1. Overview

1.1 What the module does
1.2 Admin sections

2. Installation

2.1 Requirements
2.2 Installation
2.3 First run
2.4 What the module changes in DLE
2.5 Removal

3. Speech service

3.1 Which service to choose
3.2 Service settings
3.3 Testing the key and voice
3.4 Proxy and services unavailable from the server’s country
3.5 Which OpenAI model to use

4. When and how much

4.1 When to create audio
4.2 Main settings
4.3 Categories
4.4 Limits and costs

5. Archive

5.1 Count first
5.2 Queue it

6. Text and dictionary

6.1 What to read
6.2 What to skip
6.3 Numbers, dates and abbreviations
6.4 Check on a post
6.5 Pronunciation dictionary

7. Player look

7.1 The player for visitors
7.2 Look settings

8. Template tags

8.1 Full story (fullstory.tpl)
8.2 Short story (shortstory.tpl, {custom} blocks)
8.3 Playlist anywhere in the template

9. Podcast and SEO

9.1 The “Audio versions of articles” page
9.2 Podcast feed
9.3 Markup for search and social networks

10. Statistics

10.1 What is counted
10.2 Without cookies

11. Access and ads

11.1 Group permissions
11.2 Audio banners

12. Multi-Language

12.1 DLE Multi-Language

13. Queue and cron

13.1 Posts
13.2 How the queue works
13.3 Queue and log
13.4 Cron

14. License

14.1 Key
14.2 Updates

15. FAQ

15.1 The player did not appear on the post page
15.2 The player is there but says “The audio version of this article is not ready yet”
15.3 “The service does not respond to servers from your country - enable the proxy in the service settings.”
15.4 “The service rejected the key or the quota is used up — the queue is paused for an hour. Check the key and balance.”
15.5 A repeated piece of text is missing from the audio
15.6 A word is pronounced wrong
15.7 The browser voice stops on a phone
15.8 The player does not change colours in the dark theme

16. Version history

Version 1.0.1
Version 1.0.0

DLE Listen PRO

Module documentation 16 chapters 52 sections

For license owners

The documentation is open to those who bought the module. Sign in to the account you made the purchase with, and the guide will open.

What the guide covers

DLE Listen PRO voices the articles of a DataLife Engine 15.1 – 21.0 site. A “Listen to this article” player appears above the full story: either the chosen voice service creates an mp3 with your key and the site stores it, or the visitor’s browser reads the text itself — free and without files. This guide covers installation, every settings tab, template tags, the podcast and answers to common questions.

1. Overview 2 sections
2. Installation, first run and removal 5 sections
3. Speech service 5 sections
4. When audio is created, limits and costs 4 sections
5. Voicing the archive 2 sections
6. Text and pronunciation dictionary 5 sections
7. Player look 2 sections
8. Template tags 3 sections
9. Audio page, podcast and SEO 3 sections
10. Statistics 2 sections
11. Access and audio ads 2 sections
12. Multiple languages 1 section
13. Posts, queue, log and cron 4 sections
14. License and updates 2 sections
15. Questions and answers 8 sections
16. Version history 2 sections