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Hume AI
✓ verifiedPaid
Voice AI research lab offering emotionally intelligent speech models and APIs for developers building empathic voice applications.
247K visits/mo
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PopPop AI Text to Speech
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Free browser-based text-to-speech tool with a large multilingual voice library and adjustable tone, speed, and pitch.
418K visits/mo2.4K saves
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ElevenReader
✓ verifiedFreemium
ElevenLabs' free reader app that narrates articles, PDFs, ebooks, and documents aloud with high-quality AI voices.
834K visits/mo
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Core features
- ✦Interactive songs that fans can control
- ✦Direct artist support
- ✦Creation of derivative works (remixes, collaborations, etc.)
- ✦AI-powered voice cloning and choir creation 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
- ✦Free online text-to-speech conversion, no signup required
- ✦Voice library spanning 25+ languages and regional accents
- ✦Adjustable speed, pitch, and emotional tone presets
- ✦Use cases for audiobooks, podcasts, and video dubbing
- ✦Separate paid desktop app for unlimited offline bulk conversion
- ✦1,000+ lifelike AI voices
- ✦200,000+ audiobooks and ebooks
- ✦32 language support
- ✦Offline listening and cross-device sync
- ✦Smart imports that skip headers and footers
- ✦Adjustable playback speed and bookmarks
Use cases
- →Fans controlling aspects of a song in real-time.
- →Artists receiving direct support from their fanbase.
- →Creating remixes and collaborations using Controlla's platform.
- →Generating AI covers and vocal harmonies.
- →Building empathic voice assistants
- →Measuring emotional expression in speech
- →Running human evaluations of voice models
- →Adding emotional intelligence to apps
- →Narrating short stories or articles into audio
- →Creating voiceovers for videos or podcast intros
- →Generating multilingual audio clips for accessibility
- →Converting large documents to speech in bulk via the paid desktop app
- →Listening to articles hands-free
- →Consuming ebooks and PDFs as audio
- →Reading accessibility
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