Changelog - AI preprocessing, new editor, video upgrades + more

At BeyondWords, we care about audio quality. It’s our north star - the single greatest driver of engagement through audio.

Today’s audiences are discerning. A single mispronounced acronym, misread measurement, or garbled foreign word can break the spell - and break trust.

That’s why we’re excited to introduce AI preprocessing - a small step for AI audio, a giant leap for listenability.

Read more on this, plus hear about some sleek new updates to the Editor, below.

Prepare for cleaner audio, at scale

Even the most realistic-sounding AI voices can be let down by mispronunciations. 

When a sports score is read like a year, or a date sounds like a price, it can pull listeners out of the story - and remind them they’re not hearing a human.

AI preprocessing fixes this automatically. It understands the context of your article and normalises tricky text - like dates, sports scores, measurements, and abbreviations - into smooth, natural speech.

With built in language detection, pronunciations of foreign words within articles can now also be automatically converted into their native pronunciations. 

Switch on AI preprocessing today in your Projects preferences, or directly in the Editor.

Make room for the new Editor

We’ve rebuilt the Editor from the ground up - making it faster, cleaner, and more powerful.

Clone a voice without leaving the Editor, assign it to your article, and adjust voice, summarisation, and video settings on a per-article basis.

What’s more - you can now import any article straight from a URL to speed up your workflow. 

Head to the docs for more info.

Fixes and improvements

We’ve made several behind-the-scenes upgrades to improve flexibility, compatibility, and security:

• Video: Adjust how many caption lines appear per scene, control caption alignment, and define how article images display and playback in videos.
• Magic Embed: Now works reliably with sites that render articles dynamically via JavaScript.
• SAML: Added support for SAML Single Sign-On (SSO), making logins more secure and streamlined for enterprise customers.

If you have any questions about these updates, just reply. We’re always happy to help.

That’s all from us for now. If you’re heading to INMA Media Innovation Week this September in Dublin we’ll be there! Come say hello!