Vocalizer / Text to Speech Type Products

[planetmaker]

Hi,

can anyone suggest any vocalizer/text to speech type products (that you can save as wav's or mp3's)  to record their prompts ?

Must be natural sounding. Preferably free!

Its amazing how shy some people are when it comes to recording prompts !

[geoff]

some vendors provide a free service on line. You can type in the text and listen to what it sounds like. Then you can download the WAV file to your computer. Usually the number of characters is limited.

You get what you pay for ... but for prototyping it's fine. Practically speaking, there is no substitute for good vocal talent and optimized recordings.

Regards,

Geoff

[david.macias]

I've never found anything free which was worthy of being put into production.  You're better off doing the recordings yourself.

david

[geoff]

Indeed, David.

Why would a company like Nuance, who have amazing text to speech engines (you can hear samples on their web site. As an Australian, I am positively amazed by the Aussie accent) give away this technology?

Regards,

Geoff

[planetmaker]

Just thought there maybe something out there for free....? If you don't ask you don't get. Doesn't have to be Nuance.

A Stephen Hawking vocalizer would be a start !

[david.macias]

There is freetts.

david

[Chuck Smith]

If you are a partner with Nuance you can download Vocalizer and the License server for it with the 90 day trial licence and use the Vocalizer Demo to generate a static TTS prompt to uLaw. Do that all the time.