Nuance absorbed the technology into its Dragon Professional voice recognition suite. The classic concatenative voices (Tom, Jorge, Chiara) are available in mainstream cloud TTS services today.
Loquendo’s DNA lives on in:
Have you managed to find a working Loquendo TTS demo recently? Which voice is your favorite: Jordi, Lola, or Heather? Share your nostalgia in the comments below. loquendo tts demo
Loquendo was a pioneering Italian speech technology company originally founded in 2001 (as a spinoff of Telecom Italia Lab). It quickly became known for developing high-quality text-to-speech, Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), and speaker verification software.
If you need professional voiceovers, use ElevenLabs. If you want to create a meme that feels like 2010, the Loquendo TTS demo is irreplaceable. Nuance absorbed the technology into its Dragon Professional
Several developers have created front-end applications that mimic the Loquendo API or use the last leaked versions of the TTS engine (SAPI 5 voices). Look for "Loquendo SAPI 5 voices" on abandonware forums.
By 2015, Adobe Flash began its decline, and the Loquendo demo website became a relic. Modern TTS (Azure, Play.ht) can simulate crying, whispering, and yelling. Yet, nostalgia for Loquendo persists. Subreddits like r/loquendo and Discord bots re-create its specific voice models. Why? Because perfection is sterile. Loquendo’s “roboticness” became a beloved aesthetic—the textual equivalent of a worn-out cassette tape. Which voice is your favorite: Jordi, Lola, or Heather
If you are looking to test these voices or compare them with modern AI solutions, let me know: What do you need?