Audio Pitara Launches Top 10 Global Podcast with Hindi AI Narration
Joerg Hiller Aug 13, 2024 17:23
Audio Pitara's 'Dil se Dil tak' podcast, voiced using ElevenLabs' Hindi AI, achieves global success with significant downloads and top chart rankings.
Audio Pitara, a podcast production company known for its diverse genres including history, horror, and romance, has launched a globally successful podcast titled 'Dil se Dil tak.' The podcast, which features romantic stories, is voiced using ElevenLabs' advanced Hindi text-to-speech technology, according to ElevenLabs.
Revolutionizing Audio Content Creation
This year, Audio Pitara began exploring AI audio solutions to reduce production costs and achieve quick turnaround times while maintaining high-quality narration. The company chose ElevenLabs for its extensive library of Indian voices and superior Hindi text-to-speech capabilities.
Bringing 'Dil se Dil tak' to Life
'Dil se Dil tak' serves as Audio Pitara's flagship project. Initially, the company kept the AI nature of the voice under wraps, concerned about potential audience reactions. The results were overwhelmingly positive. Tapan Gupta, Co-Founder of Audio Pitara, shared that feedback from industry professionals and friends was overwhelmingly favorable. Listeners remarked that the AI-generated voice sounded remarkably human.
"We asked our friends and people from the voicing industry for their thoughts on the podcast and the narrator's voice. To our delight, everyone loved both the story and the voice, remarking that it sounded like one of us was narrating the story. No one suspected it was an AI voice," said Tapan Gupta.
Listeners can tune into 'Dil se Dil tak' on Audio Pitara here.
Global Success and Recognition
The podcast's success highlights the quality and acceptance of AI-generated voices. As of July 2024, 'Dil se Dil tak' boasts impressive statistics:
- All-Time Downloads: 428,422
- Fans in India, United States, Canada, Australia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, France, and over 50 other countries
- #1 on Chartable: Podcasts: Global: Fiction: Trending
- #5 on Chartable: Podcasts: Global: Society & Culture: Trending
- #1 on Chartable: Podcasts: India: All Podcasts: Reach
- #4 on Chartable: Podcasts: India: All Podcasts: Trending
The widespread acclaim and high download numbers of 'Dil se Dil tak' demonstrate the growing acceptance and potential of AI narration in the podcasting world.
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