Podcastle (now Async)

AI audio and video suite with text to speech, now operating as Async

TTSPodcastVoice Cloning

Pricing

Pricing Model

Freemium / Subscription

Free Version

Free Available

Quick Facts

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Features

over 1000 AI voices
Text to speech
Voice cloning
Remote multitrack recording
Subtitles and transcription
Video and audio editing
Watermark removal

About Podcastle (now Async)

Podcastle was rebranded as Async in January 2026, and podcastle.ai now redirects to async.com. Async offers a chat-based AI video and audio editor with over 1000 AI voices, voice cloning, multitrack recording and a Free plan with a lifetime text to speech allowance.

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