PUBVOICE – AI Audio Player

Description

PUBVOICE is an AI-powered text-to-speech (TTS) service that converts your WordPress articles into high-quality audio — automatically. Add a “listen path” to your blog so readers can consume your content during commutes, workouts, or any screen-free moment.

Free plan available — start with no credit card required.

Why Audio?

The podcast market continues to grow year after year. According to Edison Research, 47% of Americans aged 12+ listen to podcasts monthly. In Japan, audiobook usage is growing ~20% year-over-year (Yano Research Institute). AI voice synthesis quality has improved dramatically while costs have dropped — making article audio conversion practical for any publisher.

Readers want to consume content in screen-free moments: commuting, exercising, cooking. Text-only media miss these touchpoints entirely. Adding a listening experience lets your articles reach audiences during time they already have, but can’t use their eyes.

Proven Results

Deployed across 30+ media sites, PUBVOICE has delivered measurable improvements:

• 11x longer session duration — readers stay while listening
• +32% repeat visit rate — listeners come back to listen again
• +19% more page views — audio navigation drives multi-article browsing

The most surprising finding: repeat visitors shift from “arriving via search” to “coming back to listen.” The delivery channel changes the relationship quality between your content and its audience.

Not Just Read-Aloud — Intelligent Scripting

PUBVOICE doesn’t simply read your article text aloud. The AI understands article structure — headings, bullet points, tables — and automatically rewrites scripts for natural listening. This means proper pacing, contextual transitions, and natural intonation that holds listener attention through completion.

Voice clone technology is also available: editors can use their own voice to deliver articles, creating a personal connection that text alone cannot achieve. Listeners recognize the writer’s voice and develop familiarity with your brand.

Key Features

• Auto Embed — Automatically insert the AI audio player on all blog posts
• Gutenberg Block — Use the “PUBVOICE Audio Player” block in the block editor
• Shortcode — Use [pubvoice] shortcode for manual placement
• Customizable Layout — Choose between Default and Compact player layouts
• 30+ AI Voices — Context-aware scripts with natural intonation
• Voice Clone — Use your own voice to deliver articles
• GA4 Analytics — Track play starts, completion rate, and drop-off points
• Verify Domain — Complete domain verification from the settings page
• RSS Sync — New articles are detected and converted to audio automatically
• SEO-Friendly — Outputs Google-recommended structured data (JSON-LD) for audio content

How It Works

1. Sign up at pub-voice.com (free plan available) and create a content source
2. Add your site’s RSS feed URL in the PUBVOICE dashboard
3. PUBVOICE will automatically crawl your articles and generate AI audio using text-to-speech
4. Install this plugin and enter your Content Source ID
5. The audio player will appear on your articles — no coding required

Use Cases

• Bloggers & Media — Reach readers who prefer listening over reading
• Content Marketers — Increase time on page and reduce bounce rates
• Accessibility — Provide audio alternatives for visually impaired users
• Multitasking Readers — Let users consume your content while commuting or exercising
• Brand Building — Use voice clones to create a personal, recognizable audio identity

Pricing

• Free — $0/month. 10,000 credits/month, up to 600 characters per script (~2 min audio), 2 content sources. No credit card required.
• Basic — $65/month. 50,000 characters/month, up to 1,000 characters per article (~3-4 min audio).
• Pro — $199/month. 100,000 characters/month, up to 1,300 characters per article, all voices, custom settings, detailed analytics.

Beta special: During the beta period, Basic plan features are available completely free. Start at pub-voice.com.

Press

• PR TIMES — PUBVOICE launches embedded audio player for web articles
• ASCII STARTUP — PUBVOICE adds AI audio player embedding and voice cloning

External Services

This plugin connects to the PUBVOICE service (operated by Media Leap Inc.) to deliver and play AI-generated audio for your articles. The service is required for the plugin’s core functionality. An account is required to use this plugin (a free plan is available at https://pub-voice.com/en).

PUBVOICE API (api.pub-voice.com)

This service provides AI text-to-speech audio generation and playback for WordPress articles. It is the core of the plugin.

• Data sent and when:
  • Domain verification / Connect Source (api.pub-voice.com/api/connect-source): POST request containing your Content Source ID. Sent only when an administrator clicks the “Verify Domain” button on the settings page.
  • Audio information fetch (api.pub-voice.com/api/public/audio-info): GET request containing the article URL. Sent on the front-end when a post with the audio player is loaded (results are cached locally for up to 1 day).
• Terms of Service: https://pub-voice.com/en/terms (English) / https://pub-voice.com/ja/terms (Japanese)
• Privacy Policy: https://pub-voice.com/en/privacy (English) / https://pub-voice.com/ja/privacy (Japanese)

PUBVOICE Player SDK (sdk.pub-voice.com)

This service provides the player SDK script that renders and controls the audio player on the front-end.

• Data sent and when: The SDK script is loaded from sdk.pub-voice.com on the front-end of posts where the audio player is displayed. The current article URL is sent to the SDK at runtime to retrieve the corresponding audio data.
• Terms of Service: https://pub-voice.com/en/terms (English) / https://pub-voice.com/ja/terms (Japanese)
• Privacy Policy: https://pub-voice.com/en/privacy (English) / https://pub-voice.com/ja/privacy (Japanese)

Source Code

This plugin ships its complete source code in the distribution package, including the human-readable JavaScript and CSS source files for the Gutenberg block (under src/block/). These source files are the inputs used to generate the compiled assets in the build/ directory.

To regenerate the build/ assets from source:

npm install
npm run build

The package.json file shipped with the plugin documents the build toolchain (@wordpress/scripts) and the exact build command. The block source files include:

• src/block/index.js — Block registration entry point
• src/block/edit.js — Block editor component
• src/block/save.js — Block save callback
• src/block/block.json — Block metadata
• src/block/editor.css / src/block/style.css — Block styles