What is ElevenLabs?
ElevenLabs is a convenient service for checking English word pronunciations and sentence intonations.
Known both as a service name and a company name, ElevenLabs is a tech company with a strong focus on AI voice technology. Founded in 2022, this startup specializes in transforming text to speech (Text-to-Speech), converting between voices (Speech-to-Speech), and developing voice cloning technology to create realistic, expressive synthetic voices.
This service is widely used across various industries, including film, gaming, and podcasting.
Basic Information
| Product Name | ElevenLabs |
| Company | ElevenLabs |
| Official Website | https://elevenlabs.io/ |
| Launch Year | 2022 |
| Free Plan | Available |
Overview
ElevenLabs is a company providing AI voice technology services, established in 2022.
Its founding story is unique. Piotr, a former Google machine learning engineer, and Mateusz, formerly with Palantir, founded the company due to an experience with “poorly dubbed American films.” Their goal is to make information accessible in any form using voice and translation technology.
ElevenLabs is available for free, making it convenient for users who want to check correct pronunciation in English or other languages. I’ve personally tested converting Japanese to English and English to English pronunciation, and the English pronunciation sounds remarkably natural.
Google Trends Data
Japan
Worldwide
Features
Even with the free plan, ElevenLabs provides the following features, although there are limitations: up to 10 minutes of audio and 10,000 characters.
- Text-to-speech for 32 languages
- Custom voice creation
- Video voice dubbing
- Sound effect generation
- API access
The character input limit per session for free users is 5,000 characters. These features are quite comprehensive.
How to Use
Enter the text you want to be read aloud into the form and press the play button.
If you want to know the English pronunciation of a Japanese sentence, start by translating the Japanese into English. Tools like DeepL or ChatGPT can help with this.
Here’s an example using text from Fujitsu’s website.
Source: Fujitsu Corporation’s internal case study | Accelerating DX with the Palantir Data Integration Platform – Case: Optimizing engineer resource assignments (Fujitsu) (source: https://www.fujitsu.com/jp/innovation/data-driven/casestudies/fujitsu202306/)
Sample text:
In June 2020, Fujitsu entered a partnership agreement with Palantir Technologies Inc. and Palantir Japan to strengthen strategic collaboration in the digital transformation (DX) field within the Japanese market. In brief, Palantir’s software integrates vast, dispersed data across systems to resolve organizational challenges through an end-to-end solution. Fujitsu has utilized the power of this software to optimize resource assignments for engineers, achieving significant financial benefits for its internal DX projects.
I’ve used ChatGPT for translation.
I’ve recorded both the Japanese and English versions on ElevenLabs for you to view in sequence. First, the Japanese, followed by the English.
I had this Japanese and English text read aloud by ElevenLabs, so please check it in the video. The recording is in the order of Japanese followed by English.
