A story can carry more than one narration. This page explains who
decides which voices exist, what a listener can change, and what the
audio player actually does.
The author makes the versions
Narration is never automatic and never reader-triggered. The author
asks for it and picks the voice, and that voice runs through the
whole story. If the author wants a second reading — a different
voice, or a fresh take — they create a second narration version
for the same story.
As a reader you switch between the versions the author made. You
cannot pick an arbitrary voice and have the story read in it, and
you cannot request a version that doesn't exist yet. If a story has
exactly one narration, that is what you hear.
Premium does not change the voice
Worth stating plainly, because it comes up often — there is no
higher-quality voice tier for Premium listeners. The audio a
Premium account hears is the same audio everyone else hears. Premium
changes other things about listening, not the voice itself.
Human recordings sit alongside AI ones
When an author has commissioned a human narrator, that recording is
simply another version of the story's audio. It appears in the same
place, plays in the same player, and you switch to it the same way.
Nothing about the listening experience is different.
What the player offers
The audio player is shared across the app and shows you:
- the story cover and title,
- "Chapter n of m", so you always know where you are, and
- "Narrated by …", naming the voice you are listening to.
Its controls are:
- previous chapter,
- play / pause,
- next chapter,
- a seek slider for moving within the current chapter,
- "Read along" — a Premium feature that follows the narration in
the text, and - stop / close, which puts the player away.
That is the full set. If you are looking for something that isn't in
that list, it isn't hiding in a menu — it isn't there.