Unlike robotic voices from the 90s, Loquendo used advanced concatenative synthesis. Their most famous voices—often referred to by fans simply as "Loquendo voice"—were (Spanish), Vittorio (Italian), and Paul (English).
For casual users, the website offered a . You could type a sentence, hit "Speak," and download the result. This demo became the engine for millions of YouTube videos, prank calls, and viral internet memes across Latin America, Europe, and the US. The Shift: Acquisition by Nuance (2011) The biggest change to the Loquendo website occurred in 2011. Nuance Communications (the creators of Dragon NaturallySpeaking and the voice behind Apple’s Siri) announced its intention to acquire Loquendo. loquendo website
The original Loquendo website is dead, but the voice lives on inside Microsoft’s servers. Disclaimer: This article reflects the current state of the loquendo.com domain as of the latest available data. Domain ownership and redirects are subject to change by the parent companies (Microsoft/Nuance). Unlike robotic voices from the 90s, Loquendo used
Here is the story of the Loquendo website and where the technology went. Originally, the Loquendo website served as the corporate face of Loquendo S.p.A. , a spin-off from the Telecom Italia (CSI) research group. Founded in 2001, the website marketed their Text-to-Speech (TTS) and speech recognition engines to businesses. You could type a sentence, hit "Speak," and
The sale continues! Orders must be placed no later than Dec 10th to have a reasonable chance of arriving before Christmas! I'll make sure to forward the orders to fulfilment on a daily basis, but there are two steps in the process chain, which I'm not in control over (so I can't leave guarantees).
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