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Dev tools · March 9, 2025

Unreal Speech

Fast & Affordable Text-to-Speech API

Unreal Speech launched on March 9, 2025 with 333 votes, #99 of 7,215 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

In plain words

Unreal Speech is a text-to-speech API that converts written content into spoken audio. It serves developers and businesses needing voice generation at scale. The service offers 48 voices across 8 languages, produces audio with word-level timestamps, and handles up to 10 hours of audio per request. It delivers audio with 300ms latency and includes 250,000 free characters monthly, making it accessible for testing and small projects.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Cut text-to-speech costs. 11x cheaper than 11Labs. Production-ready. Stream audio + word-level timestamps. 300ms latency. Generate up to 10 hours of audio in one request. 48 voices, 8 languages. 250K chars free.

Cut text-to-speech costs. Production-ready. Stream in 300ms. Generate 10-hr audio. 48 voices & 8 languages. Per-word timestamps. 250K chars free.

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