Mytheaterapps.com has released a new app for the iPhone called Scene Partner. The app is designed to let actors rehearse on their own, with nothing but their phone. Scene Partner uses advanced speech synthesis by Acapela to become an outstanding talker to partner with. Acapela text to speech translates text into natural sounding speech in real time- taking into consideration the richness of a language, taking breaths, pauses and punctuation that make the program sound like a real person. This allows users to memorize lines anytime, anywhere, whether they are home alone or on a long journey with nobody else to rehearse with. All users have to do is download the app, create an account, load up the phone with scripts (the phone even supports custom scripts), and start rehearsing. Costing $4.99 on the iTunes App Store, it comes with 2 English Acapela voices to begin with. Who’s in need of a drama partner? Scene Partner might just be the app for you.
