Balabolka
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Balabolka, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Balabolka's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Freeware | — | Non-commercial use |
| Commercial license | €80 a month | Commercial use of the software |
| Balabolka (non-commercial use) | Free | Free for non-commercial use · commercial use requires a license |
| Balabolka commercial license | €80, paid once | Required for commercial organization use or creating and distributing audio on paid platforms · does not include voices · does not permit incorporating Balabolka or its utilities into other products · Balabolka license is €80 |
The facts
Each one read from Balabolka's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Audio text sync
- Balabolka can save synchronized text in external LRC files or in MP3 tags, allowing text to display in sync during playback in compatible players.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Automation
- The separate command-line utility can read text aloud or save it as an audio file and supports SAPI 4, SAPI 5, and Microsoft Speech Platform.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Commercial licensing
- The maker says its commercial license does not include speech engines, so users must resolve voice licensing for commercial use separately.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Commercial use
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Export formats
- WAV,MP3,MP4,OGG,OPUS,WMAchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Online TTS services
- The separate command-line Online TTS Utility lists Google Cloud TTS, Amazon Polly, Baidu TTS, CereVoice Cloud, IBM Watson TTS, Iciba TTS, iTranslate TTS, Microsoft Azure, Naver TTS, OpenAI TTS, Youdao TTS, and Yandex SpeechKit.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Output limit
- The FAQ says text conversion is limited by the WAV format’s size limit of just under 4 GB and recommends splitting large documents.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Portable use
- The portable version does not require installation and can run from a USB drive.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Pronunciation
- Users can apply pronunciation correction rules based on regular expressions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Balabolka is a text-to-speech program that can read text aloud and save on-screen text as an audio file.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Speech controls
- It uses Microsoft Speech API versions and allows users to adjust voice parameters such as rate and pitch.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker invites comments and suggestions by email at [email protected].checked 12 Oct 2026
- Text inputs
- It can read clipboard content and supports numerous document formats, including DOCX, EPUB, HTML, PDF, RTF, and XLSX.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Voice integrations
- The voices page lists Microsoft Speech API 4.x/5.x and Microsoft Speech Platform engines as supported options.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Voice requirement
- Balabolka itself contains no speech voices, and a computer must have at least one voice installed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Yandex status
- The maker states that access to Yandex SpeechKit stopped working in the Balabolka application on October 11, 2026.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- Windowschecked 20 Sep 2026
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