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March 24, 2026 · 4 min read

Turn Any Article Into a Podcast Episode — No Mic Required

LeanVox's Text-to-Podcast tool converts any article or blog post into a two-host podcast-style MP3 in seconds. Free to use, no recording gear, no scheduling.

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March 23, 2026 · 4 min read

Convert Any PDF to Audio in Seconds — No Subscription Required

Stop reading, start listening. LeanVox's free PDF to Audio tool turns any PDF into a downloadable MP3 using 238+ natural voices. No credit card needed.

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March 23, 2026 · 4 min read

How to Pick the Right AI Voice Before You Commit to It

Hear two voices side-by-side before building your podcast, audiobook, or app. LeanVox's free Voice A/B Tester lets you taste-test voices in seconds.

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March 13, 2026 · 4 min read

LeanVox is Now an Agent Skill: Add TTS to Claude Code, Cursor, and 37+ AI Agents in One Command

The LeanVox agent skill is live on skills.sh. Install it into any SKILL.md-compatible AI agent and it can immediately generate speech, transcribe audio, clone voices, and create multi-speaker dialogue — no glue code required.

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March 12, 2026 · 4 min read

Automate Voice with LeanVox + n8n: Our Community Node is Live

The LeanVox n8n community node brings text-to-speech, transcription, and multi-speaker dialogue into your automation workflows. Install in seconds, no code required.

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March 11, 2026 · 5 min read

Self-Publishing an Audiobook with AI Voice: A Developer's Guide

How authors and developers are using TTS APIs to produce professional audiobooks at a fraction of the cost of a recording studio.

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March 11, 2026 · 6 min read

How Indie Devs Are Using AI Voice to Ship Games Faster (Without Hiring Voice Actors)

A practical guide to adding professional voice acting to your game using a TTS API — with code examples for Unity, Godot, and Python pipelines.

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March 11, 2026 · 5 min read

AI Voice for Podcast Narration: Generate Professional Audio for $0.05/Episode

How podcast creators and developers are using LeanVox to generate consistent, professional-sounding narration without a recording studio.

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March 11, 2026 · 5 min read

Automate YouTube Shorts with AI Voice: Generate 50 Videos a Week with Python

How content creators and developers are building automated YouTube Shorts pipelines using LLMs for scripts and TTS for voiceover.

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March 6, 2026 · 4 min read

Introducing Voice-Over Studio: Re-voice Any Audio for $0.06

Upload audio, edit the transcript, pick a voice per speaker, download. 16× cheaper than ElevenLabs dubbing.

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March 4, 2026 · 4 min read

Introducing Audio Intelligence: Transcription + Speaker Labels for $0.002/min

LeanVox now transcribes audio. Speaker diarization included free. 4.75× cheaper than AssemblyAI.

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March 2, 2026 · 3 min read

Voice Remix: Start from Any Voice, Make It Yours

Every curated LeanVox voice now has a Remix button. Click it, tweak the prompt, and generate a custom voice in 10 seconds.

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February 27, 2026 · 4 min read

Introducing Max: Describe Any Voice in Plain English

LeanVox Max lets you create any voice with natural language instructions. No presets, no samples — just describe what you want and generate.

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February 26, 2026 · 5 min read

Introducing the LeanVox Node.js SDK: Text-to-Speech for TypeScript Developers

The official LeanVox Node.js/TypeScript SDK is here. Full type safety, zero runtime dependencies, streaming, voice cloning, and multi-speaker dialogue — npm install leanvox.

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February 26, 2026 · 5 min read

Introducing the LeanVox Python SDK: Text-to-Speech in 3 Lines

The official LeanVox Python SDK is here. Generate speech, stream audio, clone voices, and create multi-speaker dialogue — all in a few lines of Python.

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February 26, 2026 · 4 min read

Use LeanVox TTS Directly from Claude, ChatGPT & Cursor — No Code Required

LeanVox now has native MCP support. Add one config block and your AI assistant can generate speech, create podcasts, and clone voices — zero code.

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February 25, 2026 · 7 min read

How to Generate Podcast Audio Programmatically (Multi-Speaker Dialogue API)

LeanVox has a dialogue endpoint that renders a full multi-speaker conversation to a single MP3 in one API call. Here's how to use it to generate podcast-style audio for your app.

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February 21, 2026 · 8 min read

TTS API Pricing in 2026: I Went Through Every Provider So You Don't Have To

Current, verified pricing for every major TTS API in 2026 — ElevenLabs, OpenAI, Google Cloud, Amazon Polly, Azure, and LeanVox. Real numbers, real math, honest opinions.

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February 20, 2026 · 6 min read

I Needed a Cheap TTS API. So I Built One.

ElevenLabs is great — until you get the bill. Here's how LeanVox delivers natural AI voice at $0.005/1K chars, with voice cloning, without the subscription.

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