AI voice and audio: from cloning to podcasts to translation — companion videos

Alec Wilcock

Tour of the platform that anchors most of the article's examples — text-to-speech, speech-to-speech, voice design, and voice cloning, all in one screen-recorded walkthrough. Goes through the free-vs-paid limits and the controls that actually matter (stability, similarity, style) without overselling.

What you should get from this: Understand the main AI-audio workflow categories: narration, speech-to-speech, voice design and cloning.

Watch or know first: Know whether your goal is narration, translation, accessibility or a cloned voice with explicit consent.

ElevenLabs

Official walkthrough that contrasts Instant Voice Cloning (a minute of audio, results in seconds) with Professional Voice Cloning (30 minutes to several hours of audio, much higher fidelity). The recording-quality guidance — mic, room, levels, pre-processing — is the part that's hardest to find elsewhere and matters most for getting a clone you'll actually use.

What you should get from this: Learn what recording quality and consent boundaries matter before creating a voice clone.

Watch or know first: Use only your own voice or a speaker who has given explicit permission for the intended use.