PlayHT

PlayHT
Founded2016
FounderMahmoud Felfel & Hammad Syed
HeadquartersSan Francisco, CA
Websitehttps://play.ht/

PlayHT is an AI-powered text-to-speech software that converts written content into audio.[1][2] PlayHT was founded by Mahmoud Felfel and Hammad Syed in 2016 with its headquarters in San Francisco.[3][4] PlayHT launched Play.ai and the debut of AI Agents—an AI-based system designed for conversational text-to-speech interactions over telephony systems.[5]

  1. ^ Buckley, Nick (2024-08-29). "Ethically dubious or a creative gift? How artists are grappling with AI in their work". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  2. ^ Mackay, Thomas (27 October 2022). "Artificial Intelligence of Steve Jobs interviewed 11 years post-death in 'shockingly convincing' conversation that lasted 20 minutes". The Scotsman.
  3. ^ Mhatre, Bhoumik (2023-08-13). "PlayHT Team Introduces an AI Model with the Concept of Emotions to Generative Voice AI: This Will Allow You to Control and Direct the Generation of Speech with a Particular Emotion". MarkTechPost. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  4. ^ Khan, Inam Ullah; Hajjami, Salma El; Ouaissa, Mariya; Belaqziz, Salwa; Bhatia, Tarandeep Kaur (2024-08-28). Cognitive Machine Intelligence: Applications, Challenges, and Related Technologies. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-040-09708-3.
  5. ^ Encina, Kyle (2022-10-13). "This AI-Generated Joe Rogan And Steve Jobs Interview Shows The Eerie Direction AI Is Headed". SlashGear. Retrieved 2024-09-17.