Text to Speech – Voice Reader (VR) Versions in comparison
VR Version |
Home 22 |
Studio 22 |
Web |
Server 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 99,- € (per voice) Buy now |
499,- € (per language) Buy now |
From 299,- € Get your offer |
Price on demand Get your offer |
| Platform/ Type | Desktop application Single user license | Desktop application Single user license | Internet Service | Server Server license |
| Terms of use | Private use without the right for publication | Professional use with right for publication | TTS service for websites | Professional use with right for publication |
| Command line utility (sold seperatly →Get a quote) | — | Command line utility for batch processing and integration into your workflow | — | — |
| API for integration into your own workflows | — | √ | √ | √ |
| Audio formats | Wav, MP3 | Wav, MP3 | MP3 | Wav, MP3 |
| Permission for publication | — | √ | √ | √ |
| Supported applications | — | Microsoft® Word [1] Microsoft® Outlook [1] Microsoft® PowerPoint [1] | Microsoft Edge Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox Apple Safari Opera Browser mobile devices | Simple integration into all workflows via HTTP interface |
| Supported file formats (to open) | .txt, .rtf, .docx, .doc, .htm, .html, .mht, .epub, .pdf, .odt | .txt, .rtf, .docx, .doc, .htm, .html, .mht, .epub, .pdf, .odt | — | (Depends on workflow and way of integration) |
| Multilanguage Voices | — | √ [2] | — | — |
| Accent Voices | — | √ [3] | — | √ [3] |
| Voice Age | √ | √ | — | √ |
| Reading Style (normal, forceful, apologetic) | — | √ | — | √ |
| Playback Options | Volume Pitch Speed Timbre Fast forward (by word / sentence /paragraph) Rewind (by word / sentence /paragraph) Stop | Volume Pitch Speed Timbre Fast forward (by word / sentence /paragraph) Rewind (by word / sentence /paragraph) Stop Pause | Controlled by admin: Pitch, Speed Controlled by user: Volume Pitch Speed Pause Fast forward / rewind Various Settings MP3 download Text enlargement Highlighting | Volume Pitch Speed Timbre |
| Reading Segmentation | By word /sentence/ paragraph | By word /sentence/ paragraph | By sentence | By sentence |
| Additional Export Options | — | Export each word, each sentence or each paragraph in a separate audio file Create subtitle file | — | Depends on workflow / integration |
| Creation of Speaker Profiles | — | √ | — | — |
| Special Effects | — | Integration of sound effects Change speakers [4] Change language [5] Spelling mode Change word stress in sentence | Read aloud marked text | Integration of sound effects Change speakers [4] Change language [5] Spelling mode Change word stress in sentence |
| Background Music | √ | √ | — | √ |
| Reverb (for Export) | √ | √ | — | √ |
| Talking Emojis | √ | √ | — | √ |
| SAPI 5 | √ | √ | — | — |
| Marking Text for Postprocessing | — | √ | — | — |
| Pause Function | — | √ | — | √ |
| Adjust Pause at End of Sentence | — | √ | — | — |
| Changing Pronunciation | — | √ | — | — |
| Generator for Phonetic Transcription & Phonetic Keyboard | — | √ | — | — |
| Exclude Words and Punctuation Marks from Reading | — | √ | Comment out text sections that should not be read out loud | √ |
| Show Audio Length | — | √ | — | — |
| Editor | Text editor with text processing and format functions | Extensive text editor with diverse text processing and format functions | — | — |
| Export: Audio File Settings | MP3: 64 kBit/s WAV: 22 kHz, 16 Bit Mono | MP3: 16-160 kBit/s WAV: PCM 8/11/22/44/48 kHz 8/16 Bit Mono | MP3: 64 kBit/s | MP3: 16-160 kBit/s WAV: PCM 8/11/22/44/48 kHz 8/16 Bit Mono |
| Shortcuts as Alternative to Mouse Navigation | — | √ | √ | — |
| Product Activation via Internet | √ | √ | — | — |
| Available Languages | 28 | 64 | 45 | 64 |
| Price | 99,- € per voice | 499,- € per language | From 299,- € per language /year | Price on demand |
| System Requirements | Windows 11, 10, 8 Internet for activation Up to 1 GB available disk space for each voice2 GB RAM | Windows 11, 10, 8 Internet for activation Up to 4 GB available disk space for each language2 GB RAM | On the client computer: Works with all current web browsers Requires JavaScript to be activated | Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2008 or 2012 Microsoft Internet Information Server |
[1] Voice Reader Studio 22: Microsoft® Word, Outlook, Power Point (Office 2021, 2019, 2016 or 2013), Microsoft Office 365 in offline mode (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) [2] Available in Voice Reader Studio 22 German, French, French (Canada), Spanish, Spanish (Mexico), Italian, Dutch, English (US), English (India), Hindi, Cantonese (Hong Kong), Korean, Dongbei (China), Mandarin (China), Mandarin (Taiwan), Russian, Sichuanese, Shanghainese, Czech, Turkish, Arabic [3] For this purpose an additional language must be purchased. All available accent voices and the languages necessarily installed for them are listed in the product description and in the manual [4] It is only possible to change, if the installed language contains more than one voice [5] It is only possible to change between languages that have been installed