Audio & Voice

Speech synthesis, transcription, music and sound.

  • Descript

    Edit video and podcasts by editing a text transcript

    VideoAudio & VoicemacOS, Windows, Web, iOS

    Freemium

  • ElevenLabs

    Realistic AI voice generation, cloning and dubbing

    Audio & VoiceWeb, API, iOS, Android, Chrome extension

    From $5/mo

  • Suno

    Generate full songs, vocals included, from a text prompt

    Audio & VoiceWeb, iOS, Android

    From $10/mo

  • Otter.aiOtter.ai

    AI meeting notetaker with live transcription

    Audio & VoiceProductivityWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, macOS, Windows

    From $8.33/mo

Questions about audio & voice tools

Can voice cloning replace hiring a narrator?

For internal material, product demos and rough cuts, yes — ElevenLabs is convincing enough that most listeners will not stop. For anything carrying a brand’s name, the useful questions are whether you have the rights to the voice and whether your audience would mind knowing. Both answers are yours, not the tool’s.

What is the fastest way to clean up a bad recording?

Descript’s Studio Sound, before trying anything else. It handles room tone, uneven levels and the general muddiness of a remote interview in one pass — inside the same tool where you cut the recording, rather than as a separate export and re-import.

Is AI music usable in published work?

Suno is well past the novelty stage for background beds, theme music and podcast stings — the kind of track that would otherwise come from a stock library. Where it still shows is anything the listener is meant to pay attention to on its own.