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Voice AI research lab offering emotionally intelligent speech models and APIs for developers building empathic voice applications.
ElevenLabs' free reader app that narrates articles, PDFs, ebooks, and documents aloud with high-quality AI voices.
Free browser-based recreation of the classic Windows Microsoft SAM text-to-speech voice with adjustable pitch and speed.
Free online text-to-speech with 200+ voices across 70+ languages, exporting MP3 for creators and study use.
Online text-to-speech converting text, URLs, PDFs and images into natural multilingual AI voice audio.
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- ✦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
- ✦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
- ✦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
- ✦200+ AI voices in 70+ languages
- ✦Text and document (PDF/TXT) to speech
- ✦Adjustable speech rate and pitch
- ✦MP3 download
- ✦Voice cloning and audiobook tools
- ✦Text, URL, PDF and image to speech
- ✦Large multilingual AI voice library
- ✦Transcription and image translation
- ✦Voice cloning and speech-to-speech
- ✦Two-speaker AI podcast studio
- ✦Commercial-use audio downloads
- →Building empathic voice assistants
- →Measuring emotional expression in speech
- →Running human evaluations of voice models
- →Adding emotional intelligence to apps
- →Listening to articles hands-free
- →Consuming ebooks and PDFs as audio
- →Reading accessibility
- →Recreating nostalgic Windows XP-era text-to-speech audio
- →Generating novelty or meme voice clips
- →Testing SAPI4-style voice output for retro projects
- →Voice over YouTube or TikTok content
- →Convert documents to audio
- →Create audiobooks or study material
- →Producing audiobooks and podcasts
- →Creating video voiceovers
- →Turning documents into audio
- →Making multilingual audio content