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ReadSpeaker

Text-to-speech provider with reading tools for education and licensable voice engines for businesses, offering 90+ languages, 300+ voices, custom brand voices and cloud, on-premise or on-device deployment.

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What it does

ReadSpeaker is a voice technology company that has focused on text-to-speech since 1999. It serves two broad audiences: education institutions that want read-aloud support inside learning platforms, assessments and course content, and businesses that want natural voices in their products, call centres and branded experiences. For education, the site describes TextAid (a reading and writing toolkit for students), webReader (listening built into websites and learning platforms) and docReader (course documents read aloud with the original layout kept). It mentions Moodle certification, support for other learning platforms, and voice added inside existing SCORM packages. For companies, it licenses speech engines and related products: SDKs for desktop and embedded use, voices for software that uses the Microsoft Speech API, server software for IVR and contact centre platforms, a speechCloud REST API, a browser studio called speechMaker Studio, and custom brand voices. The engine can run fully hosted, on your own infrastructure, or on the device including offline. The site lists 90+ languages and 300+ voices.

Capabilities

  • Text to speech in 90+ languages with 300+ voices
  • Read-aloud tools for learning platforms, websites and documents (TextAid, webReader, docReader)
  • speechCloud REST API, plus SDKs and server engines for licensing
  • Custom voice created exclusively for one brand
  • Cloud, on-premise and offline on-device deployment
  • Browser studio for creating and managing voice content as a team

When to use it

  • Adding listening support to a learning management system, assessments or course documents
  • Building spoken output into a product, IVR or contact centre system
  • Needing speech that works offline or inside a private network
  • Creating a distinctive voice for a brand