Story, voice, and artwork are labeled separately
- On-demand prose is labeled “AI-generated story.” The current compiled Featured quest and preserved pilot are labeled “Published by Booka Ducka · authorship unverified” because the available record does not prove whether substantive prose was human-created, AI-assisted, or AI-generated.
- Narration origin is a separate fact. Current labels distinguish ElevenLabs synthetic narration, Apple system voice, mixed narration, and unverified narration.
- Artwork origin is separate again. Current values include AI-generated artwork, human-created artwork, human-created with AI assistance, the Booka Ducka template, and unverified artwork.
- A published revision must not silently change its origin label. Missing or disputed evidence must not fall back to human-created.
When the app and Creator services contact AI providers
- With cloud story creation enabled, selected settings and an optional premise pass through the Booka backend and Vercel AI Gateway to OpenAI. The premise is optional and should not contain private information.
- With cloud narration enabled, story text and the selected voice pass through the Booka backend to ElevenLabs. When it is disabled, live narration uses Apple’s on-device system voice.
- Generated-cover processing is another independent choice. When disabled or unavailable, the app uses a Booka Ducka template without blocking story creation or playback.
- Ordinary Creator draft editing, autosave, named snapshots, and local structural checks stay in the browser. Creating a review revision deliberately copies the frozen draft and its declarations to Booka’s private publishing service.
- An active owner can separately approve Prepare voice and cover. This sends the exact frozen story text and selected voice through Booka to ElevenLabs, and uploads the approved cover to Booka. Booka stores the prepared audio and cover for the private release; this action does not send the manuscript to a prose-writing model.
- Story Lab is a separate, explicitly approved text-generation workflow. When enabled, it sends the selected setup and any supplied premise through Booka and Vercel AI Gateway to OpenAI. Creating a private revision or preparing media does not automatically publish it or add it to the listening Library.
- Local draft checks are structural checks, not a literary-quality, originality, rights, safety, or publication certificate.
What a provenance label does not prove
An origin label does not prove ownership, originality, safety, accuracy, or quality. Generated covers in the internal build are marked not independently reviewed. Public creator submissions remain closed until authentication, moderation, reporting, rights attestations, takedown and appeal procedures, and versioned provenance are operating.