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BeyondWords

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Velocity2.0

AI audio platform that turns articles and news content into listenable audio with custom voices.

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BeyondWords adds custom voice generation and pushes deeper into news-publisher distribution.

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◆Current state
BeyondWords is shipping consistently around a narrow thesis: automated audio (and increasingly video) for news publishers, powered by ElevenLabs and curated for newsroom use. Recent ships include text-prompt custom voice generation, a Pugpig partnership extending reach into news-app distribution, and script templates that auto-adapt articles to audio/video format. Editorial content highlights customer wins (Outside Interactive, The Washington Post, Business Insider) and emphasizes immersion-reading as a category bet.
◆Where it's heading
BeyondWords is consolidating its position as the audio/video automation layer for publishers, with the ElevenLabs partnership central to its voice quality story. The shift from offering curated voices to letting users generate them from prompts is structural — it moves the product from a voice library to a voice studio. Distribution partnerships (Pugpig) suggest a channel-led expansion is now part of the playbook.
◆Prediction
Expect deeper personalization features (listener-segmented voices, locale-aware narration) and likely a self-service tier targeting smaller publishers. Video automation will continue to grow alongside audio given the script-template foundation.

◆Recent moves

  1. 3d ago

    Make your news app listenable with Pugpig x BeyondWords

    Pugpig partnership brings automated audio and video into news-publisher mobile apps. Distribution-channel expansion that fits the publisher-focus thesis without changing the product surface.

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  2. 22d ago

    Generate custom voices to narrate your content

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    Custom voice generation lets users create ElevenLabs voices from descriptive text prompts. This moves BeyondWords from a curated voice library to a voice studio — a structural change in how publishers control their audio brand and a natural extension of the ElevenLabs partnership.

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  3. 1mo ago

    5 ways to fuel long sessions with audio articles

    Tactics piece on using audio articles for long listening sessions. Engagement-focused editorial content.

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  4. 1mo ago

    How immersion reading can drive deeper news engagement

    Editorial on immersion reading (synchronized text + audio) as a publisher engagement strategy. Sets up a category bet without shipping a feature.

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  5. 2mo ago

    How AI audio is reshaping modern news apps

    Case-study-flavored editorial citing Washington Post and Business Insider adoption of AI audio. Positioning content using customer references.

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  6. 2mo ago

    How we curated ElevenLabs voices for news publishing

    Behind-the-scenes editorial on how BeyondWords selected ElevenLabs voices for news. Useful trust-building content; not a release.

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