Tool · Voice and speech

Hume AI

A company known for expressive AI voices. Its current site is aimed at businesses: APIs that measure emotion and expression in voices and services for testing voice AI. No self-serve voice app or prices were shown when checked.

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At a glance

Open or closed: Closed
Only usable through the maker's app or API
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Licence: Hume AI Terms of Service (The maker's own terms)
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Can I sell what I make?: The terms don't say clearly
Terms 7.1: outputs count as Customer Data, but ownership of outputs is not stated. Terms 4.1 limit use of the service to building your own applications.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
Cost: No free plan.
Plans below.
How you use it: Maker's own API
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
Skill needed: Technical
Docs cover batch and streaming APIs and a Python SDK.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
Made by: Hume AI, Inc. (US)
Terms give an address at 51 Madison Ave, New York, NY.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Status: Changing: features or terms in flux
No closing notice found; terms updated 5 Oct 2026 describe 'simulating and evaluating emotionally intelligent voice AI'. Whether Octave TTS and EVI are still sold is unconfirmed.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · inferred or from a secondary source; needs review

What you can make with it

A voice or speech, read my text aloud (main use)

audio to texttext to audio

Text to speech (Octave) not confirmed as a current product. Current offerings (emotion/expression measurement, voice-AI evaluation) have no task id.

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · inferred or from a secondary source; needs review

Plans and prices

No paid plans listed.

Pricing page showed no plans or prices; offerings are sold via a contact form. Free tier not confirmed either way.

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · inferred or from a secondary source; needs review

Rights and safety

Trains on your work?: Trains on your work
Terms 7.3 give Hume a perpetual licence to use customer data to train and improve the service; no opt-out in the terms. Privacy policy not read.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial

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About this entry

Facts last checked 12 Oct 2026 against the maker’s own pages (each fact links to its source). Entry status: draft. Plain-English summary written by Plainly.