ReadSpeaker – a Hoya Speech Company – proudly announces that the two Hoya Speech text to speech (TTS) engines have topped the Voice Information Associates’ Text-to-Speech Accuracy Testing charts for 2018. The long-time speech industry observer has recognised rSpeak Technologies and Neospeech (which uses Hoya Speech’s VoiceText TTS engine) as offering the most accurate TTS […]

Hoya Speech Scores Highest in 2018 Text to Speech Benchmarking: Read the full article »

Finnish publishing company Tabletkoulu, is launching ReadSpeaker in their digital books for secondary education. The following is a translation of  their blog post. Watch the video (in Finnish).   While the Digital Services Accessibility Directive challenges educational publishers, Tabletkoulu is the first educational publisher in Finland to introduce speech synthesis into high school content. It […]

The Tablet School’s New Service Uses Text to Speech and Levels Out Learning: Read the full article »

ReadSpeaker announces the growth of its text to speech portfolio with the addition of a new, high quality tts voice persona. Introducing Lykke, ReadSpeaker’s new female voice for Bokmål, the language used by the majority of Norwegian people. Lykke is now available to read aloud online and offline content of any kind. Lykke’s clear and relatable voice delivers a superior user experience […]

ReadSpeaker Expands Text to Speech Offering with New Female Norwegian Voice: Read the full article »

ReadSpeaker is pleased to be sponsoring #BbTLC18, from April 9 – 12, 2018, at the University of Manchester. Stop by our stand to see how to use audio to enhance your content, making it more engaging and accessible for more learners; and attend the presentation by Sandra Stevenson-Revill from the University of Derby: When reading […]

ReadSpeaker Sponsors Blackboard TLC 2018 in Manchester, UK: Read the full article »

On Tuesday, March 20th at 12pm ET, ReadSpeaker joined Learnosity’s panel of educational technologists from K12 Inc, Texthelp, CenterPoint Education Solutions to share valuable insights on accessibility. ReadSpeaker’s co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Fredrik Larsson* discussed how we are putting accessibility at the heart of product design. To see a recording of the live webinar, please follow this link […]

Webinar Recording “Access All Areas: Insights on Accessibility in eLearning”: Read the full article »

ReadSpeaker joins Learnosity’s panel of experts from K12 Inc, Texthelp, CenterPoint Education Solutions to share valuable insights on accessibility. Access All Areas: Insights on Accessibility in eLearning Tuesday, March 20th 12:00 pm ET   Despite the fact that 80 percent of Americans believe that children learn in different ways, over a third of parents in […]

Live Webinar in Partnership with Learnosity: Read the full article »

ReadSpeaker is pleased to be sponsoring #MootIEUK18 from March 26 – 28, 2018 at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Stop by our stand to find out how to use audio to enhance your content, making it more engaging and accessible for more learners, or attend one of our presentations: How to use audio to improve learning outcomes Monday […]

ReadSpeaker is Sponsoring MoodleMoot 2018 in Glasgow: Read the full article »

By Lettie Y. Conrad From the time I was a child, I’ve enjoyed listening to people read aloud — from parents and teachers reading storybooks to spoken-word nights at college to audiobooks on long journeys. There’s something quite soothing and somewhat magical about the written word coming to life with voice. While I listen, my […]

Read to me: ReadSpeaker for everyone!: Read the full article »

Humans can only work with robots if they understand them. This is why natural sounding text to speech for robots is necessary. Read on to learn more about natural sounding voices and how ReadSpeaker’s products can help. A Brief History of Robots Automatons, or self-operating machines, have been mimicking humans for quite a while. In […]

ReadSpeaker: The Best Natural Sounding Text to Speech for Robots: Read the full article »