VoicedByMe / Use cases / Text to speech in your own voice
Your own voice · Windows and Mac · Offline
To get text to speech in your own voice, record a short clip of yourself and let an AI voice model clone it. VoicedByMe does it on your own computer from twenty seconds of talking, then reads anything in your voice: selected text in any app, documents, audiobooks and voice notes, offline, for $30 once. Online services like ElevenLabs do it in the cloud with monthly credits, and Apple's Personal Voice does it free on Apple devices, for Live Speech.
Samples made offline with ready-made voices. All of them are AI-generated.
How it works
Read the short passage the app shows you, in your normal reading voice. Or upload a recording you already have.
VoicedByMe checks the recording, tells you if it should be redone, and makes your voice on your computer. Nothing is uploaded.
Pick your voice, and everything VoicedByMe reads, saves or sends is in it.
A good clone
This makes the biggest difference. Soft furnishings help; an echoing kitchen doesn't.
About a hand's width or two from the microphone. A headset microphone works well.
Read the way you'd read aloud to someone, not the way you'd talk on a call.
No music, television or other voices in the background.
Keep going if you stumble a little; long pauses and restarts make it harder.
Listen to a paragraph in your new voice. If it isn't you yet, record again somewhere quieter.
What you can do
Select text in any app and press CtrlAltR to hear it as you.
Turn an EPUB, PDF or Word file into an audiobook with chapters, narrated by you.
Type a message and send it as a voice note in your voice.
Hear your draft read back the way you'd read it. How.
Claude Code, Codex and others can speak in your voice. How.
Your clone reads eight languages, including Spanish, French and Japanese, so you can hear yourself in all of them.
Other ways
| Where it runs | Recording needed | What it's for | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VoicedByMe | Your computer, offline | About 20 seconds | Any app, documents, audiobooks, voice notes, agents | $30 once |
| ElevenLabs | Online | A minute or more (instant); much more (professional) | Voiceovers, dubbing, an API | From $6 a month, with credits |
| Apple Personal Voice | On iPhone, iPad and Mac | A series of phrases, about 15 minutes | Live Speech, and apps you allow | Free |
| Open-source models | Your computer | A few seconds to a minute | Whatever you build with them | Free, with setup |
More on open models and the apps that run them: local ElevenLabs alternatives.
Your voice is yours
Your recording and your clone never leave your computer, so no company holds a copy of your voice. Everything VoicedByMe says carries an inaudible watermark and an AI label, so nobody can pass it off as a real recording, and anyone can check a clip.
Clone someone else's voice only with their clear permission: the app asks whose voice it is. What the law says: is voice cloning legal?
Apple's Personal Voice is free on Apple devices but speaks through Live Speech rather than reading documents. Open-source models are free with some setup. VoicedByMe is free to try for a day, then $30 once.
About twenty seconds of clear speech for VoicedByMe. A quiet room matters more than a longer recording.
It picks up your tone, pitch and accent and stays consistent over long documents. People who know you will recognise it; a careful listener can still tell it's AI on some words.
Yes. In VoicedByMe your voice reads English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese and Russian, whichever language you recorded in.
With VoicedByMe your voice stays on your computer and every clip is watermarked as AI. With online services, your recording is stored on their servers; read their terms.
Yes. It's your voice, and VoicedByMe's licence covers personal and business use. Label AI audio where the law or a platform asks.
Record a short, clear clip of yourself reading, and let a voice model learn it. In VoicedByMe you read for about twenty seconds in a quiet room, the app clones your voice on your computer, and then anything you select, open or type can be read in it.
Sometimes. Apple's Personal Voice is free on Apple devices, open-source models are free if you can set them up, and most online services charge for cloning (ElevenLabs from its $6-a-month plan). VoicedByMe is free for a day, then $30 once.
A voice model listens to a short recording and captures what makes the voice yours: pitch, tone, accent and rhythm. When you give it text, it generates new speech with those traits, so it says words you never recorded. In VoicedByMe all of this happens on your own computer.
$30 once for the first 50 customers, then $50. No subscription. The full app is free for one day so you can try it first. A license is for one computer.
For Windows 10 and 11, and Macs with Apple silicon
$30once. Launch price for the first 50 customers, then $50.
One computer. No subscription.
The full app, free for 24 hours. Purchases aren't refundable, so please try it first.