At a glance
- Manuscript upload
- Required
- Cloud storage
- Yes
- Account required
- Yes
- AI features
- Not determined
- AI training on your work
- Only with opt-in
- Content licence
- Narrow — scoped to running the service
- Deletion
- Available
- Export / portability
- Strong
- Policy transparency
- Clear
“Not determined” means the documents were read and did not settle it. “Not assessed” means it has not been researched. Neither means “no”.
What this means for authors
Editorial interpretation — Generally protective
The terms are scoped to what the service needs to operate, with clear routes to withdraw.
Ownership stays with the author, the licence is non-exclusive and scoped to distribution, pricing is author-set, and distribution can be pared back per partner or ended at will. The standout is an explicit clause barring INaudio and its partners from using an author's audio to create a machine-generated voice or a new work without permission — a protection few audiobook contracts state outright. The reservations are ordinary rather than alarming: a mandatory-arbitration and class-action-waiver clause, broad discretionary "Account Review" and marketplace-integrity enforcement, and — because it is an aggregator — no guarantee of the underlying rate any given retailer pays before the 80% split.
Content licence
The author retains ownership. The licence granted is a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide licence to make available, display, distribute and otherwise use the audiobook only in connection with the Service and its Distribution Services — covering anti-piracy and anti-fraud, discoverability, promotion, curation, distribution and sale. Distribution partners may distribute it too, but subject to the author's right to opt out of any partner and to discontinue distribution.
AI and model training
Unusually explicit and protective. The Terms of Use (last updated 10 July 2026) state that they "do not authorize INaudio or any of INaudio's distribution partners to use User Content to create a new book, ebook or audiobook, or to use User Content to create a new, machine-generated voice without your permission." AI voice cloning or model creation from an author's audio is therefore barred unless the author affirmatively permits it. INaudio also polices undisclosed AI narration through its Content Policy and marketplace-integrity review.
Tracking and telemetry
Not assessed in this pass; the separate Privacy Policy was not read.
Deletion
The author can opt out of any distribution partner, discontinue distribution and terminate the account at any time; on termination the Terms stop applying. The Terms warn authors to keep their own backup copies rather than rely on INaudio as sole storage.
Export and lock-in
Non-exclusive throughout, with per-partner opt-out and at-will removal, and the author sets pricing — so the same audiobook can be sold anywhere else at the same time and moved away entirely without penalty.
Change history
1 August 2025
Findaway Voices becomes the independent INaudio
The platform, owned by Spotify since 2022, was spun back out in August 2025 as Voices by INaudio (INaudio, LLC). Author accounts, wide non-exclusive distribution and the 80% royalty split carried over; the former Findaway / Spotify support pages now redirect to INaudio's own domain.
Sources
Every factual claim above is drawn from these documents.
Official terms
Voices by INaudio Terms of UseVoices by INaudio
Accessed 25 September 2026 · Effective 10 July 2026
Source for the current operator (INaudio, LLC), the free-of-charge Service, the non-exclusive distribution licence, the explicit AI machine-generated-voice carve-out, per-partner opt-out, at-will termination and the 18+/country-available eligibility.
Official help centre
How much will I make per sale?Voices by INaudio
Accessed 25 September 2026
Source for the 80% author share / 20% INaudio cut, author-set list pricing, and the partner rate bands (a la carte 40–50% of list, subscription 30–40% of list, revenue share 25–45% of receipts).
Official help centre
When and how will I be paid royalty payments?Voices by INaudio
Accessed 25 September 2026
Source for the monthly payout within 30 days of receipt from a seller, the monthly/quarterly reporting mix, and the payment-method minimum thresholds.
Caveats
This is an informational reading of published documents, not legal advice, and it describes what Voices by INaudio’s terms permit and require rather than what the company does in practice. Terms change without announcement. How this is assessed.