Tuval Software announced the new 3.0 release of SpeechOver Plus, a joint offering of Tuval and Acapela Group, producers of premium text-to-speech (TTS) voices.
Here’s a list of the updates, provided by Joel Harband of Tuval Software:
Bundled Premium TTS Voices
In addition to SpeechOver, a software for generating narration in PowerPoint presentations with text-to-speech voices, customers receive a high-quality, natural-sounding text-to-speech voice that is automatically installed for immediate use with SpeechOver. This is a marked improvement over the regular version of SpeechOver, which comes only with the basic quality text-to-speech voices provided free by Microsoft.
Low-Cost Commercial License
The Acapela TTS voices in Speech-Over Plus come with a commercial license that allows you to produce narrated presentations for internal business requirements such as corporate education and training, e-learning, and marketing presentations—and you can put the material on an internal corporate network. For the price, this is an excellent value and can help businesses save costs in these difficult economic times.
Additional Voices and Languages
Acapela Group produces 50 premium TTS voices in 25 languages. Right now, US English and Danish versions of SpeechOver Plus are available, and different language versions are being added all the time. A basic language version includes one TTS voice in that language (for example, the US English version includes Heather), and TTS voices in the same language or in different languages can be purchased and added to the basic version. In fact, any vendor voice can be added as long as it is SAPI-compatible.
More info and free trials can be found on the SpeechOver site.
The views and opinions expressed in this blog post or content are those of the authors or the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company.

