Episode · Cheeky Pint · 2026-04-14

Books mentioned on The world of voice AI, with Mati Staniszewski of ElevenLabs

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Mati Staniszewski is the co-founder of ElevenLabs, the research company making audio accessible across languages and voices. He sits down with John to discuss the "voice Turing Test" and why AI has conquered text but still struggles with conversational speech.

Mati Staniszewski discussed The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

   Douglas Adams · at 33:01

   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams is a comedic science fiction classic that follows the absurd misadventures of the last surviving man, Arthur Dent, across a satirical and indifferent universe.

   Discussed

   “From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, this version of the Babel fish. That you can actually understand the world.”

   Mati Staniszewski The world of voice AI, with Mati Staniszewski of ElevenLabs 2026-04-14 Listen at 33:01

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