Pronunciation audio for audiobook narration
Build a pronunciation guide that lives beside your narration script. Save written notes, record the chosen sound, and replay the reference wherever that word appears in the book.
Pronunciation Entry
Caer Durn
Audio reference
Pronunciation notes get weaker when they are separated from the manuscript
Audiobook pronunciation work is full of small decisions: how a surname is stressed, whether a real place name uses a local variant, how an invented word should sound, or which pronunciation a series has already established. When those decisions live in scattered notes, it is harder to bring them back into the exact line you are preparing.
A note is easy to make once and hard to find later
Names, places, fantasy terms, borrowed words, acronyms, and specialist vocabulary can return long after you researched them.
Separate guides pull you away from the script
A pronunciation document can be useful, but switching tabs or scanning a spreadsheet interrupts the reading context.
Written hints do not always carry the sound
Plain spelling notes, stress marks, and phonetic hints help, but an audio reference can capture the decision more directly.
Written notes and pronunciation audio in one entry
Story Mimic treats each pronunciation as a reusable decision record, not a throwaway note. You can keep the written hint for scanning, the audio reference for listening, and the script connection for context.
Example pronunciation entry
- Term:
- Caer Durn
- Note:
- Kair Dern; stress the first word
- Audio:
- short recorded reference
- Context:
- place name used throughout the series
Written pronunciation notes
Save a clear note for the term, including plain-language spelling, stress cues, regional context, or a project-specific decision.
Recorded pronunciation audio
Record or upload a short reference so the chosen sound is replayable when you need to check it again.
Inline access in the narration script
Surface the note and audio beside matching words in the narration script, so the reference stays near the line you are preparing.
Shared across the book
Save the pronunciation once for the project and use it as the same reference when the word appears again.
Use pronunciation audio for the words that need project context
Some words have more than one acceptable pronunciation, and some terms will not be covered cleanly by a standard dictionary. The useful thing to save is the decision that belongs to this audiobook.
- Character names, surnames, aliases, and forms of address
- Cities, regions, landmarks, and place names with local variants
- Fantasy names, invented languages, worldbuilding terms, and genre vocabulary
- Borrowed words, non-English phrases, acronyms, brands, and technical terms
Keep pronunciation cues readable with the rest of your markup
Pronunciation references are part of the larger prep layer. Pair them with script markup for emphasis, pauses, insertions, and section-level reading cues.
Save pronunciation audio once. Hear it wherever the word appears.
Move pronunciation references out of scattered documents and into the script you prepare from. Story Mimic keeps the written note, audio reference, and inline cue together.
Build your pronunciation prep workflow in Story Mimic
Start with the audiobook pronunciation guide template, then keep those references connected to the narration script as you prep.
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