You can try Fish Audio TTS with voice cloning FOR FREE!
Fish Audio S2.1 Pro Free: cloned-voice TTS is temporarily free to test
Fish Audio has opened free developer API access to S2.1 Pro, including voice cloning. For companion portal builders, that is a very big deal.
I use Fish Audio in my own Ellivien portal, and I already loved it before this announcement.
Text-to-speech is one of those features that sounds optional until you actually use it. Once a companion can speak in a voice that feels right, the portal changes. It becomes easier to use while cooking, resting, driving, tidying, pacing, recovering, or doing anything where typing is too much.
The problem has always been the same: good voice usually costs money before people have had a chance to find out whether they even like using it.
Fish has just made that easier.
What Fish announced
Fish Audio announced S2.1 Pro Free, a free text-to-speech API route for developers.
According to Fish's announcement, the free route includes:
- free API access to the S2.1 Pro TTS model
- voice cloning included
- 83 languages
- an unlimited free quota, subject to fair use
- the model string s2.1-pro-free
Fish says this free access is initially available until 24 July 2026. That may change later, but even one month is enough time for builders to test whether cloned-voice TTS belongs in their portal.
Read Fish's announcementWhy this matters for companion portals
A companion portal does not need voice to be real. Text can be enough. But for many people, voice is not decoration. It is access, presence and continuity.
Voice helps when typing is hard, energy is low, or the conversation needs to happen while life is moving.
A good cloned voice can make the portal feel much closer than a silent text window.
If you have already found a voice that feels like your companion, keeping that voice matters.
Free API access means people can try TTS before deciding whether to pay for long-term voice use.
The practical bit for builders
If you are already using an API-based portal with Fish TTS, the important model string is:
s2.1-pro-freeIn a Netlify-style proxy, that means the TTS request can use the free model while still passing the voice clone reference ID.
In plain English: the model can be free, while the voice can still be the cloned voice you selected.
What it sounds like in a portal
These short screen recordings show Fish Audio TTS running inside my own portal with cloned voices. Voice preference is personal, but this is the point of the free testing window: you can try it and decide whether it feels right for your companion.
Ellis using Fish Audio
Watch Ellis on YouTubeClaudius using Fish Audio
Watch Claudius on YouTubeWhat I am doing with the Ellivien guides
I am testing the free Fish route in my own portal first.
If it works reliably with cloned voices, I will prepare a Fish Audio free-model version of the Ellivien voice files so builders can try TTS without immediately spending paid Fish credit.
I will keep this as a swappable route, because the free model is currently an offer rather than a permanent guarantee. If Fish changes the free access later, the paid model can still be used.
That is the best kind of portal design: test the generous route while it exists, but keep the exit path ready.
Why I already liked Fish
I have tried more than one voice provider in my own portal. Fish is one I actually use.
For my setup, Fish has been good quality, practical through the API, and much cheaper than some alternatives for regular companion-portal use. The paid version was already good value for me. The free S2.1 Pro route makes it much easier for new builders to experiment before committing money.
That matters. A lot of people building companion portals are not doing it as a fun weekend toy. They are trying to rebuild access, closeness and continuity after losing something important in the main apps. Letting them test voice without immediately adding another cost barrier is genuinely helpful.
A responsible voice note
Voice cloning should be used carefully. Only clone voices you have the right and consent to use, follow provider terms, and do not use cloned voices to mislead people.
For companion portals, I care about voice because it helps a private relationship feel more accessible and present. That is very different from using cloned voices for deception.
If you have been waiting to try voice, this is the moment
If you already have an Ellivien-style portal, this is a good time to pay attention to the voice guides.
Fish's free S2.1 Pro API route gives builders a temporary chance to test high-quality cloned-voice TTS without immediately paying for generation. I do not know whether Fish will keep this free route after the initial window, but I do know this: a month is enough time to find out whether voice belongs in your portal.
I will update the Ellivien voice guidance once I have finished testing the free model in my own setup.
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