Version Comparison of Voice Reader Home 15, Studio 15, Server 15 and Web 15
Voice Reader |
Home 15 |
Studio 15 |
Web 15 |
Server 15 |
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| Price | 49,- € (per voice) | 499,- € (per language) | 299,- € | starting at 4.950,- € |
| Platform/Type | Desktop application | Desktop application | Internet service | Server |
| Use policy | Private use Have texts read out loud or create audio files for personal use |
Professional use With its variety of settings options, use as an alternative to sound studios for creating audio files for publication |
Read-aloud service for websites Have Voice Reader Web 15 read websites out loud in the browser via HTML 5 player and download them as audio files |
Professional use The flexible solution for the integration of top-quality voice output in your company |
| Audio format settings | Wav, MP3 | Wav, MP3 | MP3 | Wav, MP3 |
| Publication permission | — |  |
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| Supported applications: | — | Microsoft® Word Microsoft® Outlook Microsoft® PowerPoint (2) |
Microsoft Edge Internet Explorer Firefox Safari Chrome, Opera, Cell phone browsers |
Simple integration into all workflows via the HTTP interface |
| Supported file formats | .txt, .rtf, .docx, .doc, .htm, .html, .mht, .epub, .pdf, .odt | .txt, .rtf, .docx, .doc, .htm, .html, .mht, .epub, .pdf, .odt | — | (depends on the particular workflow and the integration) |
| Female voice | (1a) |
(3) |
(3) |
(3) |
| Male voice | (1b) |
(5) |
(5) |
(5) |
| Multilanguage voice | — | (8) |
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| Playback options | Volume, Pitch, Speed Fast forward (depending on selected reading segmentation: by word, by sentence, by paragraph ) Rewind (depending on selected reading segmentation: by word, by sentence, by paragraph ) Pause Stop |
Volume, Pitch, Speed Fast forward (depending on selected reading segmentation: by word, by sentence, by paragraph ), Rewind (depending on selected reading segmentation: by word, by sentence, by paragraph ) Pause Stop |
Controlled by the administrator: Pitch, Speed Controlled by the user in the Web browser: Volume, Pitch, Speed, Pause, Fast forward and rewind, Various Settings, MP3 download, Visual text enlargement, Simultaneous highlighting |
Volume, Pitch, Speed |
| Reading segmentation | By word, by sentence, by paragraph | By word, by sentence, by paragraph | By sentence | By sentence |
| Additional Export options | — | Export each word, each sentence or each paragraph in a separate audio file | — | (depends on the particular workflow and the integration) |
| Creation of speaker profiles | — | |
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| Special effects | — | Integrate sound effects Change speakers(6) Change language(7) Pauses |
Read marked text | Integrate sound effects Change speakers (5) Change language (6) Pauses |
| Mark text for postprocessing | — | |
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| Adjust pause at end of sentence | — | |
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| Editor for improving pronunciation | — | |
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| Automatic generator for Phonetic Transcription and assistance with a Phonetic Keyboard | — | |
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| Exclude words and punctuation marks from reading | — | |
Comment out sections of the text that should not be read out loud | |
| Show audio length | — | |
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| Editor | Text editor with text processing and format functions | Extensive text editor with diverse text processing and format functions | — | — |
| Audio file export | 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 an alternative to mouse navigation | — | |
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| Product activation via the Internet | |
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| Available languages | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| System requirements | Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 Internet access for product activation; Up to 1 GB available disk space for each voice 2 GB RAM |
Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 Internet access for product activation; Up to 2 GB available disk space for each language 2 GB RAM |
On your web server: none On the client computers: Works with all current web browsers, requires JavaScript to be activated |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2008 or 2012 Microsoft Internet Information Server |
(1a) No female voice is available for Voice Reader Home 15 in the language Arabic, Spanish (Argentine)
(1b) No male voice is available for Voice Reader Home 15 in the languages Basque, English (Indian, Irish, Scottish, South African), Galician, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Cantonese (Hong Kong), Korean, Mandarin (China, Taiwan), Dutch (Belgium), Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Thai, Czech, Hungarian, Valencian
(2) Voice Reader Studio 15: Microsoft® Office 2007, 2010 and 2013 (32 or 64-bit)
(3) Not for Voice Reader Studio/Server/Web 15 Arabic, Spanish (Argentine)
(5) Not for Voice Reader Studio/Server/Web 15 Basque, English (Indian, Irish, Scottish, South African), Galician, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Cantonese (Hong Kong), Korean, Mandarin (China, Taiwan), Dutch (Belgium), Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Thai, Czech, Hungarian, Valencian
(6) It is only possible to change, if the language contains more than one voice
(7) It is only possible to change between languages that have been installed
(8) Available in Voice Reader Studio 15 German, French and Italian