🎧 Play.ht :

1. 🔊 AI Text-to-Speech (TTS) Engine

• Converts plain text into high-quality, human-like speech.

• Offers ultra-realistic neural voices powered by major AI models (like OpenAI, Google, Amazon Polly, Microsoft Azure).

• Supports instant preview and audio generation in real-time.

2. 🗣️ 900+ AI Voices in 140+ Languages

• Wide variety of accents, tones, and regional dialects.

• Voices categorized by gender, emotion, and use case (e.g., narration, conversational, professional).

• Supports multilingual narration, perfect for global content localization.

3. 🎭 Voice Cloning (Custom AI Voice)

• Clone your own or another voice using only 30 seconds of recorded audio.

• Creates a reusable digital voice profile for podcasts, videos, or brand narration.

• Supports multilingual cloned voices that retain the same speaker identity.

4. 😃 Emotion & Style Control

• Modify vocal expressions such as:

  • Emphasis (on key words)

  • Pitch & Speed (to match audience or tone)

  • Pauses (for realistic pacing)

  • Style Presets (e.g., friendly, angry, formal)

• Great for storytelling, explainer videos, and training modules.

5. 🧠 Multi-Speaker Audio

• Allows different voices to be used within one audio file.

• Enables podcast-style dialogue, role-based narration, or interview simulations.

• Scripted switching with seamless transitions.

6. 📝 Pronunciation Editor

• Customize how specific words are pronounced (e.g., technical terms, brand names, acronyms).

• Add SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language) tags for advanced control over prosody, intonation, and pitch.

7. 💻 Audio Widgets & Embeds

• Create audio versions of blog posts or articles.

• Embed audio players directly onto WordPress, Webflow, or other CMS platforms.

• Improves content accessibility for visually impaired and auditory learners.

8. 🧩 Developer API

• Full-featured REST API for automating voice generation.

• SDKs available for Python, Node.js, and cURL.

• Features include:

  • Streaming TTS

  • Batch audio creation

  • Project-level voice control

  • File format selection: MP3, WAV, Ogg, Linear16

9. 🔐 Secure Cloud Workspace

• All projects are saved in the cloud with role-based team access.

• Collaborators can preview, edit, and download assets from shared dashboards.

10. 📥 Audio Export & Formats

• Download your AI-generated audio in multiple formats:

  • MP3, WAV, OGG, and Linear16

• Choose bitrates and sample rates to match project requirements (e.g., for podcasts or broadcast media).

Description

Play.ht is a leading AI-powered text-to-speech platform that converts written content into ultra-realistic audio using over 800 high-quality voices across 140+ languages. With features like voice cloning, multilingual support, SSML customization, and developer-friendly APIs, it serves writers, podcasters, e-learning creators, and businesses by enabling scalable, natural-sounding voice content generation.

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PlayAI Dialog generally available; beats industry leading model 3 to 1 in human preference testing.

PlayAI’s Dialog Text-to-Speech model is now in general availability, bringing multilingual capabilities, and exceptional performance to applications requiring emotive, human-like speech. In recent third-party benchmark tests, Dialog was preferred by 10:1 vs. ElevenLabs v2.5 Turbo, and by over 3:1 vs. ElevenLabs Multilingual v2.0. Play the video below to find out ...

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Founders of Play.ht

Hammad Syed: Co-founded Play.ht in 2016 alongside Mahmoud Felfel; initially built as a Chrome extension for reading Medium articles and evolved into a full AI-driven TTS platform. Background as a software engineer and product manager at OLX. At Play.ht, he has led the company from bootstrapped beginnings to Y Combinator backing and a global text-to-speech platform.

Hammad Syed

Co-Founder & CEO

Mahmoud Felfel

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer