Some AI Voices are Going Away in April: What to do Next

Follow up reminder and additional information:

Following changes to our text-to-speech partner ElevenLabs’ voice offerings, some AI voices will be going away April 30th, 2026.

What this means:

• The audio you’ve generated with these voices, including audio translated in localized courses, will remain in your courses
• After April, you won’t be able to regenerate or create new audio with the impacted voices
• After April, if localized audio using the impacted voices is regenerated for new translations, the impacted voices will automatically revert to a similar voice. 

What to do next:

• Review the AI voices that will be retired and ElevenLabs’ recommended replacements: View the impacted voices and how to update them.
  • Note: Storyline users can use a new voice swapping feature to quickly find everywhere a voice is used in their course, making it much easier to replace. Similar functionality is coming soon to Rise.
• Stop using the soon-to-be-deprecated voices in your trainings. While existing audio will continue to play, you won’t be able to regenerate or create new audio with these voices after April.

If you have questions or need further assistance, our Support team is here to help at support@articulate.com.