Handbook 2.0

Audiobook Studio Handbook

Everything you need, from your first install to casting characters and extending Studio with your own engines.

For Users

What Studio is, who it is for, and how it keeps your work local.

The hardware and software you need before installing Audiobook Studio.

How content nests in Studio: Library to Project to Chapter to Block/Segment to Chunk.

Day-to-day use: projects, chapters, voices, the queue and export.

The engines Studio can use, local and cloud, and how to get good clones.

The short version of what changed in 2.0 and why it matters.

Definitions for the terms used throughout the handbook.

How engines plug into Studio through the managed TTS Server.

Use Studio as an external TTS backend over HTTP.

The big-picture map of Studio 2.0 subsystems and ownership.

Running the app for different scenarios.

How to propose changes to the project.