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 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 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 |
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| English Female Voices | Kate: US English | Kate: UK English Susan: US English Allison: US English |
Lucy: UK English Heather: US English Laura: US English |
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| Child Voices | None | None | Kenny: US Boy Nelly: US Girl |
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| 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 |
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| Available On | ChatPC-4 ChatPC-Silk ALT-Chat |
ChatPC-4 ChatPC-Silk |
ChatPC-Silk ALT-Chat |
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| 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.
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 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 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