Peter E.
PE
Peter E.
Advisor
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Enhanced Voice Generation with Play.ht for your content"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Play.ht?

Play.ht impresses me with its extensive selection of lifelike voices, offering a range of accents and languages that truly elevate my/our content. The interface is intuitive, making it easy to convert text to speech seamlessly. This variety and ease of use are invaluable for creating diverse and engaging audio content. It´s perfect that each week it seems they add more voices and more languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Play.ht?

At times, Play.ht's voice synthesis can lack natural inflection, particularly with technical terms or complex sentences, which can slightly detract from the listening experience. Additionally, the pricing structure can be a bit steep for small-scale users or those needing occasional voiceover work or one big project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consulting
CC
Verified User in Consulting
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"PlayHT text-to-speech technology with lifelike voice generation"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Play.ht?

They have good lifelike voices, so I recommend them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Play.ht?

I prefer sites with top navigation so easier to find way around. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Publishing
UP
Verified User in Publishing
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Audiobook production"
5/5
What do you like best about Play.ht?

The reason I chose HT is the unlimited regeneration and number of files. Unlike their competitors, there is also no restrictions on foul language. I'm creating multiple audiobooks with 25 or 30 different voices within one book, so the unlimited regeneration is the only way I can accomplish this. I'm not perfect as an author, so the lattitude it gives me to make corrections is invaluable.

I couldn't find any competitor with as many features.

It's easy to use and has everything I need to produce my books. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Play.ht?

I happened to get an end of year sale, so it was affordable. Otherwise I would not have been able to afford it.

The 2.0 version is still in Beta, so I have to remind my self that not everything works perfectly, but I think in the future it will be worth the frustration.

It would be helpful if there were a user manual that covered everything in detail. I'm hoping in the future one will be available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joao C.
JC
Joao C.
HR Specialist
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Worst Tech Customer Service We've Ever Experienced"
0/5
What do you like best about Play.ht?

Play.ht uses voice tracks from more than one cloud-based service. This allows us to create voice-based audio for different needs within our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Play.ht?

While the voice creation features are pretty strong, admin control is not as powerful. As the account owner, I need to make sure that another part of the organization does not modify audio projects made in one part of the organization. There are currently (11/7/2023) no checks and balances put into place.

Also, customer support and pricing is not clear. They changed customer service representatives/account managers without clear turnover and the pricing structure drastically changed within a year. The price changed to 23x the cost without a clear reason. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PL
Paul L.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Excellent product and outstanding customer service"
5/5
What do you like best about Play.ht?

This was our first time using AI to generate audio dialogues for textbooks and we found both the ultra-realistic and also premium voices excellent to the extent that we were able to fool people into thinking they were real.

There is a wide diversity of accents and languages available, and some of the voices have a range of styles, including emotions and also whispers and shouting, both very helpful.

It's obviously going to be a steep learning curve with so many factors, but the customer support, especially from Joel, was superb. We always got a timely and patient response, and where a glitch had occured, compensation in the way of extra words to use.

After working with it for a few days, it does become much easier to manage and work with, and we're creating much better results faster now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Play.ht?

It's sometimes a little clunky with the different interfaces, although I think this is transitional as they move between editors. I preferred the earlier model, where we can tinker with the voices free and then pay to download the result rather than paying to adjust them and then downloading free, but perhaps that's because of the cost of the computing itself, so it's understandable.

Sometimes it's hard to get the voices to do what we want, especially with intonation and nonverbal utterances like "umm" or "er" but this is being very picky given that it is AI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CT
Chris T.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Transforming the industry with tools that make sense for my clients"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Play.ht?

After trying a few different cloning systems, the first thing that caught my attention about Play.ht was the quality of the output. The AI is able to make the voice sound natural. Using the system for sometime now, the simplisity of the interface and how quickly I can deliver solutions to my clients is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Play.ht?

The main improvement I would ove to see is a pronociation and intonation tool to train the cloned voice. The other important function I believe is a necesity, is the ability to flag a word that the AI said correctly so that next time I use that word, the AI knows how to pronounce it. Right now I need to trick the AI using different spelling, and keep pushing that generate button until hopefully the system sys it correctly. But if I use that same word in the next paragraph, the AI doesn't remember it so I have to try guessing on how to force it to pronounce it correctly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Animation
CA
Verified User in Animation
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Useful tool"
5/5
What do you like best about Play.ht?

I used it for not very long, because it wasnt required in my case. But overall its a great tool, with I am sure alot of versions enhancements which led to this final version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Play.ht?

Nothing Major as such. I just felt that we need more of diverse artists. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andres P.
AP
Andres P.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Extremely good instant voice clonings"
5/5
What do you like best about Play.ht?

With short audio files it can produce very high fidelity results. It produces very realistic and expressive results, and with the most basic plan you can clone up t 15 voices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Play.ht?

What I'd like to see, which is something I've observed in some of their competitors, is the ability to control the expressiveness and intonation of each line that gets generated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Media Production
UM
Verified User in Media Production
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great Voices & Great Support"
5/5
What do you like best about Play.ht?

I like the suite of voices that are available and how the interface and capabilities of the software are being constantly updated and made better. I use it every day and keep thinking of new ways to incorporate what it can do into my projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Play.ht?

I have experienced a couple problems/outages in generating audio clips, but their support got me back up and going very quickly. So, no real complains. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JP
Joshua P.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Hands down the best AI voices out there"
5/5
What do you like best about Play.ht?

I like that Play.ht is easy to use, but more than anything, their voices are unbelievable! I've played audio for several people from Play.ht and they were shocked when they found out it is AI. This is definitely the way to go if you need AI voiceover. I also love their customer support. They are quick to answer and very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Play.ht?

I haven't found anything I dislike yet. It's an amazing tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.