ElevenLabs partnered with Stan Lee Universe to add Stan Lee’s AI-generated voice and likeness to its platform. Lee’s voice will be available through the Iconic Marketplace for commercial licensing and inside the Eleven Reader app, where fans can have him narrate books. His likeness will appear in ElevenLabs Creative Templates, and Stan Lee-inspired music filters will be released in ElevenCreative Music. The voice was created from professional recordings of Lee, who died in 2018. A Stan Lee Book of the Month Club will launch in Eleven Reader, releasing one public domain classic each month for 12 months, starting with Treasure Island. Public domain selections reduce copyright licensing complexity while providing recurring content tied to a recognizable name.
"ElevenLabs has struck a deal with Stan Lee Universe to add Stan Lee's voice and likeness to its platform, making the late Marvel co-creator the latest deceased cultural icon to be digitally resurrected by AI. The partnership puts Lee's voice on the ElevenLabs Iconic Marketplace for commercial licensing and on the Eleven Reader app, where fans can have him narrate any book. His likeness will appear on ElevenLabs Creative Templates, and two Stan Lee-inspired music filters are being released on ElevenCreative Music."
"The centrepiece of the deal is the Stan Lee Book of the Month Club, launching inside the Eleven Reader app. Each month, ElevenLabs will release a public domain classic narrated in Lee's AI-generated voice, starting with Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island in June. The company says it will add one title per month for the next 12 months."
"The choice of public domain works is practical. It avoids the licensing complexity of narrating copyrighted books in a synthetic voice while giving ElevenLabs a recurring content programme tied to a recognisable name. Users can also select Lee's voice to narrate any book in the Eleven Reader library, extending the partnership beyond the curated monthly picks."
"The voice was crafted from professional recordings of Lee, who died on 12 November 2018 at the age of 95. Stan Lee Universe is the joint venture between Genius Brands International and POW! Entertainment that controls Lee's name, voice, likeness, and post-Marvel intellectual property."
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