VOCAB-80

Talking-word synthesizer

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Tap a pad and it talks. 380 words, whole phrases and a playable robot voice — in the app, or as an Audio Unit inside GarageBand, AUM and your other music apps. VOCAB-80 speaks. FREE TO PLAY Download it free and play the whole instrument: every pad, word, phrase, voice and effect. One payment of £1.99 unlocks recording and sharing, saving your own presets, and the Audio Unit plugin. No subscription, no ads. Tap a pad and it says a word in the voice of a vintage speech chip, a robot, a vocoder or something stranger. Tap near the top of a pad for a softer voice, near the bottom for a harder one. Play several pads at once and the words stack into chords of speech. THREE WAYS TO PLAY • Words — 12 pads, each saying a word. Hold any pad to choose from 380 words across categories. • Phrases — whole sentences on a single pad. • Synth — play the voice itself like an instrument, up and down the keyboard. SHAPE THE VOICE • 8 voice characters, from Vintage Digital and Robotic to Metallic, Alien and Vocoder • Pitch, formant, speed and filter controls • Four macros — Robot, Alien, Old School and Chaos — that move many settings at once • Delay, reverb, drive and bit-crush effects • Vocoder mode: sing or talk into the microphone and VOCAB-80 shapes your voice PRESETS 28 factory presets across Retro, Robot, Sci-Fi, Vocoder, Electronic, House, Techno, Lo-Fi, Experimental, FX, Bass and Leads — and save your own. RECORD AND SHARE Press REC to capture a take, then save it to Files, AirDrop it, or send it straight to another app. (Full version.) AUDIO UNIT PLUGIN VOCAB-80 is also an AUv3 instrument. Load it in GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis, Logic for iPad and other hosts, play it from a MIDI keyboard, and keep every setting saved inside your project. (Full version.) PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. VOCAB-80 works completely offline and collects nothing. The microphone is used only while Vocoder mode is on. Made by Play Northwest CIC, a community music organisation in the North West of England.

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    Information

    Seller
    Play North West CIC
    Size
    13.2 MB
    Category
    Music
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
    • iPod touch
      Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    © 2026 Play Northwest CIC
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