About Infovox iVox

Infovox iVox provides Mac OS X users with the best voices ever on the Mac. You won't believe your ears hearing these naturally-sounding voices, available in many different languages. What is more, they can be used in any Mac OS X application that uses speech. Including applications such as TextEdit, Preview, Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Word (using its Speech toolbar), AppleScript, Proloquo, KeyStrokes, SwitchXS, VisioVoice and AppleWorks, as well as many educational titles such as ConvenienceWare GhostReader, TextHelp's Read and Write Gold for Mac (version 2.1.0 and higher) and Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh (Versions 3.0.4 and 4.0 and higher). Infovox iVox is also available in an attractively priced bundle with GhostReader to combine the benefits of system-wide voices, with the coolest speech application on the Mac.

You can also use Infovox iVox with Mac OS X built-in speech and accessibility features. Including the Mac OS X built-in VoiceOver screen reader. Non-English users now have the possibility to hear all the VoiceOver menus and messages in their own language by using the Infovox iVox voices for their own language.

Infovox iVox was developed by the Acapela Group, the European leader in speech technologies, and is distributed worldwide by AssistiveWare. Infovox iVox is a Universal Binary and can be used on PowerPC and Intel Macs.

Infovox iVox includes all voices available for a language of choice. The following languages are available on Mac OS X 10.4 and later: American English, British English, American Spanish, Canadian French, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and Swedish. The following languages require Mac OS X 10.5 and later: Arabic, Turkish, Czech, Greek, Russian and Polish. Due to the changes required for Snow Leopard, Icelandic is no longer supported. American English even includes two child voices. All non-American English languages include one American English female voice as a bonus. If you want to have multiple languages, you can buy Infovox iVox plus one or more language packs.

A fully functional 30 day demo for your language of choice is available for download. You can also watch the Infovox iVox introductory video tutorials.

We offer single user and household licenses as well as attractively priced multi-seat licenses and educational publishing, classroom and school licenses. See which license is right for you.

New with Infovox iVox 2.0:

• Snow Leopard compatibility
  
  
• Significantly improved performance and responsiveness
  
  
• Adds a number of new voices for the following languages: Arabic, French, German, Flemish, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Turkish.

A world of possibilities

• Listen to the text you are writing in your own language with, for example, TextEdit or Proloquo.
  
  
• Listen to PDF documents through the text-to-speech features in Acrobat Reader, Preview, GhostReader or VisioVoice with the best voices ever on the Mac.
  
  
• Convert text to audio files and even directly to iTunes with a wonderful clarity and intonation using GhostReader, Proloquo or VisioVoice. (Note that the license only permits distribution of audio files if the content is personal and the files are not broadcast or distributed for commercial purposes.)
  
  
• Use Infovox iVox clear and reliable voices with VoiceOver, the Mac OS X built-in screen reader. Non-English users now have the possibility to hear all the VoiceOver menus and messages in their own language by using Infovox iVox.
  
  
• Use the naturally-sounding voices with Mac OS X built-in speech features.
  
  
• Combine the best voices on the Mac with accessibility software, including AssistiveWare's Proloquo, KeyStrokes, SwitchXS.
  
  
• Let your children learn to read and write better in their own or foreign languages by using Infovox iVox with educational software such as ConvenienceWare GhostReader, TextHelp's Read and Write Gold for Mac (version 2.1.0 and higher) and Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh (Versions 3.0.4 and 4.0 and higher).
  
  
• Use with any Apple Speech Manager compliant Mac OS X software, including AppleScript.
  
  
• In other words, enjoy your Mac more than ever by listening to Acapela's golden tones in your own language!
  
  

Video tutorials

Watch the Infovox iVox introductory video tutorials.

Using Infovox iVox with the Spoken Menus feature of Apple's iPod nano 4G

If one of the Infovox iVox voices is set as the System Voice in the Speech panel of the System Preferences, iTunes 8 can use the voice to generate the audio files needed for the Spoken Menus feature of Apple's new iPod nano. The video below shows speech-feedback with British voices as the user navigates the iPod without having to look at the screen. The British Peter voice was set as the System Voice before synchronizing the iPod in iTunes (learn how to enable Spoken Menus). The iPod's language was set to English UK. This is a great way to navigate your iPod while keeping it safely in your pocket and also works great for vision impaired users.

Requirements for Infovox iVox

Infovox iVox 2.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later, but Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or later is recommended.

Infovox iVox 1.3 is still available for users of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and for users of Icelandic not using Snow Leopard.

Minimum recommended hardware: G3/G4/G5 900 Mhz with 512 MB or any Intel Mac.

Reviews of Infovox iVox

Bernard Le Du in the November 2006 issue (#20) of Vous et Votre Mac: "Excellent voice quality and timbre; excellent integration with Mac OS X; usable with many applications."

4.5/5

Jean-Michel Joffre in the April 2007 issue of SVM Mac (#193): "Infovox iVox provides voices with an excellent clarity and diction." (read the full article in French)