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International Children’s Book Day: Freeing young minds

By Andrea van Wyk on April 2, 2025 | literacy, personalised audiobooks, Reading

The American abolitionist and writer, Frederick Douglass, said, “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” As the world prepares to celebrate International Children’s Book Day (ICBD) on…

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Why you should record audio of yourself (even if your voice sounds ‘weird’)

By Andrea van Wyk on March 27, 2025

Most of us have experienced the cognitive dissonance of hearing our own voices played back at us: It sounds weird, unlike us at all. There are no statistics on how…

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From bedtime to all the time: Personalised audiobooks can help children feel secure

By Andrea van Wyk on March 4, 2025 | connection, personalised audiobooks, storytelling

It’s a ritual that’s been used to encourage children to go to sleep for decades: the bedtime story. Many of us have fond memories of our parents, and even grandparents,…

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Your loved ones need to hear your voice. Here’s why.

By Andrea van Wyk on February 18, 2025

It’s become almost a running joke that no one makes phone calls anymore. After all, we have text and email, which allows us to choose if and when to read…

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Why personalised gifts are better than standard ones

By Andrea van Wyk on February 4, 2025 | gifts, personalised audiobooks

It can be hard to buy gifts for someone, especially if they seem to have everything. You might be running out of ideas if you’ve given the same person many…

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The Power of Affirmations: Building Well-Being Through Personalised Audiobooks

By MJ on December 16, 2024 | affirmations, your best self

Life can feel overwhelming some days; most days. However well things are going, there are wobbles along our routes and we sometimes need help in deciding whether an upcoming obstacle…

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How personalised audiobooks gives teens another way to engage with reading

By hellodudley@dudleyeditions.com on November 26, 2024 | Reading

Our lives are increasingly complex and diverse. We spend our time in such a range of different ways that keeping things anchored can be a challenge for us all. At…

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Why publishers should embrace AI-driven audio

By MJ on November 12, 2024

Digital transformation can sound like an intimidating term. While digital solutions enable almost every aspect of our society to run more smoothly, the process of changing from embedded approaches to…

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Listen and Learn: Personalised Audiobooks can be a Gateway to Literacy

By MJ on October 30, 2024 | literacy

Audiobooks have a range of positive associations, whether from being a central part of our relaxation time, a delightful way to unlock and enhance treasured stories, a way to expand…

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What is a personalised audiobook?

By MJ on October 14, 2024 | copyright, personalised audiobooks

Personalised audiobooks are books that use some element of tailoring to the indvidual user. Specifically, we develop audiobooks that are created in the individual’s unique voice making the audibook deeply personal.…