Play.ht

This one is gone, sadly. Play.ht was a popular text-to-speech platform with realistic voices and emotion control, later rebranded as PlayAI. Meta bought the team in 2025 and the service closed for good at the end of that year, so the old links no longer work. Course creators, podcasters and accessibility professionals who relied on it will need a new home. The good news is that AI voice tools have moved on quickly, and the other big names in this category now offer natural narration, voice cloning and emotional control that match or beat what Play.ht could do. Have a look at the rest of the voice section for tools that are still going strong.