The Kotonohas are getting English talk voices!
エーアイ、個人向け英語音声読み上げソフトを12/10発売開始「A.I.VOICE Kotonoha Akane ＆ Aoi English」
エーアイ、個人向け英語音声読み上げソフトを12/10発売開始「A.I.VOICE Kotonoha Akane ＆ Aoi English」
A.I.VOICE (AITalk5) General News
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Akari will be getting another library! The name is "Tsubomi," or "bud" (蕾). It's the same name as the Kotonohas' extra banks also called tsubomi/bud.
Like Yukari Shizuku, Akari Tsubomi is a younger version of Akari, specifically one five years younger - meaning this Akari is 10 years old. This bank is newly recorded.
Press Release
Silhouette teased:
The full design will be revealed in the next A.I.VOICE livestream, which will be on the 12th (next Friday). Akane and Aoi's English designs will also be revealed!
Like Yukari Shizuku, Akari Tsubomi is a younger version of Akari, specifically one five years younger - meaning this Akari is 10 years old. This bank is newly recorded.
Press Release
Silhouette teased:
The full design will be revealed in the next A.I.VOICE livestream, which will be on the 12th (next Friday). Akane and Aoi's English designs will also be revealed!
I think it's really weird that both the Kotonohas and Akari have a "bud" voice. Yukari's bonus voice was referencing a drop of liquid and she was younger, but I guess not young enough to be called a bud?
There's actually an official explanation for this! Basically you're spot on though - the Kotonohas' and Akari's Tsubomi voices are children while Yukari Shizuku is a young teenager. Shizuku was coined by Chihiro Ishiguro (Yukari's VP) herself and is referencing a drop of liquid on flowers that are in the process of blooming, while Tsubomi is meant to invoke the image of a childlike character - the bud itself is an early stage of the blooming process.
Akari Tsubomi's design!
She also now has her own page on A.I.VOICE's site.
Release date: December 24
Price: 12,210 yen (limited edition box with acrylic stand of her two designs), 16,280 yen (normal box), 13,024 yen (download)
The preorder period for the limited edition box will run from November 27 to December 12.
Preorder for the normal box starts December 10.
She also now has her own page on A.I.VOICE's site.
Release date: December 24
Price: 12,210 yen (limited edition box with acrylic stand of her two designs), 16,280 yen (normal box), 13,024 yen (download)
The preorder period for the limited edition box will run from November 27 to December 12.
Preorder for the normal box starts December 10.
Reminder that Kotonoha English stream will be on the 27th, but a new Unoka bank will be announced there as well!
Unoka Shizuku was revealed during today's stream! Like the previous Shizuku/Tsubomi banks, this is a younger version of Unoka with a more childlike voice.
Can't give an exact timestamp since the stream is still live at the time of this post, but it's about an hour and 15 minutes in. They play a few clips from normal Unoka and Shizuku.
edit: A new A.I.VOICE Junior proposal was announced: this time for a Vtuber named Yuzuha! She also already exists as an UTAU named Likea (pronounced "lai-ka"). Her crowdfund campaign will begin in December.
Can't give an exact timestamp since the stream is still live at the time of this post, but it's about an hour and 15 minutes in. They play a few clips from normal Unoka and Shizuku.
edit: A new A.I.VOICE Junior proposal was announced: this time for a Vtuber named Yuzuha! She also already exists as an UTAU named Likea (pronounced "lai-ka"). Her crowdfund campaign will begin in December.
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Next A.I.VOICE stream will be on Christmas Day!
Topics:
- Huge announcement related to the Kotonohas (considering the treble clef and music note we can see in the silhouette, it may be related to A.I.VOICE's singing feature?)
- Likea A.I.VOICE Junior Challenge (most likely the crowdfunding beginning) featuring Likea's VP (Yuzuha) and Fubuki Enishi, a representative from SPROCAT (Likea's management circle)
- Unoka sales information
Topics:
- Huge announcement related to the Kotonohas (considering the treble clef and music note we can see in the silhouette, it may be related to A.I.VOICE's singing feature?)
- Likea A.I.VOICE Junior Challenge (most likely the crowdfunding beginning) featuring Likea's VP (Yuzuha) and Fubuki Enishi, a representative from SPROCAT (Likea's management circle)
- Unoka sales information
This girl also got announced, and I don't think she has a name yet
Oh my God, this is the ugliest vocalsynth design I’ve ever seen. I love her.
wait....is she wearing sandals with socks?...
Kinda reminds me a bit of Una, in a way
I hope she sounds as good as her
ONE OF US
Its unlikely, but I hope someone covers this with her