Among the most sophisticated AI voice over platforms, voice overs sound completely natural. So lifelike, in fact, that listeners can’t tell the difference between an AI-generated voice and a human actor. These text-to-speech platforms offer APIs where product developers and engineers can seamlessly integrate a voice over API into their existing technology stack. The possibilities are endless. This creates natural-sounding voice overs for podcast episodes, articles, videos, and more.
In this blog post, we talk more about voice over APIs. This includes what they are, how brands and content creators can use them, and the unique benefits they offer.
What is voice over API?
API stands for Application Programming Interface, which is a software connection allowing two software applications to talk to each other. With a voice over API, you could connect your website or digital product to a text-to-speech platform like WellSaid Labs in order to automatically render a voice over.
How you can use a text-to-speech API
The potential for AI voice over APIs are endless. For example, you could use text-to-speech APIs to render a voice over version of every blog post you publish. The New York Times uses AI voice over APIs to translate children’s books into spoken versions. You could even use voice over APIs for mobile apps, learning and development content (e.g. voicing e-books aloud or translating to video versions), video game studios, voice assistant commands, and audio advertisements for podcasts, videos, and music streaming sites.
Why use an AI voice over API
When creating a voice over, you have a few options. You can upload a script to manually render each text-to-speech voice over, or you can use an API to automatically render a voice over when triggered by your system. There are a few benefits to the latter route.
One, using an API can simply be faster.
Instead of manually uploading scripts, an API can help automate the process for you. This delivers a voice over at certain trigger points in your projects workflows. For example, whenever you publish a blog post, you could have a text-to-speech API automatically render a voice over of the post. You multiply content by creating a complementary audio version. Not only does having an audio version look professional and potentially widen your audience, but through the power of the API, it doesn’t add any more work to your plate.
Second, a voice over API further defines your brand voice.
Everyone reads your articles in their own voice, bringing their own interpretation to your brand, but a voice over further colors and clarifies what your brand sounds like. If you construct a few voices that sound uniquely like your brand—or speak to a certain type of content or buyer persona—then an API can create a well-rounded set of voices across all of your brand assets.
Third, you only have to integrate an API once, and then the work is done.
From then on, unless paused, the API can automatically render voice overs for whatever parameters you set—when you publish blog posts, release podcast episodes, upload YouTube videos, and so on. The API integrates seamlessly with your system so you can become a voice over generating machine—no complex coding required.
– – –
The world is rapidly transitioning from written word to spoken voice. Instead of reading books, people want to listen to them. Instead of jotting down to-do tasks, people want to voice them to voice assistants. Voice over APIs are the next layer of this technology—a way to make text-to-speech even more efficient, streamlined, and resource-light.
Learn more about WellSaid Labs API—the leader in natural-sounding voice overs, made simple.
