Acapela Group
Acapela Group creates synthetic voices that convert written content into speech for services, applications, and devices.
What Acapela Group is
Acapela Group creates synthetic voices that convert written content into speech for services, applications, and devices. Its portfolio contains more than 250 voices in over 30 languages, with voice cloning, API access, and commercial use supported. Customer-interaction products can be deployed through cloud, sovereign cloud, on-premises, or embedded arrangements. Acapela Cloud provides a web interface for generating and editing AI voice prompts and organizing files by project. The Windows Server toolkit supports proprietary APIs, SAPI5, .NET, C/C++, Java, MRCP v2, and W3C SSML. Rule-based pronunciation and lexicon tools help tune specific terms. The company identifies voice agents and interactive voice response systems as use cases. TTS Voices for NVDA adds voices to the screen reader used by blind and vision-impaired users. Platforms include Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, web, API, and Windows. A yearly subscription is €99 a year, excluding VAT, with a three-month voice evaluation.
Good
- Over 250 voices in 30-plus languages
- Voice cloning and commercial use
- Cloud, on-premises, and embedded deployment
- Broad developer API support
- NVDA accessibility voices
Watch out
- No free plan
- Prices are billed excluding VAT
- Infovox iVox is discontinued
- Some offerings have separate licensing
Who it suits
Acapela suits organizations building voice agents, IVR systems, accessibility tools, or applications needing speech across many platforms. It also fits developers requiring APIs and pronunciation controls.
Verdict
Acapela Group provides a broad synthetic-voice portfolio with developer interfaces, deployment choices, and accessibility support. Its multiple licenses and paid model require matching a package to the intended platform and use.
Plans and prices
From Acapela Group's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Yearly subscription | €99 a year | Account creation free of charge · Three-month free voice evaluation · Windows SAPI, Android TTS extended API, or iOS package · Basic support included · Excl. VAT; page also states USD pricing is available |
| One-time license | €999 a month | Account creation free of charge · Three-month free voice evaluation · Windows SAPI, Android TTS extended API, and iOS package · Basic support included · Excl. VAT; page also states USD pricing is available |
| Acapela Android voice | €3.99, paid once | 50 voices · 26 languages · in-app purchase · 3.99 euros per voice in Google Play |
| Acapela TTS voices for Google Play | €3.99, paid once | 50 voices · 26 languages · Android / Google Play · Per voice, as an in-app purchase. |
| My-Own-Voice yearly subscription | €99 a year | Free account · 3-month voice evaluation · Windows SAPI or Android TTS extended API or iOS package · Basic support · 99 EUR or USD excluding VAT per year |
| My-Own-Voice one-time licence | €999, paid once | Free account · 3-month voice evaluation · Windows SAPI, Android TTS extended API and iOS package · Basic support · 999 EUR or USD excluding VAT one time |
| Virtual Speaker | €1,500, paid once | 5 hours of generated audio · further prepaid packages available · Windows 7, 8, or 10 · First prepaid package: 5 hours of speech time; the application is free. |
| Virtual Speaker first prepaid package | €1,500, paid once | Application is free · prepaid speech-time credit · any language and voice · 1500 euros for 5 hours of speech |
| Acapela TTS voices for NVDA | €5,999, paid once | Over 130 voices · over 32 languages · NVDA screen reader for Windows · Prices range from 59 to 99 euros. |
The facts
Each one read from Acapela Group's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accessibility
- Acapela TTS Voices for NVDA adds its voices to the NVDA screen reader used by blind and vision-impaired computer users.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Accessibility use
- Acapela lists screen readers, AAC communicators, reading assistants and support for visual, speech and reading impairments as use cases.checked 21 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Cloud API
- Acapela Cloud exposes an API that converts submitted text into speech for applications and devices, with integration described as requiring only a few lines of code.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Cloud audio production
- Acapela Cloud provides a web interface for generating and editing AI voice prompts and organizing files by project.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Cloud security
- Acapela Cloud says its service complies with the latest W3C standards for enhanced security.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Commercial use
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Data retention
- The privacy policy says recordings, datasets and related documentation may be retained as long as reasonably necessary for business, contractual, improvement, legal and compliance purposes.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Customer interaction products are available through cloud, sovereign cloud, on-premises, and embedded deployments.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment choices
- Acapela advertises on-device, on-premise, sovereign-cloud and standard cloud deployment models.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Developer integration
- The Windows Server toolkit supports proprietary APIs, SAPI5, .NET, C/C++, Java, and MRCP v2, as well as W3C SSML.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- Capterra lists email/help-desk, FAQs, knowledge base, phone, chat, documentation, videos, webinars and live training as support or training options.checked 21 Oct 2026
- GDPR and EU AI Act
- Acapela states that its privacy framework addresses GDPR and, where applicable, the EU AI Act, with contractual and consent controls for voice data.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The company says its voices cover over 30 languages.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Languages and voices
- The company says its Android product offers 50 voices in 26 languages, while its broader portfolio includes multilingual voices and child voices.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Licence model
- An independent review describes Acapela Group as proprietary rather than open source.checked 21 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Android requirements
- AppBrain lists Android 8.0 or later as the requirement for Acapela TTS Voices.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: Android bugs and privacy concerns
- Chrome-Stats summarizes reports of silent previews, instability, delayed or robotic speech, failed purchases and concern about contacts permission.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: Android purchase failures
- Google Play and independent app tracking show complaints about purchases not registering, voices failing to download and refunds being needed.checked 21 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founding
- Acapela Group was created in 2003 by merging Babel Technologies, Elan speech and Infovox.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Acapela Group as a privately held software-development company headquartered in Mons with 51–200 employees.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Mons, Belgiumchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Legal entity and headquarters
- The legal information page identifies Acapela Group Babel Technologies SA as the Belgian parent and gives the registered office as 33 boulevard Dolez, Mons, Belgium.checked 21 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
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