Altered Studio vs LoudReader
Altered Studio
altered.aiLoudReader
loudreader.ioSide by side
| Figure | Altered Studio | LoudReader |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $30/mo | $4.17/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 6 | 5 |
| Spec score · Text-to-Speech Software | 9.5 (#1) | 8.4 (#67) |
| Spec score · Text-to-speech tools | 9.3 (#6) | 8.0 (#112) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The online Voice Editor can work with audio files in Google Drive, and RealTime Pro routes audio through a virtual microphone to apps including Discord, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet. | Users can share EPUBs, PDFs, and article links to LoudReader from Files, Safari, or other apps with a share button. |
| Paid from | 30 | 7.99 |
| Voice cloning | Users can make a Rapid Voice Clone with 4–8 seconds of audio; custom voice models are available by contacting Altered. | Users can create a narrator on-device from about ten seconds of clear speech, and may create up to three clones during the all-voices trial. |
Plans
Altered Studio
- FreeFree
- Creator$30 a month
- Professional$90 a month
- Creator$360 a year
- Professional$1,080 a year
- EnterprisePriced on request
LoudReader
- FreeFree
- Premium$7.99 a month
- Premium$49.99 a year
- Lifetime$199.99, paid once
- Premium Lifetime$199.99, paid once
In their own words
Altered Studio
Altered Studio combines voice transformation and audio production tools for creating professional voice content. Its Speech-to-Speech and Performance-to-Performance morphing changes a voice while retaining the speaker’s performance. Other tools include text-to-speech, voice cloning, AI voice cleaning, denoising, audio editing, DSP effects and batch processing. Studio supports transcription and translation in 75+ languages, and text-to-speech voice-over in 70+ languages. A Rapid Voice Clone can be made from 4–8 seconds of audio; custom voice models are available by contacting Altered. The online Voice Editor can work with Google Drive audio, while RealTime Pro routes audio through a virtual microphone to apps including Discord, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet. The free plan includes 3 minutes per month of voice morphing and 10,000 AI tokens. Creator costs $30 a month billed annually; Professional costs $90 a month billed annually. Desktop use requires a Windows PC with an 8GB+ Nvidia GPU, and mobile devices are not currently supported.
LoudReader
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