Tool · Voice and speech, Video

Async (formerly Podcastle)

An online studio for podcasts and videos: record remote guests, get transcripts, clean up and edit audio, and turn text into speech with AI voices. The free plan has small one-off allowances.

Go to Async (formerly Podcastle)’s website

At a glance

Open or closed: Closed
Only usable through the maker's app or API
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Licence: Async Terms of Service (The maker's own terms)
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Can I sell what I make?: Yes
Terms: you retain ownership of input and output and 'may utilize the Output for any lawful purpose'; no plan restriction stated. No guarantee outputs are copyrightable.
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Cost: Free option: One-off: 1 hour remote recording, 2 hours transcription, about 15 minutes (12k characters) text to speech, 10 AI credits; 720p export
Plans below.
How you use it: In your browser, Phone app
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Skill needed: No setup
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Made by: Podcastle Inc. (DBA Async)
No address or country stated; terms choose Delaware law, which is not a location.
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Status: Changing: features or terms in flux
No explicit rename announcement read; inferred from the redirect and the DBA name.
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What you can make with it

A voice or speech, by editing audio or a podcast I recorded (main use)
A voice or speech, text from a recording
A voice or speech, read my text aloud
A voice or speech, a copy of my own voice
A video, short clips from a long video

text to audioaudio to textvideo to textaudio to audiovideo to video

Pricing lists remote recording, audio and video transcription, text to speech, AI clips/subtitles and podcast hosting; voice cloning 'available in the iOS app'. Audio clean-up not confirmed on pages read.

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Plans and prices

Plan	Price	Includes
Free	Free	12,000 characters of text; 10 credits

Some plans are not listed here; see the source for the full list.

Paid prices rendered by script; not readable. Plans: Essentials (120k TTS characters, 450 credits/month), Pro (500k, 1200), Teams (2M, 3000), Business custom. 'Save 40% with yearly plans'.

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Rights and safety

Trains on your work?: Trains on your work unless you opt out
Terms license input and output to improve their and third-party AI providers' services; you can opt out by email.
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Real faces and voices: Copies a real voice (voice clone (iOS app)), you only promise you have permission
Pricing says voice cloning is available in the iOS app. Terms have no voice-cloning consent rules; consent value is a guess and needs review.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · inferred or from a secondary source; needs review

Other options for “A voice or speech, by editing audio or a podcast I recorded”

Adobe Podcast (Enhance Speech), Auphonic, Cleanvoice AI, Descript, Gling, Listnr AI, Riverside, Vozo

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.