ElevenLabs' AI Speaks in Various Voices Across Multiple Languages
Building a tool that offers content in any voice and language is an honorable pursuit. This vision drives the startup ElevenLabs, which has spent over a year delving into the possibilities of voice-based artificial intelligence.
ElevenLabs aspires to eliminate linguistic barriers across the globe. To this end, the startup's team is leveraging machine learning to tackle challenges like converting text into speech and voice cloning.
Our mission is to make on-demand multilingual audio support a reality across education, streaming, audiobooks, gaming, movies, and even real-time conversation. Our research powers the platform's current features but it also contributes to realizing our ultimate goal of instantly converting spoken audio between languages,as stated on the project’s website.
ElevenLabs Probes the Potential of Voice AI Source: https://elevenlabs.io/
Launched in 2022 by close friends Petr, an ex-machine learning engineer at Google, and Mati, previously a deployment strategist at Palantir Technologies, ElevenLabs was inspired by the less-than-perfect Polish dubbing of Hollywood movies.
Currently valued at $100 million, the company has successfully concluded its Series A funding round, raising $19 million. This round was spearheaded by industry stalwarts like Nat Friedman (formerly of GitHub), Daniel Gross (formerly of Y Combinator), and the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The project has garnered investment from venture firms such as Credo Ventures and Concept Ventures, as well as co-founders of Instagram, Oculus VR, Deepmind & Inflection, and Perplexity AI.
What Can Voice AI Accomplish?
The ElevenLabs team is ardently working to create a versatile, authentic, and content-adaptive voice AI. This groundbreaking AI is designed to produce speech in more than 30 languages using an array of both real and synthesized voices.
ElevenLabs doesn’t just produce voices. Their technology delves deep, grasping the underlying logic and emotions of a text. It ties every element of a narrative cohesively, resulting in an intonation that’s nothing short of genuine. This makes the synthesized speech resonate naturally to listeners. Moreover, the founders place a strong emphasis on ethical implications: they've integrated protocols that ensure respect for intellectual property and deter any potential misuse of voice AI.
How to Craft Conversational Narratives with ElevenLabs Source: ElevenLabs Official
To collaborate with this voice AI, one would:
- Sign up on their platform, opting for either a free or premium subscription.
- Cherry-pick a suitable voice and tweak its settings for a tailored experience.
- Enter the text meant for conversion, in any supported language.
- Convert this text into downloadable audio and gauge the output.
ElevenLabs' suite includes an innovative voice lab for concocting new synthesized voices or replicating existing ones, a voice archive brimming with hundreds of user-crafted synthetic voices, and a workstation tailored for nuanced speech editing. By 2023's close, they're looking to roll out an eagerly awaited feature: AI-driven dubbing that can overlay any audio or video in a different language, all while maintaining the original artist’s voice nuances.
Currently, their support spans across 28 languages, from mainstream ones like English, German, and French to more regional ones like Ukrainian, Finnish, Romanian, and Korean. Their voice AI is making waves in diverse domains: from dubbing video content and games to crafting audiobooks and chatbot interactions.
