Choose a story
Any EPUB, PDF or TXT you own — a novel, a fanfic, a web serial — or one of the 1,000+ classics in the app.
Full cast
Turn Any Book into an Audio Drama
A narrator, a hero, a villain, a sidekick — each in their own AI voice. Upload a book you own and hear it performed by a full cast.
From page to performance
No scripts to write and no voices to pick.
The cast is assembled
Lyraboo finds every character, decides who says each line and gives each one a distinct voice, with a narrator for the rest.
Listen to the performance
The first chapter is ready in a minute or two; the text scrolls along like lyrics, each line labelled with its speaker.
What you actually hear
Lyraboo reads the whole book and separates narration from dialogue. It works out which character says each line — even in long exchanges with no “he said” — and gives every character their own voice, which they keep from the first chapter to the last. A narrator carries the description. So an argument sounds like two people arguing, and a crowded scene stays easy to follow by ear.
Audiobook, full cast or audio drama?
| Classic audiobook | Lyraboo full cast | Produced audio drama | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voices | One narrator | Narrator + a voice per character | Cast of actors |
| Text | Every word | Every word | Often adapted |
| Music and effects | No | No | Usually |
| Which books | What a publisher records | Any book you own | A few chosen titles |
Produced dramas — the kind with sound design and a cast of actors — exist for a small number of bestsellers. Lyraboo gives the full-cast treatment to everything else: the fanfic you love, the indie series with no audio edition, the classic nobody has recorded with a cast.
Where it shines
- Dialogue-heavy fiction — fantasy parties, romance, courtroom and detective stories.
- Fanfiction and web serials — see fanfiction audiobooks.
- Long series — characters keep their voices, so you recognise them by ear.
Honest limits
No music or sound effects, and voices are cast automatically rather than chosen. Android only, needs a connection, free for one hour a month. How the casting works is explained in multi-voice audiobooks.
Why listeners choose Lyraboo
The things people notice in the first chapter — and the reasons they stay.
Every character gets their own voice
Lyraboo’s AI finds every character in the book and casts a distinct voice for each — automatically, for every book. You always know who is speaking, and dialogue sounds like a real conversation instead of one narrator doing all the parts. Most reading and text-to-speech apps use one voice for everything.
The text follows along, like lyrics
Under the player, the book scrolls with the voice the way song lyrics do in Spotify: words light up as they are spoken, each line shows who says it, and tapping any word jumps there.
A player that feels like a music app
Chapters, speed from 0.25× to 3×, background playback with lock-screen controls, and it picks up exactly where you stopped.
Upload, and you are listening in minutes
Pick an EPUB, PDF or TXT and there is nothing to set up: the first chapter is ready in about one to two minutes, and the rest generate while you listen.
Any book you have, not just a catalogue
Novels, fanfiction and web-serial exports, indie ebooks, study PDFs — plus over 1,000 English classics already in the app.
Fair on cost
One free hour of listening every month, no card needed. Hours are spent once per chapter — replaying is always free.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can AI turn a book into an audio drama?
It can give a book a full cast: Lyraboo detects every character in a book you upload and gives each one their own AI voice, with a narrator for description, so conversations play out between different voices. It does not add music or sound effects — it is a full-cast reading of the text as written.
What is the difference between an audiobook and an audio drama?
A classic audiobook is one narrator reading the whole text. An audio drama is performed by a cast, often adapted, with music and sound effects. A full-cast audiobook sits between them: every word of the book, with different voices for the characters — which is what Lyraboo makes.
Which books work best?
Fiction with a lot of dialogue: fantasy, romance, mysteries, fanfiction and web serials. Non-fiction is read by a single narrator.
Can I choose the voices myself?
No. Lyraboo casts the voices automatically and keeps each character’s voice for the whole book; they cannot be hand-picked.
Try Lyraboo on Android
Upload a book you own and let the app turn it into a multi-voice audiobook automatically.