A narration error occurs when the back-end of the narration tool is unable to complete a narration request. This can happen for several reasons such as: article URL is incorrect, article language is not English, article text is published in an unusual format. The most common reason for a narration error is when we're unable to retrieve or identify the text portion of the article. In these instances our narration system doesn't know what it's supposed to narrate.
We've narrated many different types of articles and have found that the following tend to be prone to errors...
To guarantee the best experience with Play - Beta please check that your article does not fall under one of the categories above. We recommend using the tool with articles from common news sites or those that use Wordpress or Substack as their publishing platform.
