Central Access Reader (CAR) is a free TTS application, which reads docx files and pasted text using the voices installed on your pc.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (LGPL-2.1)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
United States
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Balabolka Alternatives
One of the most popular alternatives to Balabolka is VoiceStudio, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are ElevenLabs, NaturalReader, eSpeak and Kokoro. You're spoiled for choice with Text to Speech Services like Balabolka: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, the web, Mac, Linux and Android.
Alternatives list
Read aloud any webpage, Google Doc, PDF, or book with text to speech (TTS). Natural sounding voices in 30+ languages & 130 voices.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Google Chrome
- United States
Thorsten-Voice: A free to use, offline working, high quality german TTS voice should be available for every project without any license struggling. It has also a really good explanation for the underlying Python TTS which can be used for TTS in other languages such spain or english.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (CC0-1.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Simple TTS Reader is a small utility that reads text from your clipboard using Microsoft Speech API. Whenever you copy any text, the app instantly converts it into spoken words. You have full control over the voice output — simply select your preferred speech engine from those...
Platforms
- Windows
Estonia
EU
loudkit is an open-source text-to-speech engine that runs on your own hardware. It ships two models, loudr-1 and the faster loudr-1-turbo, with 28 voices across ten languages (Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish), and it can...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Python
- Docker
Poland- EU
Supertonic TTS is a high-performance, on-device text-to-speech (TTS) system for Android. It uses Supertonic ONNX models to provide high-quality speech synthesis entirely offline, ensuring privacy and availability without an internet connection.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Android
LazyBird lets you create realistic and natural voice-overs for videos, podcasts, audiobooks, commercials, Tiktoks and more. The tool has a diverse range of over 200 voices supporting over 100 languages including male and female voices of various age and personalities.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
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Speechimo is revolutionizing how content creators, educators, and marketers convert text into engaging audio. With industry-leading speed and a user-friendly interface, Speechimo offers high-quality, emotionally resonant voiceovers in a wide array of languages.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Easy Speech2Text is the simplest speech recognition software used to convert your voice and speech into plain text. At the same time, it also supports converting your text to voice. With its high-quality natural sounding voice, this text-to-speech program will improve your work...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Processes both audio and text inputs with a multi-task framework supporting over 30 language and sound tasks, enabling multi-turn dialogue, sound reasoning, and tool use, while excelling in benchmarks without task-specific fine-tuning or retraining.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- FFmpeg
- Python
- PyTorch
China
New entry is automatically added w/ text copied from apps. New entry is automatically synthesized / spoken. Keep playing entries in listing when Continuous Play is enabled. Highlight spoken words while text is spoken, when option is enabled. etc.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Germany- EU
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Alters allows you to speak to anyone or anything with the addition of it sounding like the person you are talking to.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Telegram
