
Thu May 07 2026
How I picked a Nepali voice for kchakhabar.com (and cut the bill by 90%)
K cha khabar ships AI-narrated short videos every hour, in two languages. The first week I ran them on ElevenLabs the bill said 30 cents per minute of audio. Then I rebuilt the voice for one-tenth the cost. Here is what I tested, what I learned, and the one thing I gave up.








