Learn from Creators making $200K with AI Voices
Three creators, three tools, three sources of income, and one tutorial
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# Intro
As we talk about AI, AI is learning to talk about us. Yes, technology has gone from annoying and monotonous robotic voices to truly impressive standards in just a few years. Now, we find it increasingly difficult to distinguish between a real person and generated speech in advertisements, call centers, and social media.
The field of generative AI for voices is really growing. There are more and more offerings and more demand. This means AI is opening a new door to boost existing revenue and create new revenue streams. Let's review a few case studies on how voice AI is helping creators find new ways to monetize content.
In the end, you'll get a quick tutorial on how to set up a popular AI Tool.
Learn more about how to earn more with AI in social media:
Case 1: Using AI to create audiobooks
Creator: Amy Suto
AI Tool: Wondercraft AI
How do you feel about audiobooks? I'd say it's not my cup of tea (sometimes it can be hard to focus when you can't see the text in front of your eyes), but it's hard to overstate the interest in this format of content consumption. People love audiobooks.
The creator of our first case study, Amy Suto, understood this well. Amy is a writer, digital nomad, and entrepreneur who shares her accomplishments on social media. Her talent and AI Tools have helped her earn over $200,000 in less than two years.
To build on that success and share it with others, Amy wrote a book called Six-Figure Freelance Writer (I think you know what that means) and started selling it on Amazon. Sales were quite good, but Amy decided it wasn't good enough. So what did she do? (Oh man, I spoilered that in the subheading).
Yes, she applied AI to turn her book into an audiobook in one evening.
Here's what Amy herself says about the process:
Instead of having to spend hours recording myself reading the book in a sound booth and then hiring an audio specialist to edit and mix it, I saved so much money and time by just dropping my book draft into Wondercraft AI and having it read it for me in my voice — and it sounds exactly like my own voice, no one can tell the difference.
And yes, it worked. Wondercraft AI created an additional way for Amy to make money at virtually zero cost. And now she continues to work as a copywriter and entrepreneur, but with the experience of voicing an entire audiobook!
Interestingly, Amy also uses Wondercraft AI to create content for her own podcast. But that's a story for the next time. (By the way, next time is waiting for you in the second case study.)
Like the idea of voice generation for audiobooks? What if you add a tutorial on writing books with AI to that? To learn more about this, read that newsletter:
Case 2: Using AI in podcasting
Creator: Andi Durrant
AI Tool: Podcastle
Well, while many people are cold to audiobooks, not liking podcasts is illegal. There are so many good audio shows available today that you'll always find something you like. But if not, maybe you should start your own podcast. Yes, you can do it, even if you don't feel confident around a microphone. After all, you don't really need one.
Meet Podcastle. It's one service that combines all the tools to create new podcasts and requires no special skills. Besides all those features for recording audio and video, removing noise, and posting finished releases, it offers Revoice, an AI to clone your voice. All a Revoice user has to do:
- Record a few samples with their voice
- Wait a few minutes
- Get the basis for large-scale content production.
Let's look at what you can do with it in practice.
Andi Durrant, a popular radio host from the UK, used such a service to create the Synthetic Stories podcast. However, Andi went a step further. He decided not to limit himself to just the voice but created the entire podcast from scratch to test the technology. The AI-generated the voice, the background music, and the podcast script.
It worked... Unusual. You can check it out here.
And you may ask: Is this an example of a successful case study? Yes and no. The thing is, Andi was already a big media creator, so he didn't need the extra income from AI. Instead, he created a buzz around Synthetic Stories and made headlines in major media. As Andi later admitted, the experiment was extremely successful.
You don't have to use tools like Podcastle to create podcasts from nothing. If you have a good idea, work with the AI rather than forcing it to do all the tasks, and you're bound to succeed. Who knows, maybe you'll be the hero of one of our next newsletters!
To find out how Podcastle helps you create podcasts in a few clicks, you can read this guide: How to start a podcast.
Additional case
Podcastle can also be useful in another way. You don't have to use this service to create your own podcast, but you can use it as a Chrome extension to turn any textual content on the web into podcasts! For example, this is the solution used by The Next Web reporter Ivan Mehta. As a journalist, he is bound to consume a lot of content, and this AI tool greatly simplifies the voluminous work.
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Case 3: Using AI to create viral content
AI Tool: Eleven Labs
I originally wanted just one creator for the last case study, but there were too many to rely on just one case. So, let's look at a few examples at once and top it off with a step-by-step tutorial on creating AI voices for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and other media.
You've probably heard these popular videos where AI Voice invites you to participate in a "What would you rather" format vote and talks about philosophy. From the outside, it might seem like creating these videos is a pretty labor-intensive endeavor. In fact, it is not - to generate such a video can anyone in a matter of minutes.
At the same time, such videos quickly become viral thanks to the algorithms of social networks and allow you to attract audiences in all directions, from techno-enthusiasts and science-pop fans to users who like lifestyle content.
Let's figure out how to do it. Eleven Labs' text-to-voice platform will help us in this endeavor. This is a free service with the option to extend the subscription to a premium version.
Step 1. Sign up
As with any other platform, you must complete a short registration process first. Enter your email or sign in via Google, Facebook, or GitHub.
Step 2. Choose the type of content you want to create
Next, Eleven Labs will ask you what purpose you will use AI Voice for. Often, this question is irrelevant, but in this case, it determines the basic setup of the platform. For this example, let's choose to create content for YouTube.
Step 3. Preliminary setup
Almost done. You will be taken to the main page for voice generation. Here, you can choose the language the AI will speak (28 languages are supported), the speaker's voice (I bet Adam will sound familiar), and a few additional settings.
Step 4. Generate your audio recordings
Type in the text you want, click "Generate" and download the finished MP3 file.
All that's left is to combine the audio recording with the video sequence, and you can upload your Shorts, Reels, or TikTok to the platform. Here's an example of a recording that took us less than two minutes to create:
Best gift for AI enthusiasts!
Conclusion
As stated at the beginning of this newsletter, the field of AI for cloning and voice generation is growing rapidly. I didn't want to burden you with numbers then, but now that we see the prospects, it's worth looking at the results. Last year, the AI Voice Generator Market was estimated to be worth $1,396M in 2023 and is poised to reach $4,889M by 2032.
Also, do you know what all the projects in our newsletter today have in common? They've all raised significant funding in the last couple of weeks. Wondercraft AI got $3M, Podcastle got $13.5M, and Eleven Labs got $80M.
The reason for this big growth is simple. Soon, generated voices make content production much cheaper and faster. Therefore, such AI will be used almost everywhere: in movies, advertising, education, healthcare, and many other industries. So, even if you don't plan to apply today's AI Tools in your work, I recommend getting acquainted with them.
Then, you'll be ready for significant changes in the future!
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