Amazon has bought text-to-speech technology company, Ivona Software. Ivona’s software powers the ‘Text-to-speech’, ‘Voice Guide’ and ‘Explore by Touch’ features on Kindle Fire tablets. Additionally, Ivona delivers text-to-speech products and services for thousands of developers, businesses and customers around the world.
“Ivona’s exceptional text-to-speech technology leads the industry in natural voice quality, accuracy and ease of use,” said Dave Limp, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. “The IVONA team shares our passion for innovation and customer obsession, and we look forward to building great products to deliver world-class voice solutions to customers around the world.” 
Ivona offers voice and language portfolios with 44 voices in 17 languages, with more in development.
