History & BackRound
Ivona's TTS is know for a being pretty good sounding TTS Engine, here's a Sample of All the voices, Amazon bought IVONA Software. in 2013 & after 4 Years of Beta they announced "Amazon Polly will replace the IVONA Speech Cloud Beta service". IVONA Speech Cloud Beta service was deprecated on June 30th, 2017 and soon all IVONA Development stoped in favor of the paid Amazon Polly cloud service started in January 2017. IVONA is an old version of Polly.
The collection's
All are for android & work an Android 11, 12, See Here for 13
1. IVONA TTS HQ Beta (PlayStore)
Official Beta for all Android, once on the Google PlayStore, Voices from February 2013
2. IVONA Kindle TTS (Only English, see below for all languages)
Rips from Kindle Fire OS devices, latest voices are from November 2017
Historical & reference Links
See these if you have any questions or need help trouble shooting.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/dnspl3/tts_ivona_tts_engine_collection_all_voices/
^ IVONA TTS HQ old Thread, has some helpful comments ^
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/i3iaj6/ivona_tts_voices_for_android/
^ IVONA Kindle TTS ALL Languages, lots of good info! ^
https://mega.nz/folder/vB9XgSTY#928E67W6_O9ej61x9GVchA
^ IVONA Kindle TTS My WIP Archive of all Languages & Versions
Thanks for keeping these fresh!
Interesting, I don’t think I’ve seen that IVONA Kindle TTS 2017 version before; something to check later.
Some people have messaged me for help before since I commented on those historical links.
I’ll repost my comment (I’m using the older 2013 procedure?) just in case it helps.
Kendra (US)
https://apkfab.com/ivona-kendra-us-english-beta/com.ivona.tts.voicebeta.eng.usa.kendra/download
Amy (UK)
https://apkplz.net/download-app/com.ivona.tts.voicebeta.eng.gbr.amy
(And here’s a link with IVONA and the voices together) https://www.mediafire.com/file/t81kgrjyymmmryf/IVONA_2-20210318T191653Z-001.zip/file
INSTRUCTIONS:
Download and install the IVONA voices manager 'IVONA Text-to-Speech HQ' app.
Download the voice you want (APK + OBB).
Install apk, unzip the OBB file and move the appropiate package name (folder) to the following internal public directory: /sdcard/Android/obb/*.
You can now launch the app.
Should look something like this in your phone:
This PC\Pixel 2\Internal shared storage\Android\obb\com.ivona.tts.voicebeta.eng.gbr.amy
This PC\Pixel 2\Internal shared storage\Android\obb\com.ivona.tts.voicebeta.eng.usa.kendra
Additional tips:
Rename .xapk to .zip or use 7-Zip to extract
IVONA Nicole AU English beta_v1.6.23.422_apkpure.com.xapk
I changed it to:
IVONA Nicole AU English beta_v1.6.23.422_apkpure.com.zip
When you open the zip, inside is:
com.ivona.tts.voicebeta.eng.aus.nicole.apk
and the obb folder
com.ivona.tts.voicebeta.eng.aus.nicole
First upload the files to Google Drive.
Open the Google Drive app on your phone, and press the .apk file.
IVONA Text-to-Speech HQ 1.6.55.617.apk
It should say "Open with package installer"
From the download:
That obb Kendra folder (com.ivona.tts.voicebeta.eng.usa.kendra) has to go into the Android obb folder (Android > obb) in your phone first.
After moving, it will look like:
Android > obb > com.ivona.tts.voicebeta.eng.usa.kendra
Plug with a USB cable.
This should be a USB notification at the top when it plugs in, and you select file transfer.
Using the TreeSize program on the phone Drive might help with searching.
But on the phone, it shouldn't be deep to find, as it's just Android > obb
After that, then you install Kendra.apk (com.ivona.tts.voicebeta.eng.usa.kendra.apk).
Is there a Swedish somewhere?
Videos
Hi all,
This is not a project share post, but one that I will use to put at your disposal all the voices of the old IVONA synthesizer.
Many of you have always had trouble downloading the voices, since many of them had stopped appearing in the Google Play Store. And more today, they are no longer in development.
So, here we go... 😉
--> IVONA Amy UK English
--> IVONA Carmen Romanian
--> IVONA Céline French
--> IVONA Conchita Spanish
--> IVONA Dóra Icelandic
--> IVONA Giorgio Italian
--> IVONA Gwyneth Welsh
--> IVONA Gwyneth Welsh English
--> IVONA Kendra US English
--> IVONA Maja Polish
--> IVONA Marlene German
--> IVONA Nicole Australian English
--> IVONA Penélope Spanish US
--> IVONA Text-to-Speech HQ (TTS Manager)
I have re-uploaded of the all files, below:
https://mega.nz/folder/9Q1DCCIT#JkWxvWdkJTtHtm7vBtMS2A
More:· Official WebSite
INSTRUCTIONS:
Download and install the IVONA voices manager 'IVONA Text-to-Speech HQ' app.
Download the voice you want (APK + OBB).
Install apk, unzip the OBB file and move the appropiate package name (folder) to the following internal public directory: /sdcard/Android/obb/*.
You can now launch the app.
Done!
NOTE: IVONA TTS is not available to download anymore on Google Play. And it was replaced by the new Amazon Polly cloud service.
Hi Everyone,
For all you people who have been wanting to upgrade from the beta TTS voice you have been using:
https://harposoftware.com/en/2-main/s-1/brand-ivona
All the full IVONA TTS voices, still for sale online. No betas, just the genuine originals as sold by IVONA.
They also have other brands, but from my testing, the only ones worth your time are the IVONA voices;
and specifically these four are the most natural and realistic. Placed in order from Best to Least (among the best).
Amy (UK English)
Joey (US English)
Ruben (Dutch)
Emma (UK English)
Enjoy using them.
Cheers!