StellAurator: audiobook recording software for Windows
You read your book aloud, line by line, and each take is saved under its line. The clicks and breaths are marked under every take, and before you upload, each chapter is measured against ACX.
For Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. Free for 7 days. No credit card. Everything is included except exporting the finished audiobook, which needs a plan. Your work stays on your computer. You make your account inside the app.
A Mac version and phone apps are on the way. Get notified when yours is ready.
Recordings
Real recordings made in StellAurator.
What you get
Each line of your book has its own row. When you record a line, the take goes on that row and stays there, with every other take of that line, until you delete one. To fix a sentence, you find its line and read it again. You never scrub through an hour of audio looking for the good take.
A fix for each one is listed under the take. You hear it before and after, then keep it or not. Before you upload, each chapter is measured against ACX’s requirements and gets a pass or a fail.
Your account holds your email address and your plan. When a plan ends, every book still opens and plays, and nothing is deleted.
What each part of the studio does · How your book stays private
What it costs
Hiring the production out costs about $3,400 at ACX’s planning figures for an 80,000-word novel. With StellAurator you read and produce the book yourself, with your own microphone. A plan bought during the open beta keeps its price while you stay subscribed.
If you hire it out
Narration and post-production for one book.
With StellAurator
Regular price $29 a month
While you are recording and finishing.
Regular price $290 a year
Every book you make that year.
Why I built StellAurator
I’m an author. When I started working on the audiobook for my novel, I realized pretty quickly that none of the software I was finding was actually made for authors. Everything was designed for recording music or podcasts. I wanted something where I could work directly from my manuscript, record my lines, and have everything organized without having to constantly switch between programs. I couldn’t find what I wanted, so I built it myself. That’s how StellAurator came about. It’s the software I built to make my own audiobooks.
J.T. Michaelstar
Free for 7 days, with no card. A practice book and a walkthrough are included. Exporting the finished audiobook comes with a plan.
Questions
Not yet; it runs on 64-bit Windows 10 or 11. A Mac version is coming. Leave your email to hear when it is ready.
It records your voice. A character can also be given a computer voice, and those are described on the voices page.
No card is taken, and nothing is charged. When the trial ends, your books stay on your computer and still open and play. Recording, generating and editing wait for a plan. During the open beta a plan is $12 a month or $90 a year, and you keep that price while you stay subscribed. The regular prices are $29 a month and $290 a year. The plans, on the pricing page.