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Add your keys
A free Groq key handles speaker casting. ElevenLabs adds a wider range of high-quality voices.
Full-cast audio from any passage
Turn any book into full-cast cinematic audio.
Paste a passage. CenaReader detects every speaker and emotional beat, then lets you cast a distinct voice for each character.
Bring your own Groq and ElevenLabs keys. They stay on your device, and there’s no paid CenaReader subscription in the middle.
Live demoBrowser voices
Voice assignment
Narrator
Mrs. Green
Raven
Transcript · flagged lines stay editable
Narrator
The teacher swiped through her tablet, then noticed the notification blinking in the corner of her screen.
Mrs. Green · warm
Oh? That's odd, I wasn't expecting anyone new to check in this early.
Narrator
Glancing up at the boy with the iridescent mohawk standing awkwardly by the door.
Raven · unsure
Huh? Wait, am I even supposed to be in this room right now?
Fresh from the creator feed
Hear what CenaReader creators are bringing to life.
From page to performance
Four steps. No timeline to edit. No manual character setup.
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Paste your text
Drop in any scene, chapter, or script—even prose without clean dialogue tags.
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We cast it
Every line gets a speaker, a confidence flag, and a read on its emotional tone.
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Press play
Each character speaks in an assigned voice, delivered with the scene’s emotional intent.
Built for scenes that refuse to sound flat.
Most narration tools use one voice or make you tag every line yourself. CenaReader gives you control without turning the story into a production timeline.
Recast on the fly
Rename or reassign a character right in the transcript without rerunning the analysis.
You own the engine
Bring your own Groq and ElevenLabs keys. Nothing is routed through a paid CenaReader subscription.
Fix its mistakes
Correct a misattributed speaker before playback. Nothing is locked in.
Built for messy prose
It handles writing that runs narration straight into dialogue without neat ‘she said’ tags.
Build the audio layer first
Cinematic audiobooks now. A faster path to animation later.
Casting voices per character is the slow part of turning a story into anything animated. Automate that first, and the same structured scene can become the foundation for what comes next.
Fiction & novelsScreenplays & scriptsDramatic readingsWebcomics & serialized storiesDialogue-heavy worldbuildingTable read prep
Paste a scene. Hear it happen.
Free to try. No account required for your first passage.
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