I would like to comment that I am quite impressed with these voices, and I really hope that they will come to IOS and IPad-OS and the mac at some point in the future. They are for windows right now, but here is a link and on the website are audio samples of the voices. I already bought the Richard and Libby voices. They are very fast and responsive. Philip Benefall said he plans on making them for both android and for apple devices at some point. And he is adding a custom dictionary or lexicon for the next update.
Comments
Speechelo tts voices, also by Blastbay developer
Hi everyone,
Thanks for sharing about the Blastbay voices — I agree that they sound very impressive, and it’s great to hear that Philip Benefall is planning to bring them to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS in the future.
I also wanted to highlight that another TTS product called Speechelo , which many may not realize, is also developed by the same person or team behind Blastbay , as mentioned in this thread. Speechelo uses the same neural-style voices, and being a cloud-based platform , it works across all systems — Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, and any browser. I personally subscribed to the Pro Plan , and the voices are quite expressive and natural, with multiple languages and tone options like friendly, serious, or joyful.
However, I do want to share an important caution for fellow screen reader users: Speechelo’s login page currently includes a visual CAPTCHA that is not accessible with screen readers . This means that as a VoiceOver user, I am completely blocked from logging in without sighted help. This is quite frustrating, especially since this is a paid tool that I use for work-related projects.
I’ve already reported this to their payment/support provider, Paddle, and I’m still waiting for a proper resolution. So, while the voice quality and platform independence are great, I strongly advise other blind users to be aware of this accessibility issue before purchasing.
I’ll post an update once the CAPTCHA problem is resolved. For now, please proceed with caution if you’re a screen reader user.
Best regards
Not the same
Good morning. Just wanted to clear up some confusion. I am a close personal friend of the person who developed these blastbay voices. Speechelo was not developed by the same person. I’ve honestly never heard of that.
These voices, do, sound nice, but...
I loathe using SAPI 5 with NVDA, and as for Narrator, I use Jenny from the Neural voices.
Hmm, now if I could use these on my Xbox, then you'd have a winner. 🙂