Additional voices

You can install additional voices in order to use them in Speaking Notepad. Speaking Notepad supports all SAPI4 and SAPI5 compliant (Speech Application Programming Interface) voices in many languages.

How to install new voice

Simply download and run installation executable of desired voice. Then restart Speaking Notepad. Installed voice will appear in the voices list. Enjoy!

Attention! It is a known problem that free L&H voices for languages other than English don't install correctly on Windows Vista and Windows Seven. To install them you should first turn UAC (User Account Control) feature of Windows off, then reboot and then install one of those voices. Please disable UAC if you want to use one of those free voices!

Want to get high quality voices?

Cepstral® voices - are the best solution. At Cepstral®, Text-to-Speech (TTS) is the only focus. They make realistic synthetic voices that can say anything, anywhere, with personality and style. From the smallest device to large installations and high-end interactive media; Cepstral voices can bring fresh content to your ears, on demand.

Cepstral voices ideally fit Speaking Notepad!

Free voices

Here is a list of free additional voices:

Voices

Size

Microsoft TTS Engines (Mary, Mike, Sam)

7.3 MB

0.99 MB

2.54 MB

2.24 MB

2.36 MB

2.18 MB

1.97 MB

2.58 MB

2.39 MB

3.00 MB

3.03 MB

2.85 MB

Commercial Voices and Speech engines

Here is a list of web sites of commercial voices or speech engines that you can install in your system and use with Speaking Notepad. Please note, that these voices cost additional money and Qwerty Studios is not connected with their developers.

Commercial Voices

Cepstral Voices

Elan Speech Engines

IBM ViaVoice Outloud (90-day demo)

AT&T Natural Voices