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What does ElevenLabs do?

Tool: ElevenLabs

The Tech: AI Voice Generation

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Their Pitch

The most realistic voice AI platform.

Our Take

A text-to-speech that actually sounds human instead of robotic, plus you can clone your own voice from a 10-second recording.

Deep Dive & Reality Check

Used For

  • +**Recording 5 hours of podcast voiceovers weekly** → Clone your voice once, type scripts, get perfect audio in 30 minutes
  • +**Your video narration sounds different every recording session** → Consistent voice quality every time, no bad hair days affecting your content
  • +**Paying voice actors $200 per script** → Use your cloned voice for unlimited scripts at $5-20/month
  • +Voice cloning works from just 10 seconds of audio - other tools need hours of samples
  • +Supports 30+ languages with emotion controls - adjust warmth, pitch, and pacing per sentence

Best For

  • >Content creators tired of spending 5 hours a week recording voiceovers
  • >You lost your voice due to illness but need to keep teaching or creating
  • >Podcasters who want consistent audio without setting up a mic every time

Not For

  • -Broke creators hoping the free tier covers real projects — 10,000 characters disappears in two test scripts
  • -Anyone with a super unique accent or speech pattern — the instant clone will sound off until you upgrade to the slow professional version
  • -People who record in noisy environments — garbage audio in, garbage clone out

Pairs With

  • *Descript (for editing the generated audio with your video content)
  • *Zapier (to automatically generate voiceovers when you publish new blog posts)
  • *Notion (where you write scripts before pasting into ElevenLabs)
  • *YouTube Studio (where the final voiced content gets uploaded)
  • *Riverside.fm (for podcast hosting after you've replaced manual recording with AI voices)
  • *Canva (for creating videos that need consistent narration without re-recording)

The Catch

  • !The free tier runs out embarrassingly fast - one 5-minute script burns through your monthly limit
  • !Character overages at $0.18 per 1,000 add up quick if you're testing different voices and settings
  • !Professional voice cloning takes 2-3 hours to train and needs Creator+ plan ($20+/month) - the instant version sounds noticeably worse

Bottom Line

Finally, text-to-speech that doesn't sound like a GPS from 2003.