ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs generates lifelike speech from text and can design or clone voices. It also offers transcription, dubbing, sound effects, an API, and Eleven Realtime speech-to-speech models for live voice agents.

Our verdict

A leading choice for natural-sounding voices, but credits run out fast on long projects and higher tiers get expensive.

Use it for

Turn text into natural speech
Clone a voice
Dub audio into other languages
Build real-time voice agents
Transcribe audio to text

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