BotTalk

Spec sheet

What it does

BotTalk converts publishers’ articles into audio narration and provides a control layer for routing across AI voice engines.Read 13 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Purpose

BotTalk describes itself as an audio control layer and infrastructure-as-a-service for publishers and newsrooms.Read 12 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Platforms

web,apiRead 21 Sep 2026 · bottalk.io

Free plan

NoRead 21 Sep 2026 · bottalk.io

API

The documentation says API projects receive a unique API key that can be used to create, retrieve, update, and delete articles.Read 13 Oct 2026 · docs.bottalk.io

Integrations

BotTalk supports a script tag or API integration, CMS and RSS detection, paywall handling, and IAB-listed audio advertising.Read 13 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Support

BotTalk describes its support as Hamburg-based and reachable in the customer’s language.Read 13 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Headquarters

Hamburg, GermanyRead 28 Sep 2026 · bottalk.io

Founded

2018Read 28 Sep 2026 · bottalk.io

API access

YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · bottalk.io

Article audio

A single script tag or API integration can detect new articles from a CMS or RSS feed and generate narrated audio with an on-page player.Read 12 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Audio ads

Publishers can configure how often pre-stream ads play and choose ad audio durations of 15, 20, or 30 seconds.Read 13 Oct 2026 · docs.bottalk.io

Automatic narration

A script tag lets BotTalk detect new articles from a CMS or RSS feed and create narrated audio with an on-page player and podcast feed.Read 13 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Availability

The terms state a 99.5% monthly availability commitment, excluding agreed maintenance windows and downtime outside the provider’s responsibility.Read 13 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Commercial use

YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · bottalk.io

Consent integration

BotTalk’s Web Player guide names consentmanager as a cookie-consent partner and says its vendor ID can be added through the consent settings.Read 13 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Failover

BotTalk says it automatically reroutes between five voice engines when a provider fails or changes pricing.Read 12 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Free test limits

The terms describe a free test phase covering 10 articles of up to 10,000 characters each, ending automatically two months after account activation.Read 13 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Intended customers

BotTalk says it is built for publishers and newsrooms, and reports serving 30 European publishers and 20 million monthly listeners.Read 12 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Languages and accents

BotTalk says it supports 15 European accents and routes languages to the voice engine it considers best suited.Read 12 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Mobile playback

The Native Web Player guide says readers can listen on Android and iOS, including in the background or with the screen off.Read 13 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Monetization

The platform offers IAB-listed audio ad inventory and subscriber-aware playback through paywall integration.Read 12 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Paywall limit

The paywall feature is premium and works only with the BotTalk Web Player.Read 13 Oct 2026 · docs.bottalk.io

Podcast distribution limit

BotTalk creates and hosts an RSS feed, but the feed must be connected once to podcast directories before episodes can flow to services such as Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Read 12 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Podcast Studio

Podcast Studio lets a newsroom select stories, summarize them, approve versions, choose a voice and music, and publish branded daily, weekly, or topic editions.Read 12 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Pricing model

BotTalk says it charges a fixed monthly publisher licence plus pass-through provider tokens; it does not publish exact prices on the page opened.Read 12 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Quality controls

The product describes pre-synthesis controls for numbers, tone, phonetics, dialect, and a proprietary dictionary with 50,000 entries.Read 12 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Quality tools

BotTalk says its pre-synthesis quality engine handles numbers, names, and dialects using 50,000 dictionary entries and 15 European accents.Read 13 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Security and privacy

BotTalk says it is German-hosted, handles GDPR consent, and enforces EU AI Act synthetic-audio transparency obligations in its layer.Read 13 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Voice cloning

YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · bottalk.io

Voice cloning consent

BotTalk says cloned editor voices are used with documented, revocable consent.Read 12 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Voice routing

The product page describes routing across five voice engines with automatic failover if an engine fails or reprices.Read 13 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Who it is for

BotTalk’s terms say its product offer is directed exclusively at publishers who are adults, contractually capable, and acting as entrepreneurs.Read 13 Oct 2026 · bottalk.io

Where Specifiction places it

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