Huawei Cloud Text to Speech vs iSpeech
Huawei Cloud Text to Speech
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| Figure | Huawei Cloud Text to Speech | iSpeech |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $0.25/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 15 |
| Spec score · Text-to-speech tools | 7.4 (#179) | 9.2 (#11) |
| Spec score · Text-to-Speech Software | 7.2 (#186) | 9.2 (#6) |
| API access | Yes | API access requires an API key, with mobile development, mobile production, and web/general production key types. |
| Export formats | PCM | aiff,mp3,ogg,wma,flac,wav,alaw,ulaw,vox,mp4 |
| Platforms | web,api | web,ios,android,api |
| Voice controls | Users can select timbres and customize volume, speed, and pitch. | TTS requests support selectable voices, audio formats, bitrates, frequencies, playback speed, pitch, padding and bit depth. |
| What it does | Real-Time TTS generates natural-sounding speech from input text using APIs. | iSpeech provides cloud text-to-speech and automated speech-recognition services that turn text into audio or submitted audio into transcriptions. |
Plans
iSpeech
- Plus$2.95 a month
- Premium$3.95 a month
- Pay Per Use$50 a month
- Pay Per Install$0.25 a month
- BasicFree
- HackerFree
- Plus$2.95 a month
- Premium$3.95 a month
- Junior$29 a month
- Pay-per-use 2,000 credits$50, paid once
In their own words
Huawei Cloud Text to Speech
Huawei Cloud Text to Speech has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
iSpeech
iSpeech provides text-to-speech and automated speech recognition through APIs, SDKs, and online tools. Its speech API can synthesize audio with multiple voices, formats, bitrates, frequencies, and playback speeds, and supports MathML and SSML. The API can also transcribe submitted audio across multiple languages and recognition models; iSpeech says custom models can be created. The homepage lists support for more than 30 languages. Audio downloads are available in AIFF, MP3, OGG, WMA, FLAC, WAV, A-law, μ-law, VOX, and MP4 formats. Listed access includes Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, Windows, API, and extension. The Basic plan is free for personal use, and commercial use is listed as available. Plus costs $2.95 a month, billed monthly, and includes 30-minute recordings, approximately 4,167 words. Premium costs $3.95 a month, billed monthly, with 12-hour recordings, approximately 100,000 words. Pay Per Use costs $50 a month for dynamic TTS usage only and includes 2,000 credits. Pay Per Install costs $0.25 a month and has a 10,000-install minimum.