In short. The Voice & Speech category has six services. ElevenLabs, Fish Audio, Murf AI and Narakeet read text aloud. You can clone your own voice in ElevenLabs and Fish Audio. Descript edits video as text, and Synthesizer V builds vocal parts from notes. Narakeet can be tried without registering.

The list below builds itself from the catalog and is sorted by our score.

We use only what our catalog pages say. Service terms change, so open the official page before you start.

What the services do

ElevenLabs is a speech synthesis service. It reads text aloud, clones voices, dubs videos into other languages, and makes sound effects and music. It works in the browser, and has the ElevenReader app and an API. There is a free plan, but with no commercial license and with ElevenLabs credited.

Fish Audio reads text aloud and clones voices. You set emotion and delivery with tags right in the text, such as [whispering], [laughing] or [pause]. There is a library of voices made by users in several languages. It works in the browser and has an API. You can start for free.

Murf AI is a voiceover studio for videos, e-learning, presentations and ads. It has voices in many languages, video dubbing, a voice changer for existing recordings and an API for voice agents. Free use is a trial only.

Narakeet is an online text-to-speech service. You pick a voice, paste text and download an MP3. You can try it for free without registering; see the site for the terms and limits. It also voices PowerPoint slides, converts speech to text and has an API.

Descript is a video editor where you cut by editing text. It has voice cloning and dubbing. The free plan adds a watermark. It is not built as a main tool for reading text aloud.

Synthesizer V is a program for vocal parts: you enter notes and lyrics. It is paid, with a trial version. It is not meant for reading ordinary text aloud.

If you need your own voice

Voice cloning is listed on the ElevenLabs and Fish Audio pages. Fish Audio clones your voice from a short recording. In Descript, voice cloning is built into the video editor.

How to pick

  1. Quickly voice a text in the browser: Narakeet (no registration needed) or Fish Audio.
  2. A video, a course or an ad: Murf AI.
  3. Your own voice or dubbing a video into other languages: ElevenLabs.
  4. Emotion and delivery set in the text: Fish Audio.
  5. Voicing PowerPoint slides: Narakeet.
  6. Adding voiceover to your own product: ElevenLabs, Fish Audio, Murf AI and Narakeet have an API.

What to check on a tool's page

  1. Languages and voices. Listen to the demo to see whether your language is there and how the voice sounds.
  2. Free-plan license. At ElevenLabs there is no commercial license and credit is required. Descript's free plan adds a watermark.
  3. Trial or free plan. Murf AI offers a trial only; Narakeet and Fish Audio can be started for free.
  4. What else the service does. Dubbing, a voice changer, slide voiceover, speech recognition: compare with your task.

The data comes from our catalog pages as of 13 October 2026.