Audio Player: AI-Narrated Audio for Any Article

The Powerbeans Audio Player transforms every article on your site into high-quality, AI-narrated audio — automatically, with no editorial effort required. Once the widget is embedded, Powerbeans ingests your content and generates audio for each piece, giving your audience a hands-free way to consume your journalism. The results speak for themselves: 85% of audio summaries that are started are completed, making it one of the most engaging formats you can add to your site.

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Key Stats

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How It Works

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Carousel

The Carousel feature enables continuous audio playback across articles — when one piece finishes, the next queued article starts playing automatically. This lets your listeners consume content hands-free while commuting, exercising, or doing chores, without ever returning to their screen. Carousel drives deeper sessions: publishers using it see an average session duration of 2.5 minutes — well above typical audio engagement benchmarks.

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Voice Cloning

Voice Cloning replicates each writer’s unique voice, so articles are narrated by the actual author rather than a generic AI voice. This adds authenticity and a personal connection that generic text-to-speech cannot replicate. Publishers who enable Voice Cloning see 2–3× increased usage for articles read by the author’s own voice.

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Customization

You can tailor the Audio Player to match your site’s identity and editorial needs. Available on every plan:

• Content type — Summary, Full content, or Both (Both requires the Scale plan and above)
• Voices — choose a voice from the available AI voice library, or enable Voice Cloning
• Colors — theme color and play/pause icon color
• New-visitor hint — a one-time nudge letting first-time visitors know they can listen, on by default
• Minimum date for audio generation — skip automatic audio generation for articles published before a chosen date
• Advertising — configure ad placements and formats

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Advanced Customization

• Field-by-field colors — override individual colors for buttons, player background/border, slider, switch, ad-playing state, and audio transition, beyond the simple theme/icon controls
• Pronunciation Dictionary — custom pronunciation rules for brand names, acronyms, and place names

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Monetization

The Audio Player supports audio ads, companion banners, and display formats — all optimized for performance via a seamless Google MCM setup. With access to 35+ top-tier SSPs, Powerbeans supports both programmatic and direct ad sales, giving you flexibility over your revenue strategy. Learn more in the Monetization overview.

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Standards & Compatibility

• No page slowdown — The widget loads asynchronously from a CDN and is cached in the browser for 30 days, so it never delays your page render.
• Accessible by default — Passes WCAG 2.2, with labeled controls, ARIA labels, visible focus states, and screen-reader-friendly playback text throughout.
• GDPR-aligned — Session and interaction data drive playback and analytics. Consent determines what is stored and for how long.
• IAB TCF ready — Works with IAB TCF consent signals from your CMP. Consent status controls what gets stored and how ads are served.

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FAQ