![]() There are now two front-line AAC apps for iOS that support ModelTalker voices! We are delighted to announce that you can now use your ModelTalker voice on the free Tobii-Dynavox TD Talk app for iPads. 12/7/22 - New iOS option for ModelTalker Voices For more information, please visit the study page or contact us at with questions. Any native English-speaking adult can participate, but we are particularly interested in those who are familiar with dysarthric speech. ![]() The study may help us understand ways to compensate for dysarthria in our synthetic voices. We are conducting an IRB-approved study to help us understand the nature of the dysarthria associated with ALS/MND using recordings from the many voice bankers who have allowed us to use some of their recordings for improving personalized text-to-speech synthesis. Check back frequently for news about new features such has shorter and more dynamic inventories, enhanced voice expressiveness, voice repair for dysarthric speakers, and more! 7/21/23 - New Research Study We have an exciting development roadmap planned for our Gen3 technology. Coming soon, we will be generating these voices for all voice bankers to audition and installers for personal voices will be downloadable within a few weeks. ![]() Live demos of our new voices are now available on a special demonstration page. We are thrilled to announce the initial release of our new third-generation (“Gen3”) ModelTalker TTS voices. 10/1/23 - New 3rd Generation ModelTalker voices! We should soon be able to provide Gen3 installers for some SGD platforms, with more coming soon thereafter. As always, first and second generation voices are available for installation on most popular SGDs. Auditions will now typically include examples of all three generations of our voice technology for clients to compare. We have modified our voice construction and audition processes to include the creation of our new AI-based Gen3 voices for inclusion in auditions. 10/19/23 - Auditions now including Gen3 voices! We anticipate that both apps will be compatible with our Gen3 voices via forthcoming updates. For iOS (Predictable and TD Talk/TD Pilot) users, our Gen3 software updates have been provided to the developers at Therapy Box and Tobii-Dynavox. We are now able to provide downloadable SAPI 5 ModelTalker Gen3 voices for Windows PCs and Windows-based Speech Generating Devices. 11/11/23 - Gen3 Installers for PCs and Windows-based SGDs now available! Our voices should be compatible with Android 6 and above versions. We are excited to announce that our Gen3 voices can now be installed as system voices on Android devices including phones, tablets and Android-based SGDs. ![]() To learn more, explore the information in our new Help Center under the Help menu, listen to our Demo voices under the Voices menu, or Register to get started right away! News 12/4/23 - Gen3 voices for Android-based SGDs, tablets, and phones now available! It allows people who use a Speech Generating Device (SGD) to communicate with a unique personal synthetic voice that is representative of their own voice. The ModelTalker System is a revolutionary speech synthesis software package developed by the Nemours Speech Research Laboratory and designed to benefit people who are losing or who have already lost their ability to speak.
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