Typecast review
7.7/10★★★★★AI voice actors with emotion controls for videos, games and audiobooks, plus apps
- Best for
- Video, game and audiobook creators who want expressive character voices
- Price
- Freemium · from $5/month
Free: 3,000 lifetime credits (about 5 minutes), trial voices, attribution required - Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android, API
- Made by
- Neosapience, Inc., Seoul, South Korea
What it is
Typecast offers 700+ AI voice actors in 35+ languages with controls for emotion, pitch and speed, aimed at video, games, audiobooks and ads. Its SSFM model generates context-aware emotion, and it's available on the web, iOS, Android and through an API.
What the AI does
- 700+ AI voice actors in 35+ languages
- Emotion and Smart Emotion controls
- Voice cloning
- Pitch, speed and dynamics controls
- Text-to-speech API
Pros and cons
- Strong emotion control for character work
- Cheap entry plan with cloning
- Apps on iOS and Android as well as web
- Free plan offers only trial voices and requires attribution
- Low minute allowances on cheaper plans
- Not on the Artificial Analysis Speech Arena, so no independent quality ranking
How it scores
Good-value, expressive voices on every platform; overall realism trails the top models.
Feature checklist · 6 of 9
- Self-serve voice cloning from your own sample (yes)
- Library of 500+ voices (yes)
- Speech in 30+ languages (yes)
- Emotion or speaking-style control (yes)
- Pronunciation, pacing or pitch controls (yes)
- Low-latency real-time speech for voice agents (no)
- AI dubbing or translation of video (no)
- Narration editor for video or slides (no)
- API for developers (yes)
Alternatives
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- ElevenLabs 8.7/10Creators and developers who want the most natural-sounding voices and the widest toolset
- Speechify Studio 8.0/10Creators who want strong voices plus dubbing and video editing in one cheap suite
- Fish Audio 7.9/10Budget-conscious creators who want strong voices and cloning without ElevenLabs prices
- Cartesia 7.7/10Developers building real-time voice agents and phone bots