Hear the voices of James Dean and Judy Garland again as they read texts on Elevenlabs’ AI reader app

Elevenlabs introduces iconic voices in its AI reader app

ElevenLabs brings the voices of Judy Garland, James Dean, Burt Reynolds or Sir Laurence Oliver back to life through its AI reader AppTheir iconic voices can now narrate Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, and many others. The audio research company has collaborated with the estates of Hollywood stars to enable their comeback on the digital screen as AI narrators. “The heirs are thrilled that their legacy lives on and fans can discover it in new ways,” says the company.

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Judy Garland, James Dean and others narrate texts

Users can listen to the voices of Judy Garland, James Dean, Burt Reynolds or Sir Laurence Oliver by accessing ElevenLabs’ AI Reader app. Before the iconic voices were added to their platform, Audio research company has unveiled its Reader app. With this in mind, users can listen to any text content with ElevenLabs’ voices wherever they are. They launch the app, run the articles, PDFs, ePubs, newsletters or any text on their smartphone of choice and select the voice they want. They click “play” and the narration begins. ElevenLabs says it is expanding its library of voices. This will allow users to find a speaker that suits their content, mood or occasion.

Judy Garland reads “The Wizard of Oz” on the AI ​​Reader app from Elevenlabs

Iconic AI voices Available for individual streaming only

Unlike dictation, the AI ​​Reader app offers an “emotionally rich, context-aware voiceover,” as it describes it. There is no robotic or monotonous reading. Certainly not when Judy Garland, James Dean, Burt Reynolds or Sir Laurence Oliver are reading. ElevenLabs says the iconic voices are only available through the app and for individual streaming. On this occasion, the AI ​​narrators are not part of their voice library for commercial sharing or content creation. Those who want to use the voices of Hollywood stars for their video or audio content will not be able to find them in ElevenLabs’ voice library.

According to ElevenLabs, the iconic voices are only available via the app and for individual streaming

American actress and singer Liza Minnelli, daughter of the late Judy Garland, gave her consent to the estate and ElevenLabs. This was one of the reasons why they were able to use her mother’s voice as an AI narrator in the Reader app. She comments: “Our family believes this will bring new fans to Mama and is exciting for those who already appreciate the unparalleled legacy Mama has left and continues to leave to the world.” At the time of publishing the story, the AI ​​Reader app, featuring the voices of Judy Garland, James Dean, Burt Reynolds and Sir Laurence Oliver, is only available for iOS. There is a waiting list for Android users as the app is scheduled to be released on the Play Store.

ElevenLabs brings the voices of Judy Garland, James Dean, Burt Reynolds and Sir Laurence Oliver back to life



Sample reading sound by Judy Garland

The Reader app allows users to listen to any text content with ElevenLabs voices