# AI voice tools

A guide to notable AI voice tools, spanning text-to-speech, voice cloning, and speech-to-text, grouped by task.

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## Text-to-speech platforms

- [ElevenLabs](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/elevenlabs/) (ElevenLabs) — Audio, Voice & Music, Freemium, launched 2023-01. AI voice platform offering text-to-speech, voice cloning, and dubbing.
- [Murf AI](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/murf/) (Murf AI) — Audio, Voice & Music, Freemium, launched 2020. AI text-to-speech platform offering studio-quality synthetic voices for voiceovers and narration.
- [Speechify](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/speechify/) (Speechify) — Audio, Voice & Music, Freemium, launched 2016. Text-to-speech app that reads documents, articles, and books aloud in natural voices.

## Voice cloning and real-time voice

- [Resemble AI](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/resemble-ai/) (Resemble AI) — Audio, Voice & Music, Paid, launched 2019. Voice cloning and speech synthesis platform with real-time voice generation and deepfake detection.
- [Cartesia](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/cartesia/) (Cartesia) — Audio, Voice & Music, Freemium, launched 2024-05. Real-time voice generation platform built on state-space models for low-latency speech synthesis.
- [Sesame](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/sesame/) (Sesame AI) — Audio, Voice & Music, Free, launched 2025. Conversational voice AI from the Oculus co-founder's startup, known for its lifelike Maya voice companion demo.

## Transcription and speech-to-text

- [Whisper](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/whisper/) (OpenAI) — Audio, Voice & Music, Open (open weights/source), launched 2022-09. OpenAI's open-source automatic speech recognition model for transcription and translation.
- [Deepgram](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/deepgram/) (Deepgram) — Audio, Voice & Music, Paid, launched 2015. Speech recognition and voice AI API for real-time transcription and audio understanding.
- [AssemblyAI](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/assemblyai/) (AssemblyAI) — Audio, Voice & Music, Paid, launched 2017. Speech-to-text API providing transcription and audio intelligence models for developers.

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