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WellSaid Labs Makes Noise Proving Business Demand for AI Voice

July 26, 2022

Listen to one of our AI Voice Avatars read the first paragraph.

Seattle, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WellSaid Labs, producer of the world’s highest quality synthetic voices available, celebrates growth with new hires, expanded API, custom voices and enterprise Teams product to ensure continued market dominance. WellSaid Labs powers the synthetic media industry along with more than 7,000 customers across dozens of industries. Customers value WellSaid Labs’ incredibly high level of realistic human-voice capability and rely on WellSaid Labs’ business mission critical 99.99% uptime SLA.

Webinar Replay: Inside the Recording Studio, How AI Voice Avatars Are Built

July 22, 2022

Listen to WellSaid Voice Avatar, Jodi P., read the intro.

How do we create incredibly lifelike AI voices? What is the role of the voice actor in the creation process? What Voice Avatars are coming next to WellSaid?

From actor to algorithm to avatar, learn the inside story from Voice Program Manager, Sara Weisweaver. Watch the recording of this live session to learn all this and more.

Product Update: Team Collaboration

June 29, 2022

Listen as James, a WellSaid Avatar, reads the first paragraph.

WellSaid Studio customers know it is a simple and effective solution for creating the best quality AI voiceover. However, customers with multiple team members repeatedly reached out wanting even stronger collaboration capabilities. WellSaid listened and is excited to present expansive Team collaboration improvements.

WellSaid Gives Voice to “Zoey” from Digital Domain

June 24, 2022

Listen as a WellSaid Voice Avatar reads the intro paragraph.

WellSaid Voice Avatars are used in a wide range of groundbreaking products. As tech applications continue to push the bounds of immersive experiences, lifelike AI voices are an essential ingredient. Companies like Five9 and Super Hi-Fi have built incredible products using WellSaid Avatars, and now Digital Domain is making news, too.

In the News: WellSaid Labs Named to CB Insights AI 100 List

May 17, 2022

Listen as Ava M., a WellSaid Voice Avatar, reads the intro.

We are thrilled to announce that for the second time, WellSaid Labs has made the CB Insights AI 100 List of Most Innovative Artificial Intelligence Startups.

This honor in 2022 comes as we expand our offering of the highest grade of AI voice avatars and continue to add top companies to our customer roster from a range of industries. Read the full press release below.

New Voice Avatar Release: Meet 13 New WellSaid Voices

May 4, 2022

Hear Wade C. introduce a few of the new voice avatars.

Providing high quality voice avatars in a variety of accents is an ongoing pursuit at WellSaid Labs. Because we take pride in providing only the most realistic AI voice avatars on the market, each new voice avatar release is a big event.

Benefits of Synthetic Voice and Voice Cloning for Today’s Top Brands

April 12, 2022

Check out Jodi’s “promo style” reading of the first two paragraphs.

A unified brand identity is more important than ever in our new immersive experiences and synthetic voice or voice cloning are powerful tools. Marketing services or products through a single channel no longer makes the cut; successful companies reach customers through podcasts, banner ads, social media posts, sponsored content, and more.

With so many different ways to find new audiences and buyers, brands need a recognizable and consistent identity. And because these massively popular new mediums are audio-only — like podcasts or music-streaming services — it’s not enough to only have a good logo or visual design.

Read about the WSL ethical stance on why we don't do deepfakes here.

Why We Don’t Do Deepfakes: Ethics of AI Voice

March 21, 2022

Here, Vanessa, an AI Voice Avatar, reads the first paragraph in her “conversational” style.

For the most part, people trust their eyes and ears. If you saw a video of a politician bad-mouthing a rival, or listened to a recording of a celebrity admitting to a crime, you would suspect they must be real, right? You might think you can see through Photoshop editing or gauge when a recording is fake. But through technological innovation and groundbreaking artificial intelligence, the divisions between reality and fiction are fading.

This article illustrates the common hurdles that eLearning instructional designers face.

Top 10 Learning and Development Hurdles You Can Overcome

March 4, 2022

Listen as Tobin, a WellSaid Labs voice avatar, reads the intro to this post.

Learning and development professionals face a harder task than most people realize.

Their mission is not simply to present information. The mission is to capture learner attention, rapture, and retention—all while creating a positive brand experience in the process.

Information that’s presented carelessly may get the job done, but it does little for effective learning. Instead, educational experiences must be structured, strategic, and well thought out, with the learner’s point of view considered at all times.

Read our guide to voiceover post-production basics.

Comprehensive Guide: Voiceover Post-Production Techniques

March 1, 2022

Listen to Jarvis, an AI avatar, read the first paragraph of this article.

Whether listeners recognize it consciously or not, audio can make or break a project. Poorly balanced sound strips a dialogue scene of its weight, forcing audiences to focus on deciphering voices from background noise. Poor podcast audio becomes distracting, action scenes lose their impact, and songs become a mess of competing tracks and vocals. Regardless of the quality of the rest of the project, audio editing and clarity have a huge impact on how the we receive content. In fact, a recent study of online videos found that there was an 89 percent correlation between highly-rated videos and good audio quality.