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Rekainos Labs

Everything a story needs, in one studio.

The tools we use to bring our own books to life: narration and voices, music and sound, images and video, and productions that pull them together.

Speech that follows direction

Paste a script of up to 5,000 characters and the studio plans it line by line. Each line is voiced with the context around it, so the delivery carries from one sentence to the next instead of resetting.

  • Expressive voices for stories and books; Turbo for drafts and volume.
  • Tags for delivery, pauses and pace, written right in the script.
  • Pronunciations you set once and keep for every take.
  • Every take kept in your History; MP3 downloads on paid plans.

Voices with character

Our library voices were cast for real work: narration, teaching, characters and conversation. Press play to hear them.

  • Alistair Vance

    Warm, measured narrator Narration

  • Evelyn Cross

    Clear, bright teacher Teaching, Narration

  • Marcus Vane

    Deep, cinematic Narration, Characters

  • Lyra Vane

    Soft storyteller Narration

  • Dorian Grayling

    Lively performer Characters, Narration

  • Amara Bello

    Warm, encouraging coach Teaching, Conversation

  • Theo Hart

    Clear, friendly explainer Teaching, Conversation

  • Grace Mensah

    Gentle, calm guide Narration, Teaching

  • Silas Grey

    Mature, thoughtful Narration, Characters

  • Nia Cole

    Youthful, upbeat Characters, Conversation

Want your own? Record a short sample and clone your voice, or describe a voice and the studio designs it. Cloning needs a recorded consent statement from the person whose voice it is, so nobody's voice is copied without their say.

One custom voice on Creator, three on Pro, ten on Studio.

Translate, then voice

Translate a finished script into another language with every tag kept exactly where you put it, then voice it with the same direction. One production, many audiences.

From Starter.

Productions, chapter by chapter

For audiobooks, courses, podcasts and drama. Bring a manuscript and the narrative director reads it: it breaks the book into scenes, finds the characters and the mood of each moment, and casts a voice for every part. Review the plan, then produce it chapter by chapter, with music and sound placed by scene.

  • Narrator auditions: hear different voices read the same passage before you choose.
  • A production queue that works through long books for you.
  • A library for the takes you keep, and a History of everything you made.

Every plan. Long books are easiest on Pro and Studio.

Music and sound

Describe a feeling and get an original score. Short clips for intros and transitions, or full tracks, instrumental or with vocals and lyrics written for you.

  • Moods from hopeful and reflective to tense and cinematic, Afrobeat to lo-fi.
  • A sound library of rain, footsteps, crowds, doors and more, placed under the voice.
  • Mixing, mastering and loudness checks before you export.

Music from Creator.

Images and video

Turn a sentence into a cover, a scene or a character. Change it by describing what you want different. Then bring it to life: image to video makes an eight-second clip from your still, and text to video makes one from a description.

  • Images at 1K, 2K or 4K, square, landscape or portrait.
  • Edit an image with words, keeping what you like.
  • Video in landscape for screens or portrait for phones.

Images from Creator, video from Pro.

Coming next

Talking head: a presenter who speaks your narration, lip-synced to the voice you chose.

Short films: ninety-second films built from a storyboard, with shots generated, stitched, narrated and scored in the studio.

Transcription: recordings turned into editable scripts you can revoice or translate.

Live conversation: talk with a Rekainos voice in real time, for practice, teaching and characters.

Pricing

Plans are counted in minutes of finished Expressive speech. Start free, change plans whenever you like.

Free

Try the voices

£0

10 min of Turbo speech

  • Rekainos library voices
  • Personal use only
  • 7-day History
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Starter

Personal projects

£5/month

50 min of Expressive speech

  • Commercial use
  • MP3 downloads
  • Translate scripts
  • 30-day History
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Pro

Professional creators

£32/month

450 min of Expressive speech

  • Everything in Creator
  • 3 custom voices
  • Video from images and text
  • Built for long-form productions
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Studio

Small teams and agencies

£79/month

1,200 min of Expressive speech

  • Everything in Pro
  • 10 custom voices
  • Best price per minute
  • 180-day History
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Prices in pounds and exclude VAT. Every plan is one allowance of credits. The minutes shown assume you spend it all on speech; music, images and video draw on the same allowance. Allowances reset each month and don't roll over. Turbo, the faster voice, gives 1.5 times the minutes. Need more? A top-up of 100 Turbo minutes (≈ 67 Expressive) costs £4 and never expires. Larger teams, talk to us.

Sold by Rekainos Limited, England and Wales.

Beyond speech

Your plan comes as credits, and the minutes above are what they buy in speech. Music, images and video use the same credits at these rates.

Credits used by each feature
What you makeCredits
Expressive speech180 a minute
Turbo speech120 a minute
Translation1 per 100 characters
Music clip or full track400 or 2,000
Image at 1K, 2K or 4K300, 450 or 900
Video8,000 for an 8-second clip
Transcription30 a minute
Live conversation300 a minute

Questions people ask

What counts as a minute?

A minute of finished audio. A pause you write into the script counts as audio, and a retake costs the same as the first take. Repeating an identical take is free, and anything that fails to generate is refunded straight away.

Do unused minutes roll over?

Monthly minutes reset at the start of each month. Top-ups are different: they stay on your account until you use them.

Can I use the audio commercially?

Yes, on every paid plan. The free plan is for personal use and trying the voices.

Can I clone someone else's voice?

Only with their consent. Cloning needs the person to record a consent statement in their own voice, and we keep that recording with the voice. If you find your voice used without your consent, email abuse@rekainos.org.

Why are prices different in the US?

Customers in the UK and Europe buy from Rekainos Limited in pounds, excluding VAT. Everyone else buys from our US company in dollars. The page shows the right one for where you are, and you can switch above.

Who do I contact for help?

For the studio or your account, support@rekainos.org. For payments and invoices, billing@rekainos.org.

Do you have plans for larger teams?

Yes. Email us about volume, shared voices and invoicing.

Bring your first script.