GWKB1084 : Software Speech Synthesizers

Product: Window-Eyes
Author: Aaron Smith
Date Added: 10/10/2007
Last Modified: 10/10/2007

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Getting Window-Eyes to sound exactly how you want is the job of a speech synthesizer. Software speech synthesizers are the most popular kind of synthesizer these days; Window-Eyes includes the DECtalk Access 32, Microsoft TTS, and ETI Eloquence engines. There are several other engines available, including:

Third Party Text-to-Speech Engines

• Acapela
• AT&T Natural Voices
• Cepstral
• FlexVoice
• eSpeak
• Flite
• IBM ViaVoice
• IVONA
• Loquendo
• NeoSpeech
• RealSpeak

Third Party Text-to-Speech Retailers

• NextUp
• WizzardSoftware

NOTE: Third party retailers may or may not sell to end users.

Direct Text-to-Speech Downloads

• Microsoft Text-to-Speech Engines (SAPI4)
• Microsoft Text-to-Speech Engines (SAPI5)
• CMU Kal Diphone Voice (See Flite manufacturer above)
• eSpeak (See eSpeak manufacturer above)
• L&H TruVoice American English
• L&H TruVoice British English
• L&H TruVoice Dutch
• L&H TruVoice French
• L&H TruVoice German
• L&H TruVoice Italian
• L&H TruVoice Japanese
• L&H TruVoice Korean
• L&H TruVoice Portuguese
• L&H TruVoice Russian
• L&H TruVoice Spanish

NOTE: The L&H voices listed above are freeware, and of medium quality.

If you know of other software speech packages, retailers or downloads, and would like to have them listed, please let us know at support@gwmicro.com.

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