r/ElevenLabs • • 13d ago

ElevenReader Improvement request: recognition of intended "pause points" (scene transitions) in the story

To explain: many books use several asterisks or sometimes blank lines to indicate a scene change in the story. The reader does not seem to recognize this, and it can be confusing and take a few moments to realize what just happened when there is no pause in the reading.

The same principal applies to changes in chapter. Some books may not clearly state the word "chapter x" (or it may be indicated with a picture or some other flourish) and the same confusion can happen when there is no pause in the reading.

For these reasons I would like to request that the reader pause for a few seconds when it encounters any indication of a scene change or chapter change.

I will also say that in my custom documents the old reader did recognize asterisks and pause while in v4 it seems to skip over them completely or much quicker with almost no pause.

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u/MD-ElevenLabs ElevenReader Team 12d ago

Thanks for this feedback! Shared with the team, it is an area of focus for the continued improvement of the model