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AI Voice Generator by AIVocal logo
AI Voice Generator by AIVocal
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI voice suite for TTS, voice cloning, podcasts, audiobooks and transcription with 900+ voices across 140+ languages.

168K visits/mo
Hume AI logo
Hume AI
✓ verifiedPaid

Voice AI research lab offering emotionally intelligent speech models and APIs for developers building empathic voice applications.

247K visits/mo
Peech AI logo
Peech AI
✓ verifiedFreemium

Text-to-speech app turning PDFs, ebooks, emails and web articles into natural audio in 60+ languages on iOS and Android.

445K visits/mo
Crikk logo
Crikk
✓ verifiedFreemium

Text-to-speech app that turns PDFs, images and documents into natural AI narration for listening, plus voiceover creation.

335K visits/mo2.2K saves
SAM TTS logo
SAM TTS
✓ verifiedFreemium

Free browser-based recreation of the classic Windows Microsoft SAM text-to-speech voice with adjustable pitch and speed.

73K visits/mo
Pricing
Basic: $9.9/mo (200K credits ~200 min)
Pro: $29.9/mo (600K credits ~600 min)

Free trial available

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Core features
  • Text-to-speech with 900+ voices, 140+ languages
  • Voice cloning and voice design
  • AI podcast, audiobook and music generation
  • Speech-to-text and MP3-to-text transcription
  • Vocal remover and audio tools
  • Empathic, emotionally intelligent voice models
  • Human-feedback and evaluation APIs
  • Open-source models and datasets
  • Coverage of 50+ languages and dozens of emotions
  • Expression measurement and speech tooling
  • Converts PDF, EPUB, DOCX, emails and web pages to speech
  • Best-in-class OCR including handwriting and scans
  • 200+ natural voices with content-specific presets
  • 60+ languages with auto-detection
  • Synchronized text highlighting and speed control
  • iOS, Android and Chrome extension
  • TTS from PDFs, images and text
  • Word/sentence highlighting for read-along
  • Playback speed up to 4x
  • Support for many languages
  • Multiple natural AI voices and styles
  • Voiceover creation; iOS and Android apps
  • Recreation of classic Microsoft SAM SAPI4 voice
  • Multiple voice presets (Sam, Mike, Mary, BonziBUDDY, etc.)
  • Adjustable pitch and speed controls
  • Client-side generation, no server processing
  • WAV file download
  • Works across modern browsers without installation
Use cases
  • Create voiceovers for videos and content
  • Clone or design custom voices
  • Transcribe audio and produce podcasts
  • Building empathic voice assistants
  • Measuring emotional expression in speech
  • Running human evaluations of voice models
  • Adding emotional intelligence to apps
  • Listening to articles and documents hands-free
  • Accessibility support for dyslexia, ADHD or low vision
  • Studying and multitasking by listening
  • Consuming ebooks and long reads as audio
  • Listen to documents while multitasking
  • Study and improve retention
  • Create voiceovers for projects
  • Accessibility for reading difficulties
  • Recreating nostalgic Windows XP-era text-to-speech audio
  • Generating novelty or meme voice clips
  • Testing SAPI4-style voice output for retro projects
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