Play.ht
Neural text to speech and voice cloning platform with premium voices multi language support timeline editing and a low latency API for apps and games.
Pricing Free / $39 per month
Category audio
Difficulty Beginner
Type Web App
Status Active
BigSpeak
Text to speech and speech to text tool with multilingual voices voice cloning and a simple browser studio for creators educators and small teams that need quick audio and captions.
Pricing Free / Starts $49 per month
Category audio
Difficulty Beginner
Type Web App
Status Active
Feature Tags Comparison
Only in Play.ht
ssmlapi
Shared
ttsvoice-cloneaudiosoundvoice
Only in BigSpeak
sttcreatormultilingual
Key Features
Play.ht
- • Premium Voices: Large catalog of natural voices with controls for rate pitch emphasis and pause timing to match scripts
- • Voice Cloning: Create custom voices with consent for branding characters and localization when policy allows
- • Timeline Editor: Assemble multi speaker scenes with precise SSML tags and scene timing for polished output
- • Streaming API: Low latency synthesis for assistants IVR chatbots and interactive apps that need fast responses
- • Batch Synthesis: Generate long form audio like courses audiobooks and articles with checkpoints and retries
- • Pronunciation Dictionary: Define word phonemes acronyms and locale specific names to keep output consistent
BigSpeak
- • One click text to speech in the browser
- • Large multilingual voice library with pacing control
- • Speech to text for captions and drafts
- • Lightweight voice cloning for brand narration
- • Simple MP3 and WAV export options
- • Character quotas with clear monthly limits
Use Cases
Play.ht
- → Produce course voiceovers with consistent pronunciation across modules
- → Localize marketing spots with cloned brand voices where permitted
- → Add real time speech to assistants chat and in app guides
- → Create character dialogue with multi speaker timing for games
- → Convert articles and docs to podcasts for accessibility
- → Automate IVR prompts with SSML and streaming for scale
BigSpeak
- → Create voiceovers for product demos and explainers
- → Turn articles into narrated audio for blogs
- → Produce multilingual tracks for social channels
- → Generate captions and transcripts for accessibility
- → Build lesson audio for online courses fast
- → Prototype podcast snippets with different voices
Perfect For
Play.ht
content teams, learning creators, game and app developers, agencies and startups adding natural speech to products while managing rights and scale
BigSpeak
solo creators educators marketers and small teams that need quick high quality voiceovers transcripts and multilingual audio
Capabilities
Play.ht
Premium and custom voices Professional
SSML and timeline Professional
Low latency API Intermediate
Rights and usage Intermediate
BigSpeak
Text to Speech Basic
Custom Voices Basic
Speech to Text Basic
Exports and Quotas Basic
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