DirectoryAI voice and dubbing
AI voice and dubbing
Voice tools synthesize speech, clone a voice you have rights to use, or dub a video into another language. The useful test is a paragraph of your own script, not the demo reel. Listen for names, numbers, and the end of a sentence.
9 tools
- Async
Chat-based editor for video and podcast recordings, formerly Podcastle. It cuts fillers and pauses, cleans the voice, adds captions, and pulls short clips. Recording is still in the product.
FreemiumApproximate
- ElevenLabs
Text to speech, voice cloning, dubbing, and sound tools. Credits are shared across products, so a dub spends the same pool as a narration.
Freemium
- Fliki
Turns a script into a video with stock, AI voice, and captions. Used for faceless channels and language versions.
Freemium
- HeyGen
Avatar video and translation: a presenter, a photo avatar, or a lip-synced dub, spent in credits.
Freemium
- Murf
Studio and API voices for narration, plus translation and a voice changer. Priced largely by characters on the API.
Usage-based
- PlayHT
Text to speech and voice clones, with a credit system and an API on higher tiers. The working site on this check was playht.co.
Freemium
- Rask AI
Dubbing and translation for video: a new spoken track in another language, with lip-sync options on higher use.
Subscription
- Synthesia
Avatar presenter videos from a script, used for explainers, training, and localized versions.
Subscription
- WellSaid
Voice studio aimed at finished voiceover, with download minutes as the meter and commercial rights on paid plans.
Freemium
Questions
Can I clone my own voice for a podcast?
Most paid plans allow a clone of a voice you have permission to use, often your own. Read the commercial-use terms before you publish an ad or a dubbed guest.
Is dubbing the same as subtitles?
No. Dubbing replaces or overlays the spoken track. Subtitles leave the original audio and add text. Dubbing is the right job when the audience will listen without looking.
Why do generated reads sound smooth and still wrong?
The model guesses emphasis. It will breeze through a correction, a joke, or a name it has never seen. Generate short, and keep the takes you would actually say.