it, and the AI companies do not train on it.

Make the handoff easier to talk through.

Unfamiliar names and words need more than “you’ll know it when you see it.” Give your narrator a starting reference, then make the final choices together.

Put the tricky words in one conversation
Review a draft list of names and terms before recording. Add anything missing and check the suggested readings.
Make your intention explicit
Change a plausible guess to the sound you actually want. Keep the approved guide handy for recurring words and future discussions.

A narrator appreciated the handoff

On Pronunciation Guider and Character Compendium, used together

“Thank you very much for your wonderfully comprehensive pronunciation guide and character voice profiles!”

Jeremiah Friedli's audiobook narrator
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Bring the book and the narrator’s dialect.

You bring

Upload your manuscript and select the primary dialect when it matters to the recording.

Your manuscript stays private. Author Media never stores or views it, and the AI companies do not train on it.

You get

A draft pronunciation guide with phonetic spellings and readable respellings to discuss with your narrator.

AI cannot know how you intended an invented name to sound. Check important pronunciations and approve the guide before treating it as the recording reference.

Before you start

Will it know how my invented names should sound?

It can suggest plausible readings. You decide how the names in your world are pronounced and correct the guide accordingly.

Do I have to read phonetic symbols?

No. The guide includes simple respellings alongside phonetic notation. Read them aloud with your narrator to make sure you mean the same sound.

Will it check the finished audiobook?

No. It creates a preparation reference. It does not listen to or verify your recording.

Can I also give my narrator character context?

Yes. Character Compendium can help you prepare character notes and suggested voice directions to review together.

Is my manuscript private?

Yes. Author Media does not store, track, or view anything you post to this tool. The tools reach each AI through its business API with privacy set to the maximum, so the AI companies do not train on your words.

How much does it cost?

Pronunciation Guide Generator is included with any Novel Marketing Patreon membership of $10 per month or more. That membership also unlocks more than 80 other author tools in the Patron Toolbox. AI tool use draws from your membership’s credit balance.

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