“We have already received positive feedback from children and their parents that the unique voice offering in Proloquo2Go makes a positive difference in how they communicate,” said David Niemeijer, founder and CEO of AssistiveWare. This was one of the primary motivators for creating the child voices – to have a product that more accurately represents its users. About 60% of the Proloquo2Go user base is 11-years-old or younger (as young as 2-years-old), yet prior to these new voices, children could only select adult voices or artificially emulated children’s voices. Proloquo2Go already provides a voice to tens of thousands of users around the world. “With over 2,500 hours of research, recording, processing and development, the new children’s voices are a fulfilling result and a reflection of our longtime leadership in this field.” “This groundbreaking project is the first of its kind in the industry,” said Lars-Erik Larsson, CEO of Acapela Group. “It is a really exciting advancement in the field of augmentative and alternative communication to finally have excellent, natural-sounding voices for young children,” said Joan Bruno, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Director, Communication Technology Resources. The voices are included in the Proloquo2Go App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch through a new free 2.1 version update released today on the App Store.Īfter December 2012, these new voices will be available for licensing to other developers to utilize in their apps and communication devices, allowing even more children to access programs with voices that resemble their own. Users can select the authentic boy or girl as their preferred Text to Speech voice to speak a want, need or thought using symbol-based communication or typing with word-prediction. The American children voices, Josh and Ella, were recorded by and for children. The US Census Bureau estimates that as many as 720,000 American children aged between 6 and 14-years-old have significant speech problems and difficulties being understood. Not to mention the cheerful family of American English voices.AssistiveWare and Acapela group unveil genuine, natural-sounding Children’s Voices For Augmentative and Alternative Communication American Girl and Boy Voices Now Available in the Proloquo2Go App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touchĪcapela Group and AssistiveWare are proud to unveil the first American genuine, natural-sounding children’s voices now available in Proloquo2Go, designed to provide a voice for children who cannot speak. Meet the genuine children voices, that help kids – including young users with autism – to express themselves using an AAC device.įind out more about Tamira and Darius, our African American English voices, the very first and unique ones on the market.Ĭheck the voice of our young bilingual talents, Valeria and Emilio, who speak both US English and North American Spanish. We not only provide a high-quality voice that is excellent, technically speaking, based on our latest innovations on neural TTS, but we also provide the voice that fits the users’ needs. Our core expertise as a bespoke player is right here. The exercise remains the same: helping people to get the right voice that fits and works. Diversity counts and we work hard to offer to our users a ever growing portfolio of American English TTS voices, including children and adults, accents and moods.Įither for individuals who need digital voices to communicate or for companies looking for a digital spokesperson for their voice branding. We all deserve to choose a digital voice that we feel comfortable with! At Acapela, we aim to create personalized voices perfectly adapted to the context of each application and individual.
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