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How a book gets here

Hikmah Studio prepares every chapter before it shows up in the library. Quran recitation comes from reciters. English is voiced separately, then both are joined.

Hikma Studio, with Book Metadata, Edit Chapter, Quran Translation, and Enter Book on Islam
  1. 01

    The book is outlined

    An editor opens Book Metadata and creates the book, its chapters, and its narrators. A chat fills in the structure. This step does not record audio.

    Book Metadata, with a new book and the books already in the library
  2. 02

    A surah is built in stages

    The Quran pipeline runs one stage, then the next, and stops if a stage fails. Structure gives each ayah an Arabic section and a Hilali section. Recitations attach EveryAyah audio from the reciters on the book. The translation is prepared for speech, then an English narrator records it.

    The Quran pipeline on Al-Fātihah, with structure and recitations finished
  3. 03

    Other books start from the page

    For a book on Islam, the editor uploads photos of the pages. Commentary stays in English. Each verse is an EveryAyah recitation plus the Hilali and Khan translation. The English voice can be previewed before it is saved.

  4. 04

    A person checks the chapter

    Edit Chapter opens every section. The text can be corrected, and each recording can be played. A chapter stays hidden until someone chooses to show it.

    Edit Chapter, with a recording for each reciter
  5. 05

    The recordings become one file

    The studio asks the library to stitch the chosen narrators into a single chapter. The Work screen follows that job until the file is ready.

    The Work screen while chapter audio is being stitched
  6. 06

    You press play

    A published chapter appears here. Pick a reciter, and the player streams that file as you listen. Seeking asks for the next piece instead of downloading the chapter first.