Discover PlayHT: A groundbreaking AI tool for all professionals working in the media and audio industry.
What Is PlayHT?
PlayHT is an AI text-to-speech technology company that allows users to use quality, human-like voiceover. Founded by Syed Hammad Ahmed and Mahmoud Felfel, the company started as a Chrome extension. However, as people started to love it, it became a full-fledged AI tool.
The AI technology is unique in many ways as it captures the right emotion, emphasis, and style in the audio. It’s because of Peregrine, the AI model that it uses.
Products
PlayHT offers a total of 5 products that range across various audio types and use cases. However, each product complements the other due to their features.
1. Ultra Realistic AI Voices
PlayHT has over 800 AI voices for various use cases including podcasts, games, IVR, etc. These voices sound human-like and hold emotion to captivate the listener.
2. Voice Cloning
Voice cloning is a feature that can copy anyone’s voice and produce audio files with the same. PlayHT’s voice cloning allows you to convert unlimited words and transport them in WAV format.
3. Pronunciations & Phonetics
You can create custom pronunciations as well for brand names, acronyms, and niche-based terms. Additionally, you get access to an IPA phonetics library where you can save these pronunciations.
4. Audio Widgetss
Nowadays, many websites, blogs, and publications embed an audio option for their published content. This audio option reads out the content and makes it accessible to users.
Audio widgets are useful in such cases when you’re making content more accessible. In addition, SEO-friendly, responsive, and customisable audio widgets boost the engagement rate of the website.
5. AI Podcasts
You can also distribute your created audio, saved in the PlayHT Dashboard on major podcasting platforms such as iTunes, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.
Key Features
PlayHT offers 3 key features that include AI Voice Generator, AI Voice Cloning, and Voice Generation API.
- AI Voice Generator: It helps you transform text into AI voices in various languages.
- AI Voice Cloning: It helps you encapsulate every accent and dialect into your audio files.
- Voice Generation API: It helps you with real-time voice cloning and voice generation.
Use Cases
Although you can use these AI voices and features in different scenarios, PlayHT lists 10 major use cases.
1. AI Voiceovers For Videos
Professional, clear, and consistent AI voiceovers are perfect for marketing purposes, product demos, and YouTube videos.
2. Audio Publishing
Publish your blogs, newsletters, and articles in audio format with embedded audio widgets.
3. Audio Storytelling
Narrate your stories as audiobooks with human-like AI voices that engage the reader seamlessly as if you’re reading it out loud. In addition, it’ll shorten your production time.
4. Conversational AI
Create strong customer relationships and experiences with realistic voices in your conversational AI assistants.
5. Custom Voice Creation
Modify your current voiceovers and add a unique voice that reflects your brand’s persona.
6. E-learning
Upgrade your e-learning materials with engaging voices that pronounce terminologies and acronyms correctly.
7. Podcasts
Publish podcasts by cloning your own voice or take one of the voices and increase content production.
8. IVR Systems
Automate your customer services with IVR systems and AI voices to give personalized interaction every time.
9. Translation & Dubbing
PlayHT’s translation feature allows you to dub your existing audio into another language within seconds.
10. Voice API
Use PlayHT’s Voice Generation API to highlight the pros of your conversational chatbot, live streams, and games. And therefore, reduce production time and costs.
Pricing
- The first one is the annual plan
- The second one is a monthly plan
FAQs
1. What customizations are possible with the AI voices in PlayHT?
The rate, pitch, volume, and pronunciations of your audio file. Additionally, you can add custom pauses for punctuation marks and alter the voice style as well.
2. Can these AI voices be used for commercial purposes?
Yes, all the AI voices by PlayHT can be used for commercial purposes. However, you may want to select an appropriate plan to gain commercial rights to the audio.
3. Does PlayHT offer a free version?
Yes, PlayHT offers a free version that allows you to preview all the available voices and also convert a few words.
