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Following the acquisition, IVONA's direct development as a standalone brand ceased, with Amazon funneling focus toward cloud-based solutions like Amazon Polly .
And no, I’m not talking about the generic Amazon Polly version. I’m talking about the original, pre-Amazon-acquisition, thick-as-molasses Ivona Eric. text to speech eric ivona
Eric sounds less AI-generated than modern neural voices. Ironically, his slight imperfections (tiny pitch wobbles, breath sounds) make him sound more human than newer, "perfect" voices. Following the acquisition, IVONA's direct development as a
In January 2013, Amazon acquired Ivona Software. The Ivona technology became the underlying engine for (Amazon's cloud TTS service) and the voice assistant Alexa . Consequently, the "Eric" voice is now part of Amazon's broader speech infrastructure, though it retains a legacy following among users of desktop TTS software. Eric sounds less AI-generated than modern neural voices
However, the original Ivona suite—including the voice —remains a cult classic.