Tool · Voice and speech

PlayHT (PlayAI)

An online text-to-speech service that reads your text aloud in many voices and languages, with multi-speaker dialogue and an option to copy a voice. Also offered as an API for developers.

Go to PlayHT (PlayAI)’s website

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: PlayHT 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 6.1 grant a revocable licence 'for your personal, commercial use' and defer plan details to the pricing page, which did not show plan terms. Ownership of generated audio is not stated.
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Cost: Free option: Free trial offered; limits not readable
Plans below.
How you use it: In your browser, Maker's own API
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Skill needed: No setup
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Made by: PlayHT, Inc. (US)
Terms 18.5: service offered from Middletown, Delaware, United States; 18.2 says it is operated from offices in California. Site now brands itself PlayAI.
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Status: Available
Homepage and pricing page show no closing or acquisition notice. Terms 13.4 reserve the right to discontinue at any time. Status worth rechecking.
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What you can make with it

A voice or speech, read my text aloud (main use)
A voice or speech, a copy of my own voice

text to audio

Homepage lists text to speech, multi-speaker dialogue, voice cloning (also across languages) and a low-latency API.

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page

Plans and prices

No paid plans listed.

Prices rendered by script; not readable. Page names Growth, Premium, Team and Enterprise plans and a 20% discount for students, educators and non-profits.

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Rights and safety

Trains on your work?: Doesn't train on your work
Terms preamble: 'we will not use your submitted content to train our AI models'. The section it cross-references does not repeat this. Covers submitted content; outputs not named.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
Real faces and voices: Copies a real voice (voice clone), you only promise you have permission
Homepage offers voice cloning; terms only require you to warrant you hold publicity and privacy permissions for content you submit. Cloning page not read.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · inferred or from a secondary source; needs review

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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.