WellSaid, a key player in the AI voice platform industry, has been recognised with the ‘Best Text to Speech Solution’ award at the seventh annual AI Breakthrough Awards for its innovative AI voiceover technology that aims to provide authentic and diverse AI-generated voices for various applications.
WellSaid Honoured with 2024 Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough Award for Text-to-Speech Innovation
Seattle, June 28, 2024 — WellSaid, a prominent AI voice platform, has been named the recipient of the “Best Text to Speech Solution” award in the seventh annual AI Breakthrough Awards. This recognition, overseen by AI Breakthrough, a well-regarded market intelligence organisation, underscores WellSaid’s notable contributions to the artificial intelligence and machine learning sectors.
WellSaid’s proprietary AI voiceover technology emphasises its long-form Text-to-Speech (TTS) system, which incorporates predictive controls throughout the voice creation process. These controls allow for adjustments in pace, loudness, pauses, and even facilitate multi-speaker features, aiming to enhance the realism and authenticity of AI-generated voices. The platform claims its AI voices reach human parity, offering a more genuine conversational experience.
The foundation of WellSaid’s voices stems from human vocal data provided by voice actors, ensuring all utilised data is consented to and ethically sourced. The company emphasises its commitment to ethical practices, stating it neither claims intellectual property nor ownership rights over the content its users provide. Explicit permission is required to create voice avatars, ensuring a collaborative relationship with voice contributors.
WellSaid’s TTS technology is designed to produce unique voices in over 120 regional styles alongside personalised voices. This technology promotes real-time collaboration and automates the voiceover creation process. The platform caters to a diverse array of applications, such as corporate training, advertising, voice-based products, video productions, and various internal communication tools. The technology aims to provide businesses with consistent and authentic brand voices across all digital content.
Brian Cook, CEO of WellSaid, remarked on the award, “Third-party, blind listener evaluations have confirmed our model’s indistinguishable performance compared to real voices. This aspect, combined with our exclusive, licensed voice data, which follows responsible AI, is why we are trusted by 50% of Fortune 500 companies. Thank you to AI Breakthrough for this special award. Looking ahead, we’ll continue to embrace the responsibility that accompanies the introduction and evolution of mainstream AI technology, and this commitment extends to both our voice actors and users.”
The AI Breakthrough Awards aim to commend excellence across a broad spectrum of AI and machine learning categories, including Generative AI, Computer Vision, AIOps, Deep Learning, Robotics, Natural Language Processing, and more. This year’s awards saw over 5,000 nominations representing more than 20 countries worldwide.
Steve Johansson, managing director at AI Breakthrough, lauded WellSaid’s achievements, stating, “WellSaid’s AI technology captures audience attention and elevates content engagement across every industry. The right audio experience is proven to lead to higher information retention, engagement, and emotional resonance. But many brands can’t access professional audio production hardware or correction software at scale. Ethically responsible WellSaid creates the right audio experience time after time at scale, and with consistently high quality for every size company. We’re pleased to recognise them with the ‘Best Text to Speech Solution’ award!”
In addition, WellSaid’s Studio provides a platform where teams can explore ethically sourced, diverse voices tailored to specific needs like voice style, gender, region, and tone, aiming to enhance training, product marketing, and advertising videos at scale. The WellSaid API facilitates the integration of voice capabilities into products and experiences, while WellSaid Custom Voices enables businesses to develop unique and personalised brand voices.
WellSaid’s commitment to ethical AI practices and innovative technology has garnered the trust of leading brands such as LinkedIn, T-Mobile, ServiceNow, and Accenture. This award solidifies its position as a leader in AI-driven voiceover solutions.
