License: $39 (regular price $49) for one-time payment, includes one year of updates and works on 2 Macs. Forever plan: $99 for all future updates. Update renewal: $25 per year for existing license owners. Free trial: 3 days with all features, no card required.
Free: 3 hours of audio, 2 voices, MP3 files per chapter. Pro: $19 launch price (then $29), unlimited length, 13 voices, M4B audiobook with chapters and cover. Studio: $49 launch price (then $69), 5 languages, custom voice, multiple voices per character, 2 devices.
Key features
Automatic Sound Check with 30+ measurements of voice, mic and room
Nine profiles across three families: Narrator, Creator and Vocal
Background noise removal down to 11-18 dB on test recordings
Volume leveling within 1.4 to 1.8 dB instead of 5 to 7 dB
Room echo removal for natural sounding calls
Voice Training with 6 minutes of exercises for diction and intonation
Separate calibration and profiles for each microphone
Works with Zoom, Meet, Teams, Slack, Discord, OBS, FaceTime and Telegram
All processing on Mac; voice never uploaded to cloud
Supports EPUB, PDF, DOCX, TXT and Markdown files
No file uploads; processing happens in your browser
Resume from where you stopped
Multiple voice options
M4B audiobook format with chapters and cover
Custom pronunciation list for names
Download chapters as MP3 files
Different voice for each character in a book
What makes it different
One setting that works across every app instead of adjusting Zoom then Discord then Teams
Automatic tuning for users with no audio engineering knowledge
One-time purchase with optional updates instead of recurring subscription
Privacy-first: files never leave your computer
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