Audible, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon, is headquartered in the US. Founded in 1995, the company employs approximately 3,190 individuals. Functioning as a software developer, Audible provides an audiobook and podcast service that enables users to purchase and stream audiobooks.
A Washington federal judge on July 23, 2026, dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc. and Audible Inc., in which the plaintiff alleged Amazon automatically enrolled her in an Audible membership without her knowledge after she redeemed Amazon digital rewards for an audiobook. Earlier the same day, Amazon announced a significant expansion of artificial intelligence narrators through its Audible subsidiary, deploying Virtual Voice technology to convert more written works into spoken audio formats. The company states it will clearly label all such productions using virtual voice narration to ensure listeners know they are experiencing computer-generated speech. Previously, on July 22, Audible announced a new multilingual audio adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Dracula," featuring Jonathan Bailey, Ella Purnell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Aimee Lou Wood among its English-language cast. The Audible Original is set to premiere on October 1 in English, French, Italian, Castilian Spanish, and Latin American Spanish.
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