ElevenLabs converts text into spoken audio that sounds genuinely human—not robotic—across dozens of languages and accents. The company targets developers building chatbots, customer service systems, and audiobook publishers who need voices that don't sound like 2010. The core differentiator is voice cloning: you can upload a sample of a real person speaking and generate new speech in their voice, which neither Google Docs nor Amazon Polly quite match at this level. Pricing starts free (10,000 characters/month) but real usage runs $5–$99/month depending on volume. The catch is that even the paid tiers feel constrained for high-volume production—a feature film's worth of narration can cost hundreds.