, /PRNewswire/ -- , a leading toy company behind numerous award-winning and innovative tech toys, and , an industry leader in AI Audio, announced today a multi-year agreement to use ElevenLabs' text-to-speech and AI voice generation services in Skyrocket's revolutionary new line of AI-powered toys, called (pronounced 'play'). The first item to launch from PLAi is , a soft and cuddly plush bear that offers kids a one-of-a-kind story-creating and storytelling experience. Poe the AI Story Bear uses the world-leading AI model ChatGPT4o to create customized stories based on ideas that kids can input by selecting from colorful icons into the app.
Once a story is created, Poe magically comes to life to read their story aloud. ' natural sounding AI speech software gives Poe a lifelike voice that is contextually aware, with vocal emotion and rich intonation. Every story sounds as if it were read by a charming, entertaining and very human narrator, creating a captivating story time.
"We are thrilled to work with ElevenLabs to bring to life Poe the AI Story Bear, and to also be our voice partner for all the products in our PLAi brand," said , Co-Founder and CEO, of Skyrocket. "We are on the brink of a disruptive and ground-breaking technology that enables amazing features and capabilities in products and services that were not conceivable even a year ago. There are limitless opportunities to integrate these technologies into the world.
We are excited to have the most cutting edge, reali.