Play AI
💳PAIDPlay.ai (play.ai) is (or was) an advanced Voice AI platform specializing in ultra-realistic text-to-speech (TTS), conversational voice agents, voice cloning, and real-time voice intelligence. It enabled businesses to build lifelike AI voice agents for 24/7 customer interactions, plus high-quality TTS for content creation, dubbing, podcasts, and more — powered by proprietary models like PlayDialog and Play 3.0 mini for natural, emotive, low-latency speech. Note (as of January 2026): The service appears to have been shut down or significantly changed (website shows shutdown notice in some crawls), possibly related to acquisition rumors around Play.ht (a similar but separate TTS tool). Some features/models may live on elsewhere, but the main platform is no longer active.
✨Key Features
- ▸Ultra-Realistic TTS Models: Models like PlayDialog (expressive, multilingual, context-aware prosody) and Play 3.0 mini (fast, low-latency ~143ms TTFB, reliable for conversational AI) — outperformed competitors like ElevenLabs in blind tests for naturalness and speed.
- ▸Voice Agents & Conversational AI: Deploy 24/7 AI agents for answering questions, scheduling, purchases; add custom knowledge (docs/policies), connect to tools/APIs for actions; supports interruptions, turn-taking, and on-prem deployment for privacy.
- ▸Voice Cloning & Customization: Clone voices (with language matching recommended), adjust pacing/emotion, multiple speakers; 50+ new conversational voices added in updates.
- ▸Multilingual Support: 30+ languages, accents, dialects; ideal for global customer service or localized content.
- ▸Tools & Use Cases: PlayNote for turning PDFs/text/videos into podcasts/narrations/stories; API for real-time streaming/websockets; suited for hospitality, healthcare, real estate, gaming, restaurants, L&D, dubbing, synthetic podcasts.
- ▸Performance Edge: Focused on low hallucinations, high reliability, emotional coherence, and speed — designed for immersive 1:1 voice experiences.
- ▸API & Developer Focus: Full API access for TTS, agents, Flutter SDK, websocket for real-time apps.
- ▸Differentiation: Built end-to-end Large Dialogue Models (not stitched components) for more natural conversations than traditional TTS + STT setups.