Terms of Service

Last updated: 2026-07-09

1. Who we are

Iconic Voices ("we", "us", "our") is an audiobook service: a growing library of classic public-domain works read in 40+ iconic voices, available on this website, in the web player at iconicvoices.io/app, and in the free Iconic Voices apps for iOS and Android.

The service is operated by Iconic Voices (legal entity name to be published here before app launch), registration (number to be published), (registered postal address to be published).

These terms govern your use of the website, the web player, and the apps. By creating an account or using the service you agree to them.

2. Eligibility and age

You must be at least 18 years old to make purchases. You may use the service with an account if you are at least 13 years old (16 in the EEA) and have parental consent. If you use the service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization.

3. Accounts

An account requires an email address and password (authentication is provided by Supabase Auth). You are responsible for keeping your credentials secure and your email address accurate and under your control. You can change your email in Settings → Account and delete your account at any time — see iconicvoices.io/delete-account.

4. Purchases and subscriptions

• Everything is sold here on iconicvoices.io. The iOS and Android apps are free companions for listening: nothing is sold inside them, and they contain no in-app purchases. Whatever you unlock on the website appears in the apps when you sign in with the same account.
• Single books and bundles are one-time purchases: pay once, keep access for as long as your account exists.
• Subscriptions auto-renew at the interval and price shown at checkout (monthly or annual) until you cancel. Cancel anytime in Settings → Billing (sign-in required) — you keep access until the end of the paid period and are not charged again.
• Payment processing is handled by our payment processor, named at checkout and on your receipt. We never receive your card details.
• Refunds are governed by our Refund Policy, which is incorporated into these terms by reference (14-day money-back guarantee on one-time purchases).
• Current status: new purchases are temporarily paused while we change payment providers — you can join the notify list on any book page to lock the launch price. Existing subscriptions continue unaffected and can be cancelled anytime.

5. Your license to the audio

When you buy or subscribe, we grant you a personal, non-commercial, non-transferable license to stream the audio and, in the apps, download it for offline listening, for your own personal use. The license does not permit re-distribution, public performance, broadcast, resale, or use of the audio to train machine-learning systems.

6. The voices (AI disclosure)

Every book on Iconic Voices carries one of three labels, shown before you press play:

• Restored from real recordings — the narration is AI-generated using a voice model built from the author's own public-domain archival recordings. The full audiobook is AI-generated audio; it is a restoration, not a surviving recording.
• Studio AI voice — an interpretive AI narration. Where no authentic recording of the author survives, we say so and a studio-designed AI voice reads the book.
• Disputed historical recording — the source recording's attribution is historically contested, and we label it as such.

Every voice is an AI restoration or a human narration — never a lost archival recording — and every book is labelled before you press play. You should never assume you are hearing the author's actual surviving voice. Full details, including how to request removal of a voice, are in our Voice Rights & AI Disclosure.

7. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Scrape, bulk-download, or resell audio or metadata from our catalog
• Re-distribute, broadcast, or create derivative works from our narrations without written permission
• Attempt to extract, reverse-engineer, or reproduce our voice models
• Share account credentials or circumvent entitlement checks
• Submit automated or fraudulent form entries
• Use the service for any unlawful, harassing, or discriminatory purpose

8. Intellectual property

The underlying texts we narrate are in the public domain. The narrations themselves, our voice models, platform code, website and app design, and branding are the property of Iconic Voices. See Voice Rights for how we handle right-of-publicity and removal requests.

9. Termination

You may stop using the service and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate accounts that materially breach these terms (for example, credential sharing or bulk scraping); where reasonable we will warn you first. If we terminate your account without cause, we will refund a pro-rated share of any active subscription.

10. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

The service is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, our aggregate liability for any claim arising out of the service is limited to the amount you have paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, or your statutory consumer rights.

11. Dispute resolution

If you have a dispute, email [email protected] first — we aim to resolve most issues informally within 7 business days. If informal resolution fails, disputes will be handled in the courts of the jurisdiction in §12. Consumers retain any statutory right to bring claims in their own country of residence.

12. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which our operating entity is registered (stated in §1), without regard to conflict-of-laws principles, and subject to any mandatory consumer-protection law of your country of residence.

13. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. If changes are material, we will notify account holders by email at least 14 days before they take effect and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

14. Contact

Questions about these terms: [email protected]. Support: [email protected] or the Support page. Voice takedown or removal requests: [email protected] (see Voice Rights).