Play.ht is a text to speech solution used to create realistic voiceovers in multiple languages. It is used to scale voice generation with Play.ht's AI Text to Speech models that can clone and generate speech with realism.
$39
per month 50,000 words per month
ReadSpeaker
Score8 out of 10
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ReadSpeaker is a global voice specialist providing languages and lifelike voices. With its technology, the company delivers natural-sounding synthesized voices, using Deep Neural Network (DNN) technology to structurally improve voice quality at all levels. ReadSpeaker is a subsidiary of the Memory Disk Division (MD) of the HOYA Corporation, with offices in 15 countries, and over 10,000 customers in 65 countries, providing a complete text-to-speech (TTS) offering, both as Software-as-a-Service…
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Pricing
Play.ht
ReadSpeaker
Editions & Modules
Professional
$39
per month 50,000 words per month
Premium
$99
per month Unlimited Voice Generation
Team
$198
per month 2 team members Unlimited Voice Generation
Play.ht is generally suited for almost all text-to-speech needs. If you wanted clear and realistic audio, Play.ht was really good for that. However, the main challenge it had was its payment model. In our experience, from paying roughly $500 for our package, they jumped the cost to $10,000 and justified it by saying we should not have been paying that low.
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This app works perfect in every situation but in some real time usage The voice sometime lags or fluctuate. So this app is well suited for pre-writtentext to voice conversion rather than real-time usage
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The text to voice service of ReadSpeaker is very natural. The voice is very natural and clear. It doesn't sound much like a robot. One can find male or female voice in different accent also.
It not only converts the text into voice but also add emphasis on some particular point if we want to add. The most engaging part is it also take care of punctuation. The speed can also be customized.
It also works in real time text to voice conversion.
My content is very safe with this app. I have never seen ads in Google or somewhere related to my content after using ReadSpeaker.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
It was very simple to use and easy to learn for the most part. The biggest challenge in using it was that you would need to know how to use the International Phonetic Alphabet to get the precise tone that you wanted the tool to make. This was easier said than done since not everyone could write in that way easily. That said, knowing IPA was not essential.
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This app deserves five star rating because this app can be in combined with any third-party app for the usage. Also this app can be used for people who are vision handicapped as they cannot read but they can here in their particular language which I guess is the best part of this app. Moreover, the overall experience is very value for money thing. I would suggest this app to so many people's in my company who are in customer service.
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Overall, they do roughly the same thing. I switched out of Play.ht into NaturalReader because, in my experience, NaturalReader had clearer pricing models. In terms of functionality, they weren't much different. I'd recommend NaturalReader more since it is simpler to subscribe to them and start rather than use Play.ht and be confused about their pricing model.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
