Apps
Instruments and tools from Nada Kari for your phone and tablet.
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VOCAB-80
A talking-word synthesizer for iPhone and iPad
Tap a pad and it talks, in the voice of a vintage speech chip, a robot, a vocoder or something stranger. Play single words, whole phrases, or the voice itself like an instrument.
100% of the profit from the app goes towards helping people in the community.
Free to download, with an optional £1.99 one-off unlock. Published by Play North West CIC.



What’s inside
- 12 pads and 380 words to choose from
- Whole phrases on a single pad
- Synth mode: play the voice up and down the keyboard
- 8 voice characters, from Vintage Digital to Alien and Vocoder
- Pitch, formant, speed and filter, plus four macros
- Delay, reverb, drive and bit-crush effects
- 28 factory presets
Free to play
Download it free and play 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 for GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis and Logic for iPad.
No subscription, no ads, no account and no tracking. It works offline and collects nothing.