AI Comes to YUDU Publisher: Translation and Audio Tools Now Available

We’re excited to announce the arrival of two game-changing new features to YUDU Publisher, powered by artificial intelligence: AI Translation and AI Audio.

These cutting-edge AI capabilities are designed to enhance accessibility, expand global reach, and enrich the reader experience - and we've built them directly into the core of our digital publishing platform.

1. AI Translation – Powered by Google Cloud Translation API

Bringing your content to a global audience has never been easier. With AI Translation, readers can now highlight text and translate it instantly into a language of their choice using a sleek pop-out box interface.

This feature leverages Google’s world-class translation engine to ensure your audience can engage with your publication in over 100 languages - instantly.

Benefits:

• Expand Global Reach: Give readers around the world the ability to access your content in their native language.
• On-Demand Flexibility: Readers can translate only the text they’re interested in, preserving the original design and layout.
• Enhance Reader Engagement: Multilingual support keeps your audience engaged and improves understanding across regions.

2. AI Audio – Powered by Amazon Polly

Give your readers a new way to experience your content with AI-generated audio, using Amazon Polly's advanced voice generation and text-to-speech technology.

AI Audio allows you to offer a spoken version of your publication, perfect for accessibility, multitaskers, or those on the move. When listening to the audio version, readers will transition seamlessly through content, with auto page turning enabled.

In the short term, converting your text content to audio is a manual process, with full auto-generation capabilities expected to feature in late August.

Benefits:

• Improved Accessibility: Support for visually impaired readers and those who prefer to listen rather than read.
• Flexible Consumption: Ideal for readers on mobile, commuters, or anyone who wants to consume content hands-free.
• Content Differentiation: Stand out by offering an audio format that broadens how your audience connects with your content.

Exclusively for Digital-First Publications

These AI tools are available only for digital-first publications created natively within YUDU Publisher – that means HTML-based content designed specifically for the platform. PDF replicas are not supported.

By focusing on digital-first design, these features work seamlessly — delivering better performance and an enhanced reader experience.

More AI Innovations on the Horizon

This is just the beginning. We’re actively exploring additional AI integrations to further streamline workflows, boost discoverability, and improve the way readers consume digital content. Stay tuned for more updates coming soon.

Interested? Let’s Talk

These are premium bolt-on features, so if you're interested in activating AI Translation or AI Audio for your publication, please get in touch with the YUDU team for pricing and onboarding details.

We’re excited to help you offer your readers new ways to experience your content — in any language, and through any medium.