Ethical Digital Narration: What It Means for Indie Authors ft. Phil Marshall of Spoken Press (EP#552)
SPA Girls PodcastShow Notes
Ever wanted to create an audiobook but been scared off by the price tag? Phil Marshall, founder of Spoken.Press, built an AI-powered platform specifically for indie authors who want professional-quality audio without the professional-level costs.
In this episode we chat about:
Phil’s path from surgeon to tech founder and sci-fi author
What “ethical AI narration” means — consenting voice actors who are credited and compensated
The difference between text-to-speech (TTS) and speech-to-speech (STS) and when to use each
How Spoken analyses your manuscript to recommend voices matched to your characters
Creating multi-voice and full-cast audiobooks on a self-publishing budget
Where you can distribute AI-narrated audiobooks (spoiler: more places than you think)
About Phil Marshall
Phil Marshall is the founder and CEO of Spoken (spoken.press), the AI Audiobook Company. With a background in medicine and 25+ years in technology — including founding a conversational AI company in healthcare — Phil built Spoken after experiencing firsthand how expensive and complicated audiobook production was for his own debut novel. Spoken now serves thousands of authors worldwide, from first-time self-publishers to New York Times bestsellers.
Website: https://www.spoken.press/
📚 RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Spoken.Press: https://www.spoken.press/
Spoken Ethical AI page: https://www.spoken.press/ethicalai
Voices by InAudio (distribution): https://www.voicesinaudio.com/
BookFunnel (direct audiobook sales): https://bookfunnel.com/
Author Republic (distribution): https://www.authorrepublic.com/
Taming the Perilous Skies by Phil Marshall (debut novel, June 2026)
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