Imagine a world where your written content comes to life with the perfect tone, emotion, and clarity, all thanks to artificial intelligence. Businesses have been adapting AI into their practices for the past few months to gain massive productivity boosts.
Having voice transcripts of blog posts can provide several benefits for SEO (search engine optimization)
Here are some key advantages:
- Enhanced Accessibility: Voice transcripts make your content accessible to a wider audience, including those with hearing impairments or language barriers. By providing a written version of your content, you ensure everyone can consume and understand it, improving user experience.
- Improved Indexing: Search engines primarily crawl and index text-based content. By providing voice transcripts, you offer search engines a textual version of your audio content. This enables search engines to understand and index your content more effectively, increasing its visibility in search results.
- Keyword Optimization: Voice transcripts allow you to incorporate relevant keywords and key phrases into your content naturally. Including these keywords in the transcript improves the chances of ranking higher in search engine results pages (SERPs) for those specific terms.
With AI tools now being widely available, businesses can not only save time by getting AI to write their blog post, but they can also use them to save time and effort in manually making voiceovers for their blog posts. These tools transform how we interact with content, bringing a new dimension to blog posts.
This blog explores three standout AI voice tools: ElevenLabs, Voicemaker, and Listnr, each with unique features and applications.
1. ElevenLabs: The Pinnacle of Personalised AI Voice
ElevenLabs is renowned for its high-quality, budget-friendly voiceovers, offering incredibly realistic and human-like AI voices in 29 languages, with text-to-speech and speech-to-speech capabilities.
Example:
The example above was an audio created on Elevenlabs using the voice cloning tool to clone the voice of our CEO, Gareth Jones.
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Pros |
Cons |
| Time-Saving: ElevenLabs excels in creating quick, lifelike voice clones, saving hours of recording time. | Limited Editing: The interface lacks advanced editing features, presenting a barebones experience with limited creative control. |
| Realistic: The platform's AI-generated voices are notably lifelike, making them ideal for podcasts, audiobooks, and other audio content. | Speech Control: The platform offers minimal control over speech nuances like pacing and tone, which can be a drawback for users needing detailed customization. |
| Affordable: With affordable pricing, including a free version, ElevenLabs is accessible to a wide range of users. | - |
| Easy to Use: The user interface is straightforward, allowing for easy voice generation even for those new to the platform. | - |
| Scalable: The service offers scalable plans, catering to various levels of audio production needs. | - |
Pricing:
- Free: Elevenlabs has a free version where you can get 10,000 characters per month with up to 3 custom voices. You can also access the shared voice library. No commercial licence included.
- Starter $5 USD per month: The starter package includes everything there was in the free version except goes up to 30,000 characters per month with 10 customisable voices, as well as Instant Voice Cloning. A commercial licence is included.
- Creator $22 USD per month: The creator package includes everything the starter package has but is upgraded to 100,000 total characters per month (around 2 hours of generated audio using text-to-speech). You can also create up to 30 custom voices and gain access to Projects, a brand new long-form speech synthesis editor allowing easy access to previous voice work. You can also access the Professional Voice Cloning (PVC) tool to clone your own voice. Additional usage-based characters are priced at $0.30 USD per 1000 characters.
- Independent Publisher $99 USD per month: The independent publisher package included everything in the Creator package. It increases the character limit to 500,000 total characters per month (around 10 hours of generated audio using text-to-speech). There is also the option to create up to 160 custom voices. There will also be a usage analytics dashboard perfect for businesses that plan to have multiple users share one account. Additional usage-based characters is priced at $0.24 USD per 1000 characters.
- Growing Business $330 USD per month: The growing business plan included everything that the Independent Publisher plan has to offer. With this plan, you get up to 2,000,000 total characters per month (around 40 hours of generated audio using text-to-speech). You can also create up to 660 custom voices. Additional usage-based characters are priced at $0.18 USD per 1000 characters.
- Enterprise (Custom Quotation): For businesses who plan to use this at a large scale past the limits of the previous packages, Elevenlabs also offers custom quotations for Speech Synthesis and VoiceLab. The PVC for any voice with permission to use, volume-based discounts and priority rendering queue.
2. Voicemaker: Best for Small Budgets
Voicemaker is an affordable, versatile text-to-speech converter featuring both standard and neural AI voice engines.
Example:
The example above was an audio created on Voicemaker.
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Pros |
Cons |
| Flexible Editing: The tool provides flexibility in adjusting pause, speed, and volume, allowing for tailored speech output. | Basic User Interface: The user interface, though functional, is somewhat basic and might not appeal to users looking for a more polished experience. |
| Pronunciation: Its advanced speech features enable accurate pronunciation of dates, times, and other complex terms. | |
| SSML Support: The support for SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language) adds another layer of customization. | - |
| Affordable: The platform's affordability makes it an attractive option for those on a tight budget. | - |
Pricing:
- Free: The free plan includes up to 250 characters per conversion, with a very limited amount of conversions. You can access 750+ voices in 120+ languages with support for YouTube videos.
- Basic $5 USD per month: The basic plan included 3000 characters per conversion with up to 200,000 characters per month. You can access 750+ voices in 120+ languages with support for SSML, YouTube videos and commercial use.
- Premium $15 USD per month: The premium plan included 3000 characters per conversion with up to 500,000 characters per month. You can access 1000+ voices in 140+ languages with support for SSML, YouTube videos and commercial use. You can also access the multi-voice editor, cloud save of up to 5GB and get file history.
- Business $20 USD per month: The business plan included 10,000 characters per conversion with up to 1 million characters per month. You can access 1000+ voices in 140+ languages with support for SSML, YouTube videos and commercial use. You can also access the multi-voice editor, cloud save of up to 10GB and get file history.
3. Listnr: Diverse Voices in Multiple Languages
Listnr offers a vast library of over 900 voices in more than 145 languages, integrating voices from major providers like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft Azure.
Example:
The example above was an audio created on Voicemaker.
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Pros |
Cons |
| Wide Voice Library: The platform's extensive voice library covers a wide array of languages and dialects, making it versatile for global content creators. | Difficult to Download: The absence of uncompressed WAV download may limit users needing high-quality audio files. |
| Editing The Speech: The ability to add pauses, change speaking styles, and adjust pronunciations enhances the naturalness of the voices. | Higher Pricing: Pricing based on word count rather than characters could be less economical for those with longer scripts. |
| Word Press Integration: Listnr's integration with WordPress and other platforms makes it easy to turn articles into audio blogs. | - |
| Easy to Use: The user interface is intuitive and beginner-friendly, simplifying the audio creation. | - |
Pricing:
- Free: The free plan includes 1000 words per month, with 20 downloads or exports. 1 GB of storage is also included and access to 300+ standard voices. No voice embedding is included.
- Student $9 USD per month: The student plan allows 4000 words with unlimited downloads or exports. 25GB of storage is included, with access to 900+ voices and voice embedding.
- Individual $19 USD per month: The individual plan allows 20,000 words per month along with unlimited downloads and export. There is 50GB of storage included as well as access to 900+ voices and unlimited audio embeds.
- Solo $39 USD per month: The solo plan gives 50,000 words per month with unlimited downloads and exports. There is also access to 100GB of storage, 900+ voices and unlimited audio embeds.
- Agency $99 USD per month: The agency plan has a 500,000 words per month limit with unlimited downloads and exports. There is 250GB storage, 900+ voices, and unlimited audio embeds.
Comparative Analysis
Features |
ElevanLbs |
Voicemaker |
Listnr |
| Voice Quality | High | Standard | High |
| Language Support | 29 | Limited | 145+ |
| Customizability | Low | Medium | High |
| User Interface | Simple | Basic | Intuitive |
| Cheapest Pricing Options (besides free) | From $5 USD per month | From $5 USD per month | From $9 USD per month |
Which AI Voice Tool Should I Use?
Deciding on the right AI voice tool for your needs is a nuanced choice that depends on specific requirements and preferences. If high-quality voiceovers on a budget are your priority, ElevenLabs is an excellent choice, especially for its realistic AI voices and quick voice cloning. For those seeking a cost-effective solution with flexible speech control, Voicemaker emerges as a strong contender. Conversely, if you need a diverse range of voices in multiple languages and an intuitive interface, Listnr would be the ideal pick. Ultimately, the best tool for you will align with your specific needs in terms of voice quality, language support, customizability, user interface, and budget.
