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AI tool that generates short custom sound effects from a text description, aimed at TikTok, meme and AI-video creators.
Established text-to-speech app that reads documents, PDFs and webpages aloud in 90+ languages across Personal, Commercial and EDU plans.
AI text-to-speech studio with 550+ voices in 72 languages for voiceovers, podcasts and audiobooks; free plan plus paid tiers.
ElevenLabs' free reader app that narrates articles, PDFs, ebooks, and documents aloud with high-quality AI voices.
Text-to-speech and voice-typing assistant that reads PDFs and web pages aloud and dictates text across apps, for readers and multitaskers.
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- ✦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
- ✦550+ AI voices in 72 languages
- ✦80+ emotion tags and tone controls
- ✦Podcast mode with multi-speaker dialogs
- ✦Audiobook narration with per-character voices
- ✦Document and URL import (PDF, DOCX, EPUB)
- ✦MP3/WAV/OGG downloads with commercial rights on Pro
- ✦Audio transcription and translation
- ✦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
- ✦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)
- →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
- →Voiceovers for YouTube, TikTok and ads
- →Producing podcasts
- →Narrating audiobooks
- →E-learning and presentation narration
- →Listening to articles hands-free
- →Consuming ebooks and PDFs as audio
- →Reading 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