How to Get an Old Text to Speech Voice

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Since the beginning of time, elderly individuals have been known to demonstrate wisdom and experience. Consider people such as Socrates or Gandhi, as well as animated characters like Shifu, Rafiki, or Yoda – all known for their limitless power and wisdom. Using an old text to speech voice in your content can bring an interesting angle to it.

The How to Be Perfect audiobook by Michael Schur (Author, Narrator), Kristen Bell (Narrator), shares wit and deep insight into all kinds of life’s questions, drawing on 2500 years of insights from around the world. This audiobook features at least 9 narrators—a hefty task, spanning over hours of recording. With Typecast, there’s no need for professional voiceovers!

In this article, we will suggest some old text-to-speech voices that you can use in your audiobooks, podcasts, YouTube videos, gaming sessions, and social media content. Just use Typecast’s characters for a fraction of the price of professionals.

Using old text to speech voice 

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Typecast is an AI voice generator that offers various old AI characters and voices to choose from. On the platform, you can add your story scripts and transform them into an old person’s voice. You can then download your script and use it for your next project. Here are some of the common old text-to-speech voices on Typecast:

Emma

typecast old text to speech voice actor emma

With her calming voice, Emma narrates stories to her grandkids every night. She also teaches her grandkids how to be good and what qualities are required to be a great human being. 

Emma has the perfect pitch for an older person’s voice, making her an excellent choice for text-to-speech applications in podcasts and audiobooks. She could serve as the voice of the town’s elder or the Airbnb grandma who warmly cooks breakfast for her guests.

Agatha

typecast old text to speech voice actor agatha

One of the most senior biochemists at her workplace, Agatha is the driving force behind discovering cures for various viral diseases. Her peers look up to her for her wealth of experience and wisdom.

However, at her workplace, Agatha has discovered a security breach in her department, and one of her active testing vials is missing. She suspects it’s an inside job. Agatha must identify the culprit and save the world from another pandemic. 

Whether you are working on a thriller, a documentary, or simply preparing a lesson for your students, Agatha’s voice has the versatility to meet all your needs.

Sindarin

typecast old text to speech voice actor sindarin

Old animated characters add depth and serenity to a story. They are needed to balance out the storylines and to provide guidance to the younger characters or the protagonist. Sindarin is one such old text to speech voice on Typecast that you can use in your magical storylines. 

How to download free text-to-speech?

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After you have created your old text-to-speech voice on Typecast, you can download it for free on your computer. Here are the steps to create and download free text-to-speech for your old character on Typecast:

  1. Visit the Typecast website and log into your account. 
  2. Scroll down to see a list of recommended characters. Click view all
typecast recommended characters screen
  1. On the left-hand navigation, under Voice age, click Elder.
  2. Select a character from the list on the right.
  3. Click Create a Project.
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  1. On the Typecast dashboard, in the paragraphs window, add the text you want to convert to speech.
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  1. You can also tweak elements such as emotion, speech pace, pauses, intonation, tempo, and pitch from the menu on the right. 
  2. Click the orange play button to play your audio clip and make adjustments as necessary.

After finishing your script, you can download your old text-to-speech voice on your computer. 

  1. Click the Download button from the bottom right corner.
  2. Select Audio file from the drop-down menu.
  3. Add a File name and choose MP3 or WAV as your File Type.
  4. For the Download range, choose whether you want to download all sentences of your script or selected sentences.
  5. For the Download type, choose whether you want to download a single file or multiple files split by sentences.

Click Download. Your audio file will be downloaded to your computer.

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