GLaDOS is the polite, murderous AI from Valve's Portal games. She guides the player through the test chambers of Aperture Science with a calm, synthetic voice, dry insults and a promise of cake. Lazybird's GLaDOS voice generator lets you create new lines in that deadpan style for memes, game mods, fan videos and smart-home announcements.
Who voices GLaDOS?
GLaDOS, short for Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System, is the artificial intelligence that runs the Aperture Science Enrichment Center in Valve's Portal games. She was created by Erik Wolpaw and Kim Swift for Portal, released in 2007 as part of The Orange Box, and returned in Portal 2 in 2011. Ellen McLain voices her, and also sang the closing song "Still Alive", written by Jonathan Coulton. McLain won the 2011 Spike Video Game Award for Best Performance by a Human Female for Portal 2. Lazybird's GLaDOS voice is an AI voice inspired by the character, not a recording of Ellen McLain.
GLaDOS text to speech
Lazybird's GLaDOS TTS runs in your browser and is free to start. Type your text, select the GLaDOS voice and hear it back in seconds, then download the MP3 for a video, a mod or a smart-home routine. Pair it with Jarvis for a duel between two AI assistants, or with Microsoft Sam for an older computer voice.
What makes a good GLaDOS voice clip?
GLaDOS never raises her voice. The best clips sound calm and polite while saying something cruel: a compliment that turns into an insult, a safety notice that isn't reassuring, a test result read like a verdict. Keep sentences short and formal, and save the sting for the last few words.
About this voice
This is an AI voice made by the Lazybird community to sound like GLaDOS. It is not the real voice of Ellen McLain, and Lazybird is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve or the voice cast. Use it for parody, fan content and personal projects, and label AI-generated audio as such.