Acapela Group vs Voice Dream Reader
Acapela Group
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| Figure | Acapela Group | Voice Dream Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €8.25/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 9 | 6 |
| Spec score · Text-to-Speech Software | 9.3 (#2) | 7.7 (#149) |
| Spec score · Text-to-speech tools | 9.2 (#9) | 8.2 (#82) |
| Accessibility | Acapela TTS Voices for NVDA adds its voices to the NVDA screen reader used by blind and vision-impaired computer users. | The maker lists VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type, Voice Control and refreshable braille display support. |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Platforms | web,windows,macos,linux,ios,android,api | macos,ios |
| What it does | Acapela provides text-to-speech and digital voice solutions for applications, devices and services, including custom and personalized voices. | Voice Dream turns PDFs, articles, reports and books into audio for listening while doing other activities. |
Plans
Acapela Group
- Yearly subscription€99 a year
- One-time license€999 a month
- Acapela Android voice€3.99, paid once
- Acapela TTS voices for Google Play€3.99, paid once
- My-Own-Voice yearly subscription€99 a year
- My-Own-Voice one-time licence€999, paid once
- Virtual Speaker€1,500, paid once
- Virtual Speaker first prepaid package€1,500, paid once
- Acapela TTS voices for NVDA€5,999, paid once
Voice Dream Reader
- Monthly SubscriptionPrice not published
- Annual SubscriptionPrice not published
- Voice Dream Reader (iOS) — Monthly Subscription$4.99 a month
- Voice Dream Reader Desktop — Monthly Subscription$14.99 a month
- Voice Dream Reader (iOS) — Annual Subscription$59.99 a year
- Voice Dream Reader Desktop — Annual Subscription$79.99 a year
In their own words
Acapela Group
Acapela Group creates synthetic voices that turn written content into speech for services, apps, and devices. Its portfolio includes more than 250 voices in over 30 languages, with voice cloning, API access, and commercial use supported. Customer interaction products can be deployed through cloud, sovereign cloud, on-premises, or embedded setups. Acapela Cloud provides a web interface for creating and editing AI voice prompts and organizing files by project. Developers can use the Windows Server toolkit with proprietary APIs, SAPI5,.NET, C/C++, Java, MRCP v2, and W3C SSML. Rule-based pronunciation and lexicon tools allow specific terms to be tuned across languages. Acapela identifies voice agents and interactive voice response systems as use cases, and its NVDA voices serve blind and vision-impaired computer users. Platforms include Android, API, iOS, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, web, and Windows. The yearly subscription is €99 a year, billed excluding VAT; a three-month voice evaluation is included. Acapela is based in Mons, Belgium.
Voice Dream Reader
Voice Dream Reader has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.