RHVoice

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6.5

The facts below are what the maker publishes about RHVoice, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From RHVoice's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
RHVoice	Free	Free and open-source speech synthesizer; some voice licenses restrict commercial use

Each one read from RHVoice's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Android integrations: The RHVoice Android app provides downloadable voices and can be used with TalkBack and other text-to-speech apps.checked 12 Oct 2026
Linux installation: Linux installation options include a Snap package, distribution-specific packages, and compiling from source.checked 12 Oct 2026
Linux integration: On Linux, RHVoice connects to Speech Dispatcher, which Orca uses to work with text-to-speech engines.checked 12 Oct 2026
Linux limitation: The Snap installs the engine and Speech Dispatcher module, while voices must be installed separately using the command-line voice manager.checked 12 Oct 2026
Linux setup note: The page says Orca users may need to connect RHVoice to Speech Dispatcher manually because automatic registration is not known to be available.checked 12 Oct 2026
Platforms: windows,linux,androidchecked 20 Sep 2026
Windows integrations: RHVoice works with NVDA and with Windows applications compatible with Microsoft Speech API Version 5, including JAWS.checked 12 Oct 2026

Export formats: WAVchecked 20 Sep 2026
Intended users: The project aims to help visually impaired people use screen readers with free voices in their native languages.checked 12 Oct 2026
Languages: The language page lists Albanian, Croatian, Czech, English, Esperanto, Georgian, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Nepali, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Setswana, Slovak, Spanish, Tatar, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek, and Southern Vietnamese.checked 12 Oct 2026
License: The main library is LGPL v2.1 or later, while the combination with MAGE is GPL v3 or later; some individual voices have separate restrictions.checked 12 Oct 2026
Support: The project lists GitHub Discussions and a Russian-language mailing list as official community channels.checked 12 Oct 2026
Synthesis method: RHVoice uses statistical parametric synthesis based on open-source speech technologies, mainly HTS.checked 12 Oct 2026
Voice licensing limit: The license page says RHVoice Lab voices are CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, and requests for integration into products require approval from the speaker and team.checked 12 Oct 2026
Voices: Its voices are built from natural speech recordings and store statistical models on users’ computers.checked 12 Oct 2026
What it does: RHVoice is a free, open-source multilingual speech synthesizer.checked 12 Oct 2026