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Building Voice AI: Part 1 — Text-To-Speech with ElevenLabs
How I built a simple Python script that transforms text into incredibly natural-sounding speech
The Magic of Voice: Why This Matters
Imagine you’re reading a bedtime story to a child, but instead of your voice, it’s Morgan Freeman, David Attenborough, or even your grandmother who passed away years ago. That’s not science fiction anymore — that’s what modern voice AI can do today.
In this three-part series, I’m building a complete voice AI assistant (think Jarvis from Iron Man). Part 1 starts simple: converting text files into speech that sounds so natural, you’ll forget it’s artificial.
Think of text-to-speech like a translator, but instead of converting between languages, it converts between formats — from written words your eyes read to spoken words your ears hear. Just like Google Translate has gotten scary good at understanding context and nuance, voice AI has reached that same breakthrough moment.
Why ElevenLabs?
Remember when Netflix disrupted video streaming? ElevenLabs is doing the same thing for voice AI. While companies like Amazon and Google offer robotic-sounding voices that…
