AI Digital Voices for Italian Adolescents

Italian teenagers finally get their own AI-based voices to engage with their peers.

Acapela Group is introducing AI Text To Speech designed specifically for Italian-speaking teenagers. This new offering provides an option that is neither too childlike nor too adult, but better suited to the unique needs of adolescents.

Supporting teen communication

At Acapela we carefully looking at user’s needs to help them communicate more accurately with their AAC devices. Teenagers communicating with Text to speech have long struggled with limited choices when choosing a voice to speak with, often forced to choose between alternatives that sound either too childish or too mature. Our new AI speech synthesis fill this gap by providing age-appropriate tones that accurately portray adolescent communication.

“We want to add voices  for this age group to help make communication more natural and relatable” said Remy Cadic, CEO of Acapela Group. “Until now, they did not have such a choice. The new voices, created specifically to address this need, will provide them a more natural and appropriate way to express themselves. We look forward to add new voices in other languages soon”.

A Step Forward in Age-Appropriate Voices

The teen voices join and enrich the family of Italian text to speech voices, which already includes adult and child voices. This reflects Acapela’s commitment to giving a voice to everyone with age-appropriate voice solutions.

For some background, these adolescent voices are none other than those of Aurora and Alessio, originally developed with Helpicare in 2017. The children behind these voices, who lent their voices seven years ago, have since grown up. Acapela Group, together with its local partner Helpicare, crossed paths with them again to develop new versions of their voices, reflecting their growth and the natural changes in their voices.

Helpicare, who launched the new Italian teen voices at the Handimatica tradeshow in Italy, contributed to creating voices that perfectly fulfill the needs of Italian-speaking teens.

Expanding our portfolio for young users

Since the world premiere of the very first English child voices back in 2013, Acapela has focused on providing voices that are appropriate and not limited to generic or adult-like tones. With over 50 child voices available in ten languages, Acapela supports thousands of young users worldwide in their daily communication. This latest development expands the range of TTS sotfware capability, catering specifically to the needs of teenagers.

Powered by advanced neural voice technology (AI)

The new Italian TTS teen voices are powered by Acapela’s neural voice technology  (AI), delivering lifelike audio, improved real-time interactions, and an enriched user experience, all supported by Acapela’s extensive vocal library developed over the past two decades. With the introduction of these AI speech synthesis for teens, Acapela continues to enhance its offerings and support more diverse communication needs for users of all ages.