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EasyText to speech

Podcast Introduction

Podcast cold open with real energy. Enthusiasm that doesn't sound synthesised.

Best AI for: Text-to-Speech

Best AI for Podcast Introduction

Top performers: Podcast Introduction

Feb – Oct 2026
  • ElevenLabs Eleven v3#1 · Low confidence71% win rate
  • MiniMax Speech-02 HD#2 · Medium confidence65% win rate
  • GPT-4o Audio#3 · Low confidence70% win rate
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Single-shot · temp 0.7 · real votes · identical prompts·How we test →

The prompt

Hey everyone, welcome back to The Future Is Now, the podcast where we break down the wildest tech developments before they break you. I'm your host, and today? Oh today is a big one. We're talking about the AI model that accidentally wrote a better novel than most humans. Yeah. That happened. Buckle up.

14 models tested
  • Bark
  • Eleven v4
  • Eleven v4 Turbo
  • ElevenLabs Eleven v3
  • ElevenLabs Flash v2.5
  • ElevenLabs Multilingual v2
  • GPT Audio
  • GPT Audio Mini
  • GPT-4o Audio
  • Kokoro 82M
  • MiniMax Speech-02 HD
  • OpenAI TTS-1
  • OpenAI TTS-1 HD
  • Orpheus 3B

How the models did

14 found
The model returned empty.
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Bark
Feb 2026·Podcast Introduction
The model returned empty.
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Eleven v4 Turbo
Oct 2026·Podcast IntroductionExact generation cost $0.0061
The model returned empty.
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Eleven v4
Oct 2026·Podcast IntroductionExact generation cost $0.012
The model returned empty.
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ElevenLabs Flash v2.5
Feb 2026·Podcast Introduction
The model returned empty.
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ElevenLabs Multilingual v2
Feb 2026·Podcast Introduction
The model returned empty.
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ElevenLabs Eleven v3
Feb 2026·Podcast Introduction