Acapela TTS Engine

Efficient, fast and high quality speech-synthesis engine.

Acapela TTS Engine - High Quality Speech-Synthesis for Chromebook

"Acapela TTS Engine" is a Chromebook extension providing speech support and assistance to users looking for improved reading and writing experience. This tool offers a wide range of voices in over 30 languages, facilitating language learning and aiding those in need of audio feedback. It's suitable for visually impaired individuals, people with learning difficulties, and anyone interested in language learning or assistance with proof-reading.

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Extension stats

By: acapela.group.android

Users: 3,000+

Rating: 2.32

(22)

Version: 1.1.76 (Last updated: 2021-10-21)

Creation date: 2019-05-24

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tts
ttsEngine
identity
identity.email

Size: 1.50M

Email: ac*****@acapela-group.com

URLs: Privacy policy

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Extension summary

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IMPORTANT: This extension is only for Chromebook devices running Chrome OS.

The extension is free, so you can try all of our voices in an online mode, but then you must buy voices to integrate them to your Chromebook system. Then you will be able to use them with any TTS-compatible application (like ChromeVox).

******** High Quality voices by Acapela Group ********

Add up to 100 voices in 30 languages to your Chromebook.

Voice capability is reinventing the way we all engage with devices and Acapela voices are helping to broaden the native voice offering on Chromebooks with another 30 languages and over 100 voices. The Acapela portfolio for Chromebooks includes authentic children voices as well as adult ones so that students can choose according to their age group and preferences, to feel fully comfortable with the voice they learn with.

Text-to-speech specifically helps individuals that read slowly or with difficulty, people who want feedback when writing or help with spotting errors when proof-reading, those who suffer visual stress when reading text on paper or on a screen or want to simultaneously see and hear. Immediate audio feedback improves word recognition, increases the ability to pay attention and remember information and helps students to recognize and fix errors in their own writing. The wide range of languages covered opens up language learning opportunities.

List of available languages: Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch(Belgium), Dutch(NL), English(Australia), English(India), English(Scotland), English(UK), English(US), Faroese, Finnish, French, French(Canada), German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Spanish (North America), Swedish, Swedish(Gothenburg), Swedish(Scania), Swedish (Finland), Turkish.

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User reviews

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Pros

Cons

The extension is misleadingly marketed as free, but voices must be purchased.
The interface is only compatible with Chromebooks.
Users cannot purchase voices through the extension.
The extension fails to function properly, giving errors when accessing voice lists.
Many users report that the extension simply does not work.

Most mentioned

The extension does not function as advertised.
It is not compatible with non-Chromebook devices.
Users are frustrated with the inability to purchase necessary voices.
There are frequent errors when attempting to use the extension.

User reviews

Please update the extension ASAP to support Google's new system. CHrome 130 and later disable it, and I don't want to lose this. I paid for a voice that I rely on every day when I use the ChromeVox screen reader.

Chris Wright, 2024-10-30

Bernardo Belmonte, 2023-11-28

I’m disabled, and need help to read. I'll just cut to the chase, I'll be reviewing facts not opinions. FYI, I can only understand English. Is it actually free: No, and neither are the voices. Does it work?: The interface is only compatible with ONLY Chromebooks, Even when it marketed itself as being able to work on my computer. Is it as Advertised: Not in the slightest. Voices are to be paid for, and will not be provided. Why the stars? Even if I didn't have a Chromebook, the information provided is misleading. Having the extension be “free” in the voices be paid for is a scam. So advertising Functions that are not available In the product for download is misleading. (How to fix) My recommendation: Starting with the obvious, clearly labeled application as only designed for Chromebooks, then clearly states that the consumer needs to purchase voices.