Unreal Speech

What is Unreal Speech?

Unreal Speech is an affordable text-to-speech API. Compared to providers like Eleven Labs, Play.ht, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, it offers a significantly lower price point — savings of up to 95% and a 4x cost advantage over the industry giants. It can convert up to 500,000 characters (about 10 hours of audio) in 15 minutes, and up to 500 characters in 0.3 seconds.

Plans scale based on how many characters you need, volume discounts are available, and generated audio can be used commercially. The platform also includes subscription management and an affiliate program.

Who created Unreal Speech?

Unreal Speech was created by entrepreneur Oleg Kornienko. His company provides a budget-friendly text-to-speech API that substantially cuts costs compared to services from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, making it well suited for high-volume text-to-speech processing.

What is Unreal Speech used for?

Common use cases include:

• Podcast creation
• Virtual assistants and online customer service chatbots
• Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems
• Language translation services
• Accessibility tools for the visually impaired
• E-learning platforms
• Audiobook narration
• Video game character dialogue
• Voice-controlled smart home devices

Additional details:

• Voice support is currently English-only; multilingual support is expected within 3–6 months.
• Voice cloning and custom voice creation are in development.
• The affiliate program offers a 15% recurring commission on all paid referrals.
• You can update your payment method, cancel subscriptions, and manage additional usage charges from your account.

Who is Unreal Speech for?

Unreal Speech is aimed at developers and API developers, tech professionals working with voice technology, content creators, e-learning professionals, marketers, and game designers — essentially anyone needing cost-effective text-to-speech at scale.

How to use Unreal Speech?

Getting started is straightforward:

1. Sign up for an account on the Unreal Speech website and grab your free API key.
2. Use the /stream API endpoint to generate audio by sending a POST request with your text and desired settings.