The Voicer WordPress Plugin converts text into human-like speech in more than 100 voices across 20+ languages and variants. It applies groundbreaking research in speech synthesis (WaveNet) and Google’s robust neural networks to deliver high-fidelity audio.
Note
This manual was created for plugins version 1.^.^ . Use the Voicer 2.0+ settings manual if you use plugins with version number starts from 2
To open the plugin settings in the WordPress Sidebar menu go to Settings -> Voicer
API Key File
When you first run the plugin, you need to connect the Key File. How to get the Key File you can learn from the article About Key File for the Voicer WordPress Plugin
Language
Using the filter, you can choose from the table the language you need. After selecting a language, you can filter the table by voice type and gender.
You can also listen to the Supported Google Voices and Languages in the Google Cloud Documentation. To select and activate a voice, click on the row in the table.
The selected voice will be highlighted in blue.
Speaking Rate/Speed
This setting changes the voice playback speed. The smaller the number, the slower the synthesized voice will speak, and the more the amount will be, the faster will be the speaker.
Audio Profile
You can optimize the synthetic speech produced by Cloud Text-to-Speech API for playback on different types of hardware. For example, if your app runs primarily on smaller, ‘wearable’ types of devices, you can create a synthetic speech from Cloud Text-to-Speech API that is optimized specifically for smaller speakers.
Background Color
With this setting you can select the background color of the tooltip.
Icon Color
This setting is used to select the color of the icon.
Note
Please choose contrasting background / icon color combinations.
Save changes
Do not forget to click Save Changes after changing plugin settings. After clicking this button, the settings will be saved and applied to all pages of the website.
Additional customization
Use CSS сclass mdp-voicer-selection to fine-tune the tooltip styling, resize the icon, add a frame, and more.
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