Goodbye, monotonous robotic voices. Hello, warm-toned virtual narrators. ElevenLabs, is a startup that usesartificial intelligenceto generate fairly convincing synthetic voices. The latter has just deployed its Reader application on iOS and Android. And the least we can say,she's got it under her belt.
Your library speaks
Did you dream of a multilingual literary butler? Reader grants your wishes. As soon as you open the app,you have access to many different voices. Choose your favorite narrator and let him tell you the storyCinderellaor the adventures ofSherlock Holmes. On top of that, the app doesn't stop at the preloaded classics.
Want to have your latest literary discovery read aloud? PDF, EPUB, TXT…Reader swallows all formats with the appetite of a bookworm. What about old digitized books? The integrated OCR (Optical Character Recognition) even deciphers texts present on images. Your smartphone will be able to provide you with any story or document by voice.
The pocket polyglot
But Reader's real tour de force is his gift for languages.With 32 idioms in his bag, it's a little Tower of Babel that you have in your pocket. Have you always dreamed of being read to?The Little Princein Mandarin? Or to discover Tolstoy in his native language without stumbling over Cyrillic? Reader takes care of that, bringing texts to life in the language of your choice.
The application is free to trial, with a credit limit, as is the case with many chatbots or applications using AI.Several subscriptions exist according to your needs: 4.5 euros monthly for 30,000 credits (30 minutes of audio), 9.90 for 100,000 credits (2 hours of audio) or 89 euros for 500,000 credits (10 hours of audio). If you want to consult the precise pricing page and all the possible options, it is available onthe official ElevenLabs website. However, you will need to create a free account to access it.
- ElevenLabs launches Reader, a free application on iOS and Android that transforms any text into an audiobook with natural voices.
- The application offers a varied voice library and can read texts in 32 different languages.
- Reader supports various file formats and uses OCR for scanned PDFs, but its use is limited to personal use.
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