BeyondWords

BeyondWords is an AI-powered text-to-speech platform that converts written content into engaging audio. It offers an integrated audio content management system that empowers users to improve their publishing workflow with natural-sounding synthetic voices and customizable audio attributes.

BeyondWords supports a wide range of content formats, including articles, newsletters, blog posts, content marketing materials, investment research, white papers, and internal communications. The platform utilizes cutting-edge voice technology for high-quality and engaging text-to-speech conversions. It also features a voice cloning option, which enables users to create custom voices that match their target audience. This can be particularly useful for publishers who want to maintain their brand voice across their audio content.

The platform's voice library includes more than 550 AI voices across 140 language locales, drawn from professional voice actors as well as industry leaders like Amazon, Microsoft and Google. Users can also take advantage of automatic SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language) normalization, which ensures accurate and customizable pronunciation at scale.

BeyondWords provides a full suite of tools for managing audio content. These include:

• Production: Users can create audio manually or through API, RSS Feed Importer, WordPress, Ghost, or Contentful plugin integrations.
• Distribution: Audio can be distributed through the BeyondWords Player embed, web and mobile SDKs, API, playlists, or podcast feeds.
• Analytics: Users can track detailed engagement metrics to optimize their audio strategy and connect these insights to Google Analytics.
• Monetization: Custom ads and programmatic ad integrations enable revenue generation from audio content.

The platform is designed to support a range of use cases, including increasing reach, increasing engagement and generating revenue. Publishers can use BeyondWords to convert articles into audio to increase accessibility and drive subscriptions. For example, one publication saw immediate interest and uptake in their audio content, while another saw synthetic voices increase engagement.

BeyondWords pricing is tiered across three plans:

• Pilot: Free, best for individuals, limited to 10,000 characters and one project.
• Pro: $89 per month, best for small news media and content marketing teams, comes with 1 million characters per month and up to five members.
• Enterprise: Custom pricing, best for large news media and investment research teams, comes with unlimited characters and members.

Each plan includes access to a range of features, including CMS integrations, API, editor, player embed, basic analytics and support. The Pro and Enterprise plans also include premium neural voices, playlists, podcast feeds and advanced analytics.

By using BeyondWords, publishers and content creators can improve their audio strategy, reach a wider audience and drive engagement and revenue without requiring significant audio production resources.

Published on June 13, 2024