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# Google Cloud Text-to-Speech

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> Cloud Text-to-Speech is a Google-powered Text-to-Speech API that can convert text into natural-sounding speech.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 12 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses Google Cloud Text-to-Speech?

For developers with limited machine learning backgrounds looking to add AI to their applications.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 12 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Google

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$0.01
- **Pricing model**: Usage Based (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Free Trial: New customers get $300 in free credits to spend on Text-to-Speech during the first 90 days. 

Free Usage per Month: The first 1 million characters for WaveNet voices are free each month.

Pricing: Text-to-Speech is priced based on the number of characters sent to the service to be synthesized into audio each month and starting from $4.00 USD per 1 million characters after free usage limit is reached.
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
- **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more

## Features

- AI Voices
- Audio Editor
- Chatbot
- Multi-Language
- Multi-Voice
- SSML Support

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat

## Category

- [Text-To-Speech Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/33256/text-to-speech/software)

## Related Categories

- [Text-To-Speech Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/33256/text-to-speech/software)
- [Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/30938/artificial-intelligence/software)

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## Reviews

### "This voice is quite familiar from many YouTube videos." — 5.0/5

> **Ahmet Fatih** | *17 January 2023* | E-Learning | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: You would be amazed to learn how many YouTube content creators use Google Cloud TTS for voiceovers. It is just convenient and sounds undiscernably human. Free credits and starting balance does good enough to set your foot in the world of amazement.
> 
> **Cons**: Starting balance could get renewed more often for us educators so we can introduce the wonders of AI to our students.
> 
> Tried this voiceover specification with students for a project and fancied it a lot.

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### "Text to voice" — 5.0/5

> **Merix** | *30 October 2023* | Glass, Ceramics & Concrete | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Voice used almost resemble the human natural voice with different vocal of both male and female voices therefore text can be translated in different voices and languages this triggers different groups of audiences. It is seamless and integrates with Google cloud translation ai to provide a comprehensive service for customers.
> 
> **Cons**: Probably Google cloud fails to convert some languages to speech
> 
> Google cloud text to speech also store the end results to cloud.

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### "Great asset but not that easy to use" — 3.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *10 March 2022* | Higher Education | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I mainly use in community service activities to translate word into fluent audio, hence it is a real help to persons with disabilities. The different accents and vices offered is a plus, you can go deep or high pitch depending on the nature of the task at hand.
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> **Cons**: Its somewhat time consuming to input words and and require good coding skills.
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> Its a very useful tool to have and use, however it requires some technical skills to operate effectively.

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### "Making my work simply" — 5.0/5

> **Yash** | *5 November 2023* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: Its makes my work more simple and easier. It saves my time is reading multiple messages and texts where i can alternatively do other works in the reading time.
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> **Cons**: Some words have some pronounciation issue and more languages or not auto recognised
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> My overall experience is good and time saver.

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### "Simplistic tool for the transformation from text to speech" — 4.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *2 May 2022* | Higher Education | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The API is very simple and easy to implement and integrate. Not much effort or skills are required. Even beginners can use it with ease.
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> **Cons**: The API on the one hand is simple but on the other hand not much efficient. Random error occurrence is annoying.
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> Overall it is simple and good for basic tasks

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