Will AI change the way videos are made? With increasing speed apps are emerging that use AI to create credible artefacts in video, imaging, special effects and audio. Try Play.ht! Impressive what this text to speech generator can do: drop in a text and it Instantly is converted in to natural-sounding speech that can be downloaded as MP3 and WAV audio files. There are over 900 natural-sounding Text to Speech voices across 142 languages and accents. Rate, pitch, emphasis and pauses can be adjusted to create a more suitable voice tone. Choose an expressive emotional speaking styles to make the voices sound more natural and engaging. Create conversations by using different voices in dialogues… All generated speech files are free to be used for commercial and personal use with full rights. The text to speech synthesis is real time in most cases, and only takes a couple of minutes to convert the input text into audio. A free version allows you to preview all the available voices and convert a few words to audio. Try it here.
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