Play.ht Alternative for Long-Form Text to Speech (2026)

Challenges with Open-Source Text-to-Speech Technology for Podcast Generation

The author discusses their experience with open-source text-to-speech (TTS) technology for converting blog posts into podcasts. They establi

Kitten TTS: A Lightweight, Open-Source Text-to-Speech Model

Kitten TTS is an open-source, lightweight text-to-speech model with 15 million parameters, designed for high-quality voice synthesis without

Abogen: Convert EPUBs, PDFs, and Text to Audiobooks with Synced Subtitles

Abogen is a text-to-speech conversion tool that transforms ePub, PDF, or text files into high-quality audio with synchronized subtitles. It

A Realistic, Offline & Unlimited Text-to-Speech App for Mac

Narration Room: A native Mac app for creating multi-voice AI audio scripts from source text

Narration Room is a native Mac app that unifies the workflow of turning source text into editable multi-voice scripts with AI-generated audi

Using AI Speech-to-Text and Summarization to Condense Long Podcasts

The author describes using AI tools (speech-to-text and document summarization) to condense long-form podcasts like Lex Friedman's into a 10