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24 alternatives to Uberduck

a synthetic speech toy

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Uberduck launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Uberduck API▲94

   Synthetic voice API

   2023 · uberduck.ai · its alternatives →

2. 2
   PlayHT-Turbo▲148

   The fastest generative AI Text-to-Speech API

   2023 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Waved▲108

   Voxer meets TapTalk: the fastest way to say a lot

   2014 · waved.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   I open-sourced my AI toy company that runs on ESP32 and OpenAI realtime▲177

   Hi HN! Last year the project I launched here got a lot of good feedback on creating speech to speech AI on the ESP32. Recently I revamped the whole stack, iterated on that feedback and made our project fully open-source—all of the client, hardware, firmware code. This Github repo turns an ESP32-S3 into a realtime AI speech companion using the OpenAI Realtime API, Arduino WebSockets, Deno Edge Functions, and a full-stack web interface. You can talk to your own custom AI character, and it responds instantly. I couldn't find a resource that helped set up a reliable, secure websocket (WSS) AI…

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Text Reader AI▲158

   Free text-to-speech generator with realistic AI voices

   2024 · textreader.ai · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Botsify Conversational Forms▲196

   Lead generation forms for chatbots

   2017 · botsify.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Conversable▲123

   Conversational intelligence through voice and text

   2017 · conversable.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Project Murphy▲140

   The chat bot with imagination by Microsoft

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Illusion.ai▲202

   Conversational UI as a service

   2017 · illusion.ai · its alternatives →

10. 10
    AudioSet by Google▲156

    A massive dataset of manually annotated audio events

    2017 · research.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Chris▲82

    Your digital voice first co-driver with AI

    2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    What are conversational bots?▲102

    An introduction to and overview of AI-driven chatbots

    2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

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    Pullstring▲96

    Powering computer conversation across all platforms.

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    DeepDrumpf▲102

    Twitter bot trained to speak like Donald Trump

    2016 · x.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Wookie Translator▲87

    A simple tool that helps you talk with Chewy

    2015 · reviewsurface.de.com · its alternatives →

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    Inside Podcasting▲126

    Curating the resurgence of the spoken word

    2017 · inside.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Bot Logic▲62

    Conversational experiences you can wear

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    SpeechGen.io▲68

    Realistic text-to-speech converter powered by AI

    2023 · speechgen.io · its alternatives →

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    JuliusJS▲94

    A speech recognition library for the web

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    PlayHT 2.0▲85

    AI Voices that can think and talk like humans

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Bitwig▲66

    Sketch for Audio

    2014 · bitwig.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Audiogram Generator▲80

    The future of social audio from WNYC

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Shakd▲65

    A hilarious text-to-siri voice messenger

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Speakr App▲8

    AI generated talking memes

    2021 · speakr.co · its alternatives →

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