Review of ``VOICEPEAK Freemomen'' speech synthesis software that easily creates natural narration just by entering text
``VOICEPEAK Freemomen '', created based on the voice of voice actor Akira Koga, was released on January 13, 2023 using the speech synthesis software ``VOICEPEAK'' jointly developed by Dreamtronics and AHS Co., Ltd. It is said that you can easily create a natural male voice narration just by entering text, so I tried it out.
VOICEPEAK Furimomen｜Product Information｜AHS(AH-Software)
This time, I was issued a serial code for review, so I installed the downloaded version. Visit the installer download page and download the installer for each OS. This time, click 'Download' for the Windows version. The Windows version installer is in EXE format and has a capacity of 20.7MB.
Launch the downloaded installer. Click 'Next'.
Enter the serial code to activate and click 'Next'.
The setup wizard will start, so read the terms of use, select 'I agree' and click 'Next'.
Click 'Next'.
Click Next.
Click 'Install' to install the voice.
The terms of use will be displayed, select 'Agree'.
When the installation is complete, click 'Finish'.
When the installation is complete, click 'Launch'.
VOICEPEAK When Freemomen starts up, it looks like this.
To try it out, I entered the preface of an article
The following movie shows how it was actually read out. Loading and compositing takes almost no time, and the male voice reading is played back in a very natural atmosphere.
From the bottom right, you can adjust accent, intonation, and reading length.
For example, in the unadjusted reading, the English part of 'Cheese Frank With Bacon' turned out to be a list of alphabets, such as 'Cheese Frank With Bacon.' . You can correct the reading on the accent adjustment screen.
You can just rewrite the reading part directly on the accent adjustment screen. Changed the reading of Cheese to 'cheese'.
Then, it will be automatically corrected to the correct pronunciation, such as 'Chiizu'. At the same time, the reading of the 'With' part was also corrected.
The accent will also be adjusted to match the correct reading.
The fine pitch of the sound can be adjusted by intonation.
You can also adjust the length of each note, so you can say things like, ``I want the ending of this word to be a little longer,'' or ``I want to make this sentence break more quickly.''
Furthermore, if the word appears frequently, it can be registered in the dictionary along with its reading. Click the dictionary icon from the top menu.
Select the notation and pronunciation, accent, part of speech, and priority of the word to be registered, and click 'Save'.
You can adjust the speed, pitch, pause, and volume of the narration using the slide bars.
In addition, you can easily change the mood of the narration by adjusting the ``emotion'' of the narration using the four elements of happiness, anger, sadness, and moody using the slide bar. In addition, when you adjust the emotion, the expression of the illustration displayed on the right side changes, and in the case of Freemomen, when you set the moody person to high, it changes from a cool male image to a mysterious masked man.
In fact, in the movie below, you can watch the same sentence read out by emotionless, happy, angry, sad, and moody people after correcting the accent and intonation of the sentence. The pitch, speed, and intonation of the voice vary greatly depending on the emotion.
It is possible to input multiple sentences in one project. Text is divided into units called blocks.
Narration output can be done on a project-by-project basis, click the kebab icon on the top menu and select 'Output'.
Audio can be output in WAVE format and FLAC format. It is also possible to automatically assign sequential numbers to each block of audio and save them individually.
VOICEPEAK Furimomen is available on Amazon.co.jp, and the download version can be purchased for 6,800 yen including tax.
Amazon.co.jp: VOICEPEAK Furimomen | Download version: PC software
You can also get VOICEPEAK Freemomen from the gift article below.
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