A free seat at the table.
Discover public stories, work on your scripts, and choose your cast for free. Listen to saved reads and publish to Explore without a generation charge.
A SMALL PRICE FOR A NEW PERSPECTIVE
Your story.
Your pace.
Free to join. Free to listen. Pay only when you give your own words a voice.
PREPAID GENERATION$5
Added to your balance when you choose.
No subscription. No automatic top-ups.
Try your own dialogue free ↗ Save your dialogue and try a short device-voice preview. No API key or card needed. Estimate your voice cost first ↓
KNOW BEFORE YOU GENERATE
What will your first reading cost?
No API key to find. No subscription to start. Scriptfolk supplies the hosted voices; you pay for generation from your prepaid balance.
Start free, prepare your cast, and review the exact quote before adding credit. Each $5 top-up stays in your balance to use across readings.
Prepare my first reading ↗No card needed to write or cast. Saved replays are free.
Optional AI direction
Add a scene-aware performance plan with Directed performance. Its separate price depends on the full script, cast notes, and number of spoken cues, so it is not included in this voice estimate.
Your casting room shows the voice price, directing price, and total before you generate. AI direction is charged once its plan is saved; voices are charged as saved.
Choose AI-directed in your casting room to see your script’s quote. Open your scripts ↗
A $5 balance covers about 23 readings this size. Assumes the same voice model and length, without optional AI direction.
Estimates use the same voice rate card as generation. Narration counts when enabled. Cast changes and optional AI direction can change the final quote. Up to 400 dialogue cues and 24 speaking characters per reading.
You’re in control.
See the full price before generating. We reserve that amount from your balance. Optional AI direction is charged once its plan is saved; voices are charged as saved. If you cancel or generation fails, the unused amount returns to your available balance. Resume a saved plan and cues without charging for them again.
Private until you say otherwise.
Keep your draft to yourself, share a ready take by link, or publish it in Explore and search engines. Your next draft stays private.
Hear where it goes.
Try the sample before funding a balance.
Hear the sample ↗Explore free stories