Stan Lee's voice and likeness have been resurrected, thanks to AI - Engadget

ElevenLabs can now offer the late Marvel icon as part of its AI-generated voice portfolio. Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee is the latest deceased celebrity icon who, thanks to the ghoulishness wonder of AI, can now keep entertaining fans from beyond the grave. Voice cloning specialist ElevenLabs has signed a deal with Stan Lee Universe that will allow it to use the X-Men and Spider-Man co-creator's voice and likeness in its apps and licensing platforms. Lee joins the likes of Judy Garland, Michael Caine, John Wayne and David Hasselhoff on the ElevenLabs Iconic Marketplace, where companies can license celebrity voices and IP for commercial use. The comic book pioneer, who in later life became just as famous for his reliable cameo appearances in Marvel movies, is also now part of the ElevenReader app, launched in 2024, where you can upload various text files and have them read aloud by an AI-generated narrator. ElevenLabs offers 10 free hours of text to audio each month, with an unlimited paid subscription currently costing $8.25 per month. ElevenLabs is also launching the Stan Lee Book Club of the Month within ElevenReader, which it calls "a monthly celebration of the literature Stan