Blake
English · Narration
Audiobook Cost Calculator
Free to start. No card needed.
See what an audiobook costs in points, worked out with real numbers on a 90,000-word novel — no calculator widget, just the arithmetic.
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Step-by-step guide
How to Use Audiobook Cost Calculator
Start for free — no credit card, no software to install.
Estimate your book's runtime
Use a rough word-to-runtime rule, or generate one chapter first and time it directly to get an accurate baseline.Convert hours to points
Multiply the runtime in seconds by roughly 1 point per second; a 10-hour book lands around 36,000 points.Check it against a plan's monthly allowance
Lite carries 3,000 points a month, Pro 12,000, Max 150,000 — a full novel in one pass needs a plan that covers the total, not just a chapter.
Audiobook Cost Calculator
Features & Capabilities
Everything you need to create professional voiceovers — in one tool.
Character-based point formula
Cost is calculated from the exact character count of the generated text, not an estimate — one point for roughly every 17 characters.Per-generation character caps by plan
Lite allows up to 10,000 characters per generation, Pro up to 40,000, so a long chapter may need splitting depending on plan.Monthly point pools, not per-book pricing
Points refill monthly per plan rather than charging per audiobook, so the same allowance covers several shorter projects or one long one.No hidden mastering or retail-spec charge
The point cost covers generation and export only — there's no separate mastering pass or technical-review fee added on top.Free trial to test the sum
The 60-point free trial generates a short passage so you can check the actual character-to-point ratio on your own text before budgeting a full book.
Use cases
What Can You Create with Audiobook Cost Calculator?
From TikTok to podcasts — here's where creators use this tool most.
Budgeting a full novel before generating
Work out the point total for a finished manuscript so a plan upgrade, not a mid-book overage, is the decision you make up front.Comparing a short story against a novel
A 6,000-word short story costs a small fraction of the points a 90,000-word novel does — useful when picking what to generate first.Planning a multi-book backlist
Add up the estimated runtime across several backlist titles to see how many fit inside a single month's point allowance.Deciding between Pro and Max for one big project
A single long book that exceeds Pro's monthly points in one pass is exactly the case Max's larger allowance is worth the extra plan cost.
vs Standard TTS
VocalLab vs Standard Text-to-Speech
See why creators switch from generic TTS tools to VocalLab.
| VocalLab AI | Standard TTS | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio quality | Studio-quality AI | No |
| MP3 export | Yes | No |
| SRT caption export | Yes | No |
| Word-level highlighting | Yes | No |
| Emotion & style control | Yes | No |
| Commercial rights | Yes | No |
| Instant generation | Yes | No |
| Free tier | No credit card needed | No |
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About this tool
Everything you need to know about Audiobook Cost Calculator
There's no calculator widget on this page — just the arithmetic. Audiobook generation runs on points, at close to 1 point per second of finished audio, worked out exactly as one point per 17 characters read aloud. A 90,000-word manuscript narrates to roughly 10 hours, which is about 36,000 points: more than Lite's 3,000 monthly points and more than Pro's 12,000, but inside Max's 150,000-point monthly allowance in a single pass. Run the same sum on your own manuscript — estimate the runtime, multiply the seconds by roughly one, and compare the total against a plan before you commit a single generation.
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Is there an interactive calculator on this page?
No — this page walks through the arithmetic with real numbers so you can run the same sum on your own manuscript's word count.
How many points does a full novel actually cost?
It depends on exact character count, but a 90,000-word novel narrating to roughly 10 hours lands around 36,000 points at close to 1 point per second.
Does the free trial cover a real book?
Sixty points is close to a minute of audio — enough to hear the voice on a passage from your own manuscript, not to produce a finished chapter.
What changes the point total besides word count?
The exact character count drives cost, so dialogue formatting, punctuation and numbers expanded by text normalization all add a few characters, and points, over a raw word count.
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