Flite
6.8#91 in text-to-speech softwareFree planFree planAndroidAPILinuxmacOS
VisitFlite vs iSpeech
What both publish
| Fact | Flite | iSpeech |
|---|---|---|
| API access | Yes | API access requires an API key, with mobile development, mobile production, and web/general production key types. |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes |
| Export formats | WAV | aiff,mp3,ogg,wma,flac,wav,alaw,ulaw,vox,mp4 |
| Languages | The project describes Indic language support and hundreds of languages through grapheme support. | The homepage says the Speech API supports text-to-speech and speech recognition in more than 30 languages. |
| Platforms | The project reports successful builds on Linux, Mac OS X, Android, FreeBSD, Solaris, Windows through Cygwin or Windows Subsystem for Linux, and experimental WASI. | web,ios,android,api |
Flite plans
- FliteFree
iSpeech plans
- Pay Per Use$50 a month
- Pay Per Install$0.25 a month
- HackerFree
- BasicFree
- Plus$2.95 a month
- Premium$3.95 a month
Pick Flite if…
Flite suits developers embedding speech synthesis in Android, Linux, macOS, Windows, self-hosted, or API-based projects. It is useful where low resource use, WAV output, or commercial source-code licensing matters.
Pick iSpeech if…
iSpeech may suit people who need text-to-speech or transcription, as well as developers seeking API or SDK access. Its described education uses include mobile learning apps, spoken course materials, and pronunciation practice.