From pictures to a read-aloud

The sample as a picture book: three pictures, a calm voice, one file that plays.

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6 stops on the WriterDesk

01 · House
Choose Picture or square
A picture book has its own trims, square, landscape and portrait, usually 32 pages in color. The sample is 8.5 × 8.5 inches.
Picture or square · 8.5 × 8.5 in
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02 · Pages
A picture and its line
Each page is the picture and one or two lines. Page 1: the dragon kept the list. Art wants 300 dpi and 0.125 inch of bleed.
The dragon kept the list.
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03 · Preview
The front cover, drawn
The printed book is laid out beside the pages: the front cover, the title page and every picture in order.
Illustrated by Mara Quill
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04 · Audio
Pick the reader
An AI voice can read each line, or you record your own. The sample picks Calm, for bedtime.
Calm
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05 · Video
Each page waits for its line
The video holds a page until its line is spoken, then turns to the next. Play it right there on the desk.
Page 1 of 3
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06 · File
One file that plays
The pages, the voice and the video travel together in one combined file. Open it and the book reads itself.
Pages · audio · video
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The finish
Share the read-aloud
Play it for a class, a family or a reading list. It is a reading, not a file a house prints.