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Acapela TTS for Mac OS X

Software Development toolkit designed to give a voice to any Mac application.

Deliver 24/7 real-time vocal information to your customers

Acapela TTS for Mac OS X has been designed to speech enable any Mac OS X based application with Acapela’s wide portfolio of languages and voices.
Latest innovation in voice AI with Acapela DNN opened a new era for voice creation and its uses, enabling the creation of voices perfectly adapted to the specific requirements of a company, a brand or a device.

Developer benefits: several APIs and programming languages are available to simplify the integration process, one common API with Acapela TTS for Windows allowing dual platform development.

Market apps and services: for Accessibility applications, reading tools, K-12, language learning, language translation, Universal Design Literacy tools (UDL), learning and physical disabilities, professional video or audio generation, and much more.

Key benefits

Voices based on AI

Based on Acapela’s neural TTS, the neural voices generated by AI are highly realistic. They enhance user engagement and the overall user experience.

Mac compatibility

Universal binary: Intel 32 and 64 bits – Mac OS X 10.9 “Mavericks” compatible.

Integration

Easy integration into your installation and redistribution package, Mac App Store friendly.

Talking interface

Breathe life into your interface and content, improve accessibility of your product to people with difficulties reading or seeing text, give your users an eye-free experience.

Technical Specifications

  • Voice AI
    • Support of neural voices*
  • Online License Manager
    • Powerful online license manager for a better management of your usage
  • Text Input
    • Unlimited vocabulary, raw text, MAC Roman, phonetic input, SSML support, tags
    • Text normalization: dates, time, currencies, units, URL/emails
  • Lexicon
    Support of user Lexicon
  • Audio format
    • PCM audio / 22 kHz / 16 bits
    • Sound card interface / Buffer / Audio file
  • Synchronization
    Lip synchronization / Word synchronization / Bookmarks
  • API & Development languages
    • Proprietary API
    • C/C++, Objective C, Swift 2.X
  • Tools
    Voice manager / License manager / Demo / Lexicon editor
  • * Recommended minimum technical requirements apply, please contact us.

Pricing info

The Acapela TTS for Mac OS X offer consists of two parts:

SDK:

• The Software Development Kit is a developer license (with libraries, sample code) and a support and maintenance service.
• You pay a yearly fee.

The Commercial Licence:

• When a product/application/service has been developed incorporating our software, a royalties-bearing agreement will be worked out.
• The level of royalties will depend on the number of units, on the voices and on the languages used.

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