Skip to content

Need personal help? We reply quickly.

Reach our team directly — we walk new creators through setup.

Contact usEmail support

InkToAudio help center

How to use InkToAudio

A complete, plain-English guide for turning your writing into studio-quality audio and distributing it as a podcast. Every feature is explained step by step — no technical knowledge required.

Getting started: publish your first audio story

This walkthrough is written for a busy journalist or editor. You do not need audio gear, editing software, or technical knowledge. Bring a finished article, newsletter, or column; InkToAudio turns it into a narrated episode you can share.

Before you begin

Have three things ready: the text you want narrated, the byline or brand name listeners should see, and (optional) a square logo if you plan to make a podcast feed.

Step 1 — Create your account

  1. Click Get Started in the top-right corner of the home page, or open the sign-up page.
  2. Enter your email and password, or sign in with Google. Confirm your email address if InkToAudio asks you to.
  3. After sign-in, InkToAudio opens onboarding so you can set up the basics before your first episode.
Sign-up and onboarding entry screen

Step 2 — Add your publication details

  1. Enter Your name and your Company or brand name. Use the publication name your audience already recognizes.
  2. Click Continue. You can change these details later in Settings.

Step 3 — Choose a narrator

  1. Browse the voice gallery. Use filters if you already know the tone you want, such as calm, energetic, male, or female.
  2. Click the play icon beside a voice to hear a short preview.
  3. Select one voice and click Create voice profile. A voice profile is simply a saved narrator you can reuse.
Voice gallery and preview controls

Tip

You are not locked in. You can create more voices, change the default, or clone your own voice later in Voices & voice cloning.

Step 4 — Create your first post

  1. Use the sample post or paste your own article into the narration box. For a first test, a 500–1,000 word piece is ideal.
  2. Confirm the voice profile and any optional intro or outro audio.
  3. Choose whether the post should be Draft while you review it or Published when it is ready to share.
  4. Click Create audio. InkToAudio renders the audio; most short articles finish in about a minute.
Create content form with narration text and Create audio button

Step 5 — Review, share, or publish

  1. When rendering finishes, click Listen and play the whole episode or spot-check the beginning, middle, and end.
  2. If the script needs changes, edit the post and render it again.
  3. Click Share to copy a listening link, website player, iframe, button, or MP3 download.

Step 6 — Pick your regular workflow

After the first episode, choose the method that matches how you publish:

  • Manual publishing: paste articles in Create Content whenever you want audio.
  • Email workflow: forward newsletter issues to your private InkToAudio inbox. See Email inbox.
  • Website workflow: use Auto Render so article pages create audio automatically. See Auto Render.

Step 7 — Check performance

Once listeners have had time to play your audio, open Analytics to see listens, unique listeners, completion rates, and top posts. See Analytics for plain-English definitions of each number.

Stuck?

The contact form connects you with a real person on the InkToAudio team. We can help you get the first episode live.
PreviousOverviewNext 2. The dashboard