Chang Chen
Articles by Chang Chen
How to build a voice AI agent with Cartesia
A step-by-step guide to building a natural, low-latency voice AI agent with Cartesia's Sonic text-to-speech, from architecture to production deployment.
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15 Speechify alternatives, free and paid
Speechify alternatives for listening to documents or building with speech, including which options are free and what each tool actually does.
ElevenLabs Alternatives: 10 Options Compared
ElevenLabs alternatives compared by the job: real-time voice agents, scripted voiceover, document reading, and media editing, plus a test plan.
10 Descript alternatives to consider
Compare Descript alternatives for recording, transcript editing, video production, and speech APIs. See which parts of your workflow each tool covers.
10 Google Cloud Text-to-Speech alternatives to consider
Compare Google text-to-speech alternatives by API workflow, language support, speech controls, and deployment requirements.
11 Murf AI alternatives to consider
Compare Murf AI alternatives for scripted narration and speech APIs. Test editing, exports, and streaming before choosing a tool.
Discord TTS: how to use text-to-speech
Turn on Discord's /tts command, choose which messages get read aloud, and fix TTS when it stays silent. Desktop and mobile steps.
Hume AI alternatives after the TTS and EVI sunset
Hume is shutting down its TTS and EVI APIs on November 13, 2026. Compare 10 alternatives for Octave and EVI, and what to move before access ends.
Lovo AI is offline: 9 Genny alternatives
Lovo AI and its Genny app have been offline since Lovo filed for Chapter 7 in May 2026. What Genny users can recover, and 9 alternatives by job.
Amazon Polly pricing, free tier, and 11 alternatives
Amazon Polly costs $4 to $100 per million characters depending on the voice engine, with a free tier on each. Here's the full price list, then 11 alternatives.
11 Fliki alternatives to consider
Compare Fliki alternatives for narrated videos and speech generation. See which tools assemble videos and which supply audio.
Azure Text to Speech pricing, free tier, and 10 alternatives
Azure Text to Speech costs $15 per million characters for neural voices, with 500,000 free each month. Here's the price list, custom voice access, then 10 alternatives.
10 Narakeet alternatives to consider
Compare Narakeet alternatives for narration and speech APIs. Check slide timing, pronunciation, and the steps needed for a finished video.
15 PlayHT alternatives after the shutdown
PlayHT shut down on December 31, 2025. Compare 15 alternatives by the job you need done, and see what a migration can still recover.
11 Resemble AI alternatives to consider
Compare Resemble AI alternatives for custom voices and speech generation. Check consent, voice consistency, deployment options, and usage rights.
10 Respeecher alternatives to consider
Compare Respeecher alternatives for voice cloning and generated dialogue. Learn how text-to-speech differs from converting a recorded performance.
10 Speechelo alternatives to consider
Compare Speechelo alternatives for voiceovers, document reading, and speech APIs. Check purchase terms, revisions, and commercial exports.
10 Typecast alternatives to consider
Compare Typecast alternatives for scripted and interactive voices. Test delivery controls, speaker consistency, and interruption handling.
10 WellSaid Labs alternatives to consider
Compare WellSaid Labs alternatives for business narration and voice applications. Test script review, pronunciation corrections, and API behavior.
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