Audible today announced three features coming to “deepen customers’ connections to their favorite stories.”
Audible announces Character Guides. Starting today, Audible users listening to the Audible Original Bram Stoker’s Dracula audiobook will be able to access Character Guide, right from the player page. This new feature shows who is speaking in real time, and provides spoiler-free cards with details about each character and the performer behind each voice, “complete with narrator headshots and bios.” Coming soon, Character Guide will also allow listeners to ask questions about the production as the story unfolds. Character Guide is also available with Audible’s adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984, and will be included with Benjamin Percy’s Exoplanet when it launches on November 5.
Two more features coming soon: Interactive Story and Visual Explorer. Interactive Story allows users to have real-time conversations with characters from supported audiobooks. The first accompanies Bram Stoker’s Dracula and follows the character of Renfield. Visual Explorer will “surface relevant imagery and visual context at key moments during listening.” Interactive Story is “rolling out this fall,” while both features are limited betas for Audible customers in the U.S. and UK.
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