Balabolka Alternatives for Linux

Balabolka is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is eSpeak, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Balabolka and 11 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Balabolka are VoiceOverMaker, Intelligent Speaker, NeoSpeech and Listening.

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Balabolka alternatives are mainly Text to Speech Services, but if you're looking for PDF Readers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Android, Mac + Free, Android + Free, Linux, iPhone and Google Chrome. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Balabolka.
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  1. eSpeak icon
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    eSpeak is a compact open source software speech synthesizer for English and other languages, for Linux and Windows.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Most users think eSpeak is a great Balabolka alternative.

    • eSpeak is the most popular Windows, Android & Linux alternative to Balabolka.

    • eSpeak is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Balabolka.

    • eSpeak is Free and Open SourceBalabolka is Free and Proprietary
  2. Creates natural-sounding speech from text in multiple languages and voices using neural networks, with an advanced browser editor, export options as MP3, WAV, or MP4, SSML formatting, transcription, video recording, customization features, and collaboration tools.

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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  3. Text to speech extension for a browser. Automatic text detection (can speak without necessary selection), adjustable voice speed, playlist.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
  4. NeoSpeech icon
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    Experience our world-class, natural-sounding, text-to-speech (TTS) software programs today. Empower your applications with advanced TTS software using VoiceTextTM. Robotic voices are now history!

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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  5. Listening icon
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    Transform your research experience with Listening, the world's first app that turns academic papers into high-quality audio content. Trusted by over 50,000 students and researchers, Listening helps you save time by letting you listen to papers anywhere, in your spare time.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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  6. Select and Speak uses iSpeech's human-quality text-to-speech (TTS) to read any selected text in the browser. It includes many iSpeech text to speech voices in different languages. You can configure the voice and speed options by changing the settings on the options page.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Google Chrome
     
  7. Verbify-TTS icon
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    Free and offline Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine that reads any text on your screen with high-quality voices powered by AI models.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  8. 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.

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  9. TTSFox icon
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    TTSFox is a text-to-speech WebExtension for Firefox that gives you a speech synthesized reading of any text you select.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Firefox
     
  10. Bark (AI) icon
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    Bark is a transformer-based text-to-audio model created by Suno. Bark can generate highly realistic, multilingual speech as well as other audio - including music, background noise and simple sound effects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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  11. SmartPredict icon
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    An automated AI platform, based on AutoML 2.0, for designing AI projects in a simpler and customizable way. Become agile, save yourself from staff and hardware worries, and skyrocket your business quickly.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
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