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

ElevenLabs signed a deal with Stan Lee Universe to use Stan Lee’s voice and likeness across its apps and licensing platforms. The agreement places him on the ElevenLabs Iconic Marketplace, where companies can license celebrity voices and related intellectual property for commercial use. Stan Lee’s voice and likeness are also available in the ElevenReader app, which converts uploaded text files into speech using an AI-generated narrator. ElevenLabs offers 10 free hours of text-to-audio monthly and an $8.25 monthly paid subscription. A Stan Lee Book Club of the Month feature adds a public domain work each month for 12 months. ElevenLabs also launched image generation tools that allow Stan Lee to appear in comic-inspired templates for non-commercial use.

"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 loved." June's pick will be Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, and the company says it will add one public domain work featured in the series to the app each month for the next 12."

"As reported by , Lee's likeness can also now be used in the ElevenCreative AI image generator, where users can have him appear in comic-inspired visual templates for a non-commercial use. Presumably, though, the technology can also potentially facilitate Lee making a cameo in literally any movie, superhero-themed or not."

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