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Kapwing logo
Kapwing
✓ verifiedFreemium

Browser-based video editor with AI tools for creating, editing, subtitling, and repurposing content.

5.6M visits/mo
Soundify logo
Soundify
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI tool that generates short custom sound effects from a text description, aimed at TikTok, meme and AI-video creators.

2.8K visits/mo2.9K saves
NaturalReaders logo
NaturalReaders
✓ verifiedFreemium

Established text-to-speech app that reads documents, PDFs and webpages aloud in 90+ languages across Personal, Commercial and EDU plans.

3.8M visits/mo
Speechify logo
Speechify
✓ verifiedFreemium

Text-to-speech and voice-typing assistant that reads PDFs and web pages aloud and dictates text across apps, for readers and multitaskers.

6.7M visits/mo17K saves
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
Pricing

No public pricing

Free: $0 (3 free sound effect generations, up to 4s each)
Starter: $9.99 (400 sound effects, 200 generation credits, up to 20s each)
Premium: $29.99 (1800 sound effects, 900 generation credits, up to 20s each)

Free trial available

No public pricing

Free: $0/month (10 robotic voices, up to 1.5x speed)
Premium: $29/month (1,000+ voices, 60+ languages, up to 5x speed, dictation, podcasts)
Basic: $9.9/mo (200K credits ~200 min)
Pro: $29.9/mo (600K credits ~600 min)

Free trial available

Core features
  • Browser-based video editor
  • AI video generation from prompts
  • Auto subtitles and transcription
  • Dubbing and translation into 40+ languages
  • Repurpose long video into social clips
  • Text-to-speech and audio cleanup
  • Text-to-sound-effect generation
  • Adjustable clip duration and settings
  • Library of pre-defined prompt examples
  • Downloadable and shareable audio clips
  • Option to make generated sound effects private
  • AI text-to-speech in 90+ languages
  • Reads PDFs, docs, webpages and scanned books
  • Voice cloning and prompt-based voice design
  • Study tools: AI podcast, recap, chat, quizzes
  • Web app, mobile apps and Chrome extension
  • 1,000+ natural-sounding AI voices in 60+ languages
  • Adjustable playback speed up to 5x
  • Text highlighting synced to audio
  • Scan-and-listen photo-to-speech
  • Voice dictation/typing across apps
  • AI podcast generation from documents
  • Voice AI assistant for Q&A on read content
  • Cloud storage integrations (Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive)
  • 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
Use cases
  • Editing videos without desktop software
  • Creating social-media clips
  • Adding captions and translations
  • Generating videos from text prompts
  • Team and marketing content creation
  • Adding custom sound effects to TikTok or meme videos
  • Creating sound to pair with AI-generated video from Sora or Luma
  • Generating royalty-free sound effects for podcasts or games
  • Listening to documents and ebooks
  • Creating commercial voiceovers
  • Accessibility for dyslexia and vision needs
  • Classroom and EDU accessibility
  • Listening to long articles, PDFs or emails hands-free
  • Studying by having textbooks or lecture notes read aloud
  • Dictating text faster than typing across apps
  • Turning documents into podcast-style audio
  • Reducing eye strain from extensive reading
  • Create voiceovers for videos and content
  • Clone or design custom voices
  • Transcribe audio and produce podcasts
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