Takes words and turns them into believable speaking
Germany based Linguatec is another software company that’s been creating text to speech applications for a good while. Its flagship application is Voice Reader Home 15, a tool to convert text into audio voiceovers for those that like to listen and not read. There are several prominent online and installable apps that can do this job effectively, so let’s see what Linguatec can bring to this party. Some text-to-voice (TTV) applications cost on a time basis, and their payment model is a subscription one. But Linguatec made Voice Reader Home 15 a purchase price of €49, and you can use it as much as you like from that point onwards. But, and here is the twist; that’s licensing for a single voice in one language. Want another voice or another language requires a further €49 investment. But, it should be noted that this software is only for private use, and not commercial. If you require multiple voices on a single language, you can instead buy Voice Reader Studio 15, and you will get all the voices for the language you choose for a fee €499. As some languages only have one voice, this might not be the best value choice for everyone, but this is a commercial license. Therefore if you want to use the voice generated from the text as a voiceover for a video, for example, then you need Voice Reader Studio 15 licenses. The Voice Reader application is a deceptively simple tool that enables the user to have inserted or document loaded text to be spoken. When reading out the document using ‘Read’ mode, then it is also possible to stop the playback and resume from the current cursor or even highlight a subsection and read specifically that portion. When the application is reading a small control panel appears that you can move around the screen, allowing the application to keep focus.
