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VoiceStudio

by debpalash

VoiceStudio is a desktop app that runs on your own computer and does voice cloning, voice design, video dubbing, dictation, transcription and audiobook creation. It is meant as a local alternative to cloud voice services such as ElevenLabs, supporting 646 languages.

Worth a lookEstablished, with a few things to check (listed below).

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Stars
90.2k
Licence
AGPL-3.0
Runs on
Your computer
Setup
Moderate
Language
Python
Age
200 days

What you can do with it

  • Clone a voice from a clean reference recording and generate speech from text
  • Dub a video into another language with timed speech
  • Transcribe audio, dictate with a floating widget, or produce audiobooks and batch jobs

Could replace

  • ElevenLabs

Our suggestion based on what it does, not a feature-by-feature comparison.

Make money with it

Offer audiobook production, video dubbing or voiceover services to clients, using local generation to keep costs low.

An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.

Ways a business could use it

  • Produce voiceovers, explainer videos and ads in-house without paying per-character fees to a cloud voice service
  • Dub existing videos or training material into other languages to reach new customers

Can you use it commercially?

Free to use. Anything you distribute that includes it must be open-sourced under the same licence. Running it as an online service also counts, so a hosted version must offer its source.

Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.

Getting it running

Install with a one-line script on macOS, Linux or Windows (PowerShell), or download a desktop installer from the releases page; models are downloaded when prompted.

Follow the official instructions in the project README.

Things to check

  • AGPL-3.0 licence has obligations if you offer it as a hosted service
  • A GPU is recommended; CPU-only use is slower and needs about 5 GB of disk for setup
  • Cloning real people's voices needs their consent and carries misuse and legal risks
  • Some features are marked preview or experimental (mobile, Windows on ARM)
  • Usage analytics require consent; some optional engines have their own licences

Who's talking about it

Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.

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