Speech Options

Acapela for ChatPC and ALT-Chat

Acapela is a Text-to-Speech engine option available with ChatPC-Silk and Alt-Chat.  Acapela offers English, along with a second language.  Voice options are English/French, English/Spanish or English/German.

8 English Voices are included with Acapela:

Graham: UK English

Peter: UK English

Ryan:  US English

Lucy: UK English

Heather: US English

Laura: US English

Kenny: US Boy (child)

Nelly: US Girl (child)

2 Spanish Voices are available with the Spanish option:

Maria: Spanish Female Voice

Rosa: Spanish Female Voice

5 French Voices are available with the French option:

Louise: Canadian French Female

Alice: French Female

Bruno: French Male

Claire: French Female

Julie: French Female

2 German Voices are available with the German option:

Klaus: German Male

Sarah: German Female

Note:  Although Acapela features the ability to synthesize speech in multiple languages, unless specified at purchase, the vocabulary files provided on ChatPC are all provided in English.  At the time of this posting Spanish and German files are available upon a language request at purchase.  See the Language section for details.  To use ChatPC in other languages, the programmer will need to create their own vocabulary file using either the ChatPC's edit mode or the DesktopChat program.

Acapela for NOVA chat

Acapela is a Text-to-Speech engine option available for NOVA chat.  If purchasing Acapela voices, they will be added to existing Ivona voice options.  The cost to include Acapela voices to NOVA chat is $95.

8 English Voices are included with Acapela:

Graham: UK Male

Peter: UK Male

Ryan:  US Male

Nizareng UK Male

Lucy: UK Female

Heather: US Female

Laura: US Female

Rachel: UK Female

Tracy: US Female

Kenny: US Boy (child)

Nelly: US Girl (child)

Note:  No other languages available for NOVA chat at this time.

ChatPC Synthesizer Comparison

ChatPC products offer a variety of synthesized speech options. The chart below will help you decide which option best meets your needs.

  NeoSpeech Loquendo Acapela  
Available Languages English English
Portuguese
Spanish
German
Italian
Dutch
French
English-Spanish  
English Voices 2 5 8  
English Male Voices Paul: US English Simon: UK English
Dave: US English
Graham: UK English
Peter: UK English
Ryan: US English
 
English Female Voices Kate: US English Kate: UK English
Susan: US English
Allison: US English
Lucy: UK English
Heather: US English
Laura: US English
 
Child Voices None None Kenny: US Boy
Nelly: US Girl
 
Non-English Voices 0 20 2  
Non-English Voices None Portuguese
Amalia
Eusebio
Fernanda: BR
Felipe: BR

Spanish
Leonor
Carmen: ES
Jorge: ES
Carlos: US
Soledad: US
Esperanza: MX

French
Bernard
Florence
Juliette
Olivier: CA
Charlotte: CA

German
Stefan
Katrin

Italian
Luca
Paola

Dutch
Willem
Spanish
Maria
Rosa: US
 
Available On ChatPC-4
ChatPC-Silk
ALT-Chat
ChatPC-4
ChatPC-Silk

ChatPC-Silk
ALT-Chat
 
Speech Samples NeoSpeech   Acapela  
Other Information NeoSpeech is the most natural voice available on the ChatPC. Loquendo comes with all six synthesizer languages available. Acapela comes with English and ONE of the following: French, Spanish, or German  

Note:  Although Acapela features the ability to synthesize speech in multiple languages, unless specified at purchase, the vocabulary files provided on ChatPC are all provided in English.  At the time of this posting Spanish and German files are available upon a language request at purchase.  See the Language section for details.  To use ChatPC in other languages, the programmer will need to create their own vocabulary file using either the ChatPC's edit mode or the DesktopChat program.

Ivona

Saltillo is thrilled to offer IVONA voices for the first time in NOVA chat 7.  IVONA Text to Speech prides themselves with leading the field with natural voice quality and inflection. 

IVONA voice options include a child's voice, a teenage voice, two adult female US English voices, one adult male US English voice, two adult female British voices  and an adult male British English voice option. 

Loquendo

Loquendo is a Text-to-Speech engine option available with ChatPC-Silk.  Loquendo comes with six synthesizer languages available.

5 English Voices are available:

Simon: UK English Male

Dave: US English Male

Kate: UK English Female

Susan: US English Female

Allison: US English Female

4 Portuguese Voices are available:

Amalia: Portuguese Female

Eusebio: Portuguese Male

Fernanda: Brazilian Portuguese Female

Felipe: Brazilian Portuguese Male

6 Spanish Voices are available:

Leonor: Spanish Female

Carmen: Castilian Spanish Female

Jorge: Castilian Spanish Male

Carlos: American Spanish Male

Soledad: American Spanish Female

Esperanza: Mexican Spanish Female

5 French Voices are available:

Bernard:  French Male

Florence: French Female

Juliette:  French Female

Olivier: Canadian French Male

Charlotte: Canadian French

2 German Voices are available:

Stefan: German Male

Katrin: German Female

2 Italian Voices are available:

Luca: Italian Male

Paola: Italian Female

1 Dutch Voice is available:

Willem:  Dutch Male

Note:  Although Loquendo features the ability to synthesize speech in multiple languages, unless specified at purchase, the vocabulary files provided on ChatPC are all provided in English.  At the time of this posting Spanish and German files are available upon a language request at purchase.  See the Language section for details.  To use ChatPC in other languages, the programmer will need to create their own vocabulary file using either the ChatPC's edit mode or the DesktopChat program.

NeoSpeech

NeoSpeech is the most natural sounding voice available for the ChatPC-4, ChatPC-Silk and the Alt-Chat. NeoSpeech is a product of VoiceText.

2 Voice Options are available with Neospeech:

Paul: US English Male

Kate: US English Female