Typecast is an AI voice-actor platform that turns scripts into expressive text-to-speech voiceovers, aimed at video creators, e-learning producers, advertisers and developers who need narrated audio without hiring voice talent. It runs on a freemium model where voice generation itself is unlimited on every plan, but downloading finished audio is metered by monthly download-minute credits that scale with a paid tier, from a free plan up to a $89.99/month Business plan, plus a separate usage-based developer API.
Who builds it
Typecast is built by Typecast Inc. Users pick from a library of 500+ AI voice actors (or clone their own), type or paste a script, adjust emotion and delivery, and generate audio that can be downloaded as WAV or MP3 once they have download credits available.
Core features
- 500+ AI voice actors covering premium quality in languages including English, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese, with broader support across 37 languages total
- Unlimited voice generation for experimentation on every plan — you only spend download credits when exporting a finished file
- Instant voice cloning from a short audio sample, with cloning slots gated by plan (1 on Pro, 2 on Business)
- Emotion, pacing and expression controls for more natural-sounding delivery than flat TTS
- Developer API and SDKs (Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust, C#, Java) offering streaming TTS and timestamped TTS for subtitles, karaoke and lip-sync
- No-code automation integrations (Zapier, Make, n8n, Google Sheets) for embedding voice generation into existing workflows
Pricing
- Free: unlimited voice generation, 1 GB storage, a selection of voices, 5 minutes of download credits/month
- Basic: $8.99/month or $95.88/year — 5 GB storage, all voices, 60 minutes of download credits/month, commercial license included
- Pro: $32.90/month or $347.88/year — 50 GB storage, 2 hours of download credits/month, 1 voice-cloning slot, advanced editing features
- Business: $89.99/month or $971.88/year — 100 GB storage, 6 hours of download credits/month, 2 voice-cloning slots
- Commercial usage rights are included starting on the Basic plan ($8.99/month) — the Free plan is not licensed for commercial use
- Check typecast.ai/pricing and typecast.ai/developers/api for current rates, since plan details can change
Who it's for
Hobbyists and students experimenting with AI voiceovers without a commercial-use need can stay on Free. Solo creators and small YouTube/podcast channels needing a commercial license and modest download volume fit Basic. Professionals producing regular voiceover or e-learning content who need voice cloning should move to Pro, while agencies and larger content teams needing more storage, download minutes and cloning slots should use Business. Developers embedding TTS into their own apps should use the separate Typecast API rather than the consumer plans.