Question 1

What is Altered Real-Time Pro?

Accepted Answer

Altered Real-Time Pro is a desktop Virtual Microphone for real-time voice and video communication. It lets you route AI-processed speech into apps such as Zoom, Google Meet, Discord, Skype, games, and call-centre software. Its main feature families are Isolate for Voice and Speaker Isolation, Voice Skins for real-time vocal identities, Accent Translation for professional accent conversion, and Euphonia for Voice Restoration.

Question 2

What makes Altered Real-Time Pro stand out?

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Altered Real-Time Pro is built around professional real-time voice augmentation rather than simple pitch effects. It combines voice transformation, accent conversion, Voice Restoration, and premium Voice and Speaker Isolation in one application. The product is designed to run locally on modern CPUs where possible, with privacy-focused subscriptions and optional cloud compute for teams that need it.

Question 3

What are the four main Real-Time Pro features?

Accepted Answer

Altered Real-Time Pro includes four main feature areas: Isolate, which suppresses noise and competing speakers; Voice Skins, which changes vocal identity and can include accent and timbre transformation; Accent Translation, which changes accent while preserving the user's voice; and Euphonia, which restores clarity and intelligibility for people with dysphonia and voice disfluencies.

Question 4

Can I use Altered Real-Time Pro in live calls?

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Yes. Altered Real-Time Pro is designed for live communication. It appears as a virtual microphone, so the processed audio can be selected as the input device inside voice and video apps, games, streaming tools, and call-centre platforms.

Question 5

On which apps can Altered Real-Time Pro be used?

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Altered Real-Time Pro can be used with apps that let you choose a microphone or audio input device. That includes tools such as Discord, Skype, Google Meet, Zoom, WhatsApp, World of Warcraft, Minecraft, League of Legends, and telecommunication software used in call centres.

Question 6

What is the latency of Altered Real-Time Pro?

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Latency depends on the selected model, your CPU, audio settings, and the number of cores allocated to processing. For effects that change accent, Altered Real-Time Pro is designed around an algorithmic latency of 135ms, among the lowest in the market for that class of real-time accent-changing effect.

Question 7

What does Isolate do?

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Isolate is the Voice and Speaker Isolation feature in Altered Real-Time Pro. It is designed to keep the target voice clear in noisy live communication by suppressing ambient noise, background chatter, room echo, and competing speakers. Its key differentiator is that it aims to deliver the best Voice and Speaker Isolation your CPU can offer.

Question 8

What are the Isolate models?

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Isolate has three models: Standard, Advanced, and Biometric. Standard is the virtual soundproof booth for everyday noise and background chatter. Advanced is the studio-grade model that more aggressively blocks background noises and speakers. Biometric uses a Voiceprint to focus on your voice and reject sounds that are not your voice, even when other speakers are louder.

Question 9

What are Voice Skins?

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Voice Skins are real-time vocal identities for calls, games, and streams. They can transform vocal character, timbre, and accent so users can sound closer to a character, role, or professional voice while speaking live.

Question 10

How many Voice Skins are available?

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Altered Real-Time Pro includes 20 different Voice Skins. The free plan includes 4 Voice Skins every day, while the Voice Skins plan gives access to all Voice Skins.

Question 11

What is Accent Translation?

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Accent Translation changes your accent while preserving your voice. It is aimed at professional voice and video calls where the speaker wants clearer or more locally familiar English pronunciation without losing vocal individuality.

Question 12

Which accents does Accent Translation support?

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Accent Translation supports professional English Accent Translation, including common use cases such as Indian-English, Filipino-English, Latin-American Spanish influenced English, Slavic-English, and African-English.

Question 13

What is Euphonia?

Accepted Answer

Euphonia is the Voice Restoration feature inside Altered Real-Time Pro. It is designed for people with dysphonia, stuttering, whispered speech, and other voice disfluencies who want clearer and less effortful voice and video calls. It focuses on restoring intelligibility rather than creating an entertainment voice effect.

Question 14

Is the voice processing immediate?

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Yes. Altered Real-Time Pro is built for real-time use. The processing is designed to happen fast enough for live calls, meetings, gaming, streaming, and telecommunication workflows, although the exact perceived delay depends on the selected feature, CPU, audio hardware, and app settings.

Question 15

Can I customize the output?

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Yes. The available controls depend on the feature. Voice Skins let you choose different vocal identities, Accent Translation provides accent-conversion choices and strength-style controls, Isolate lets you choose between isolation models, and Euphonia provides intervention settings and variants intended for Voice Restoration workflows.

Question 16

What are the system requirements for Altered Real-Time Pro?

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Altered Real-Time Pro requires a modern Windows or macOS computer, a supported CPU, and enough memory for real-time AI processing. It supports Windows 10 build 1903 or later, Windows 11, macOS Big Sur 11.0 or later on Apple Silicon, at least 8 GB RAM, and a modern Intel/AMD x86 or Apple Silicon CPU. For best performance, see CPU specifications.

Question 17

Does Altered Real-Time Pro use my CPU?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Altered Real-Time Pro is designed to run real-time AI audio processing locally on modern CPUs where possible. More demanding models, especially aggressive Voice and Speaker Isolation or restoration models, can benefit from stronger CPUs and more available cores.

Question 18

Do I need special audio hardware?

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You do not need studio equipment, but a good headset with a mounted microphone is strongly recommended. A boom mic close to the mouth, closed-back headphones, and a wired or low-latency connection help improve quality and reduce audio feedback. See Audio equipment for examples.

Question 19

Is Altered Real-Time Pro a browser application?

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No. Altered Real-Time Pro is a desktop application for Windows and macOS. It works with browser-based meeting tools by presenting itself as a virtual microphone that the browser or meeting app can select.

Question 20

Does Altered Real-Time Pro work in multiple languages?

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We only support English currently.

Question 21

How do I set up Altered Real-Time Pro?

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Install Altered Real-Time Pro, open the application, choose the Real-Time Pro feature you want to use, and select the Altered virtual microphone inside your meeting, game, streaming, or telecommunication app. For demanding features, the app may benchmark or check your CPU so it can choose models your computer can run comfortably.

Question 22

How do I use Altered Real-Time Pro for the first time?

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A good first setup is: connect a headset with a boom microphone, launch Altered Real-Time Pro, choose a feature such as Voice Skins, Accent Translation, Isolate, or Euphonia, then select the Altered virtual microphone in your target app. For Euphonia, check Voice conditions first to see whether your voice condition is likely to benefit.

Question 23

How do I troubleshoot installation issues?

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Common installation issues include insufficient permissions, outdated audio drivers, security software blocking the installer, or another app holding the audio device. Try running the installer with the required permissions, updating audio drivers, closing other audio apps, and restarting the target meeting or game app after installation.

Question 24

What should I do if another app does not hear the processed voice?

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Check that the target app is using the Altered virtual microphone as its input device, not the physical microphone. Also verify that Altered Real-Time Pro is receiving audio from your physical microphone and that your operating system has granted microphone permissions to both Real-Time Pro and the target app.

Question 25

Is my voice data private?

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Standard subscriptions are described as privacy-focused: your voice data is processed on your device and is not stored, analyzed, or accessed by Altered. Discounted subscriptions may involve anonymized voice data being used to improve AI models, with consent through the AI Improvement Program.

Question 26

How is my voice data processed and used?

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For privacy-focused local processing, audio is processed on your computer for real-time output. If you choose a discounted subscription or participate in the AI Improvement Program, anonymized voice data may be used to help improve models. Cloud compute is also available as an optional paid processing mode for users or teams whose local CPUs are not sufficient.

Question 27

What is Biometric Speaker Isolation?

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Biometric Speaker Isolation is part of Isolate. It uses your unique Voiceprint to identify your voice and reject sounds that are not your voice, including other speakers. This is intended for speaker isolation in noisy communication environments.

Question 28

Is Altered Real-Time Pro compliant with HIPAA, GDPR, or other regulations?

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Altered Real-Time Pro is compliant with GDPR and the EU AI Act. It also includes privacy-focused local processing options and enterprise deployment options for organizations with stricter data-handling requirements.

Question 29

Why does the voice quality vary?

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Voice quality depends on the selected feature, your CPU, microphone placement, room acoustics, audio drivers, and the target app's own noise suppression or echo cancellation. For best results, use a headset-mounted microphone close to the mouth and avoid running multiple audio effects in different apps at the same time.

Question 30

Why do I hear lag or delay?

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Delay can come from CPU load, selected model complexity, audio buffer settings, wireless audio devices, or the target app. Try closing unnecessary applications, using a wired or low-latency headset, selecting a lighter model, and checking that your CPU meets CPU specifications.

Question 31

Why does Isolate not remove every sound?

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Isolation quality depends on the model, your CPU, microphone quality, room acoustics, and how similar competing sounds are to your own voice. For stronger suppression, try Advanced or Biometric mode if your system supports it, and use a close-positioned microphone.

Question 32

What if Euphonia does not work for my specific voice condition?

Accepted Answer

Euphonia works best when the original speech still contains enough intelligibility for the model to enhance. It may not help every condition or every severity level. The best way to know whether it works for your case is to try it and evaluate it in your own communication setup.

Question 33

How much does Altered Real-Time Pro cost?

Accepted Answer

Altered Real-Time Pro has multiple plans for different use cases, including Free, Voice Skins, Call Center, Euphonia, privacy-focused variants, and Enterprise options. See Altered Real-Time Pro pricing for plan details and regional pricing.

Question 34

Is there a free plan?

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Yes. The Free plan includes 20 minutes of Morphing per day and 4 Voice Skins every day. Paid plans unlock broader or unlimited usage depending on the feature family.

Question 35

What is the difference between standard and discounted subscriptions?

Accepted Answer

Standard subscriptions focus on local privacy: your voice data never leaves your device unless you choose optional cloud processing. Discounted subscriptions provide lower prices in exchange for consent to use anonymized voice data to improve AI models, handled through the AI Improvement Program.

Question 36

How do I change or cancel my subscription?

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You can manage, upgrade, downgrade, switch, or cancel your subscription from inside the application through the Subscription area. Cancelling should move you out of the paid plan without deleting your account.

Question 37

Can multiple people use one license?

Accepted Answer

Each seat is assigned to a user, but multi-seat account management is available for all users from inside the Real-Time Pro app. You can add extra seats and administer them directly in the application.

Question 38

What customer support do you provide?

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Support options depend on the plan. Paid plans include account management, and Enterprise plans include priority support for organizations that need a higher-touch service level.

Question 39

Where can I learn more about setup and compatibility?

Accepted Answer

Start with How it works, then review System requirements, CPU specifications, and Audio equipment. For Euphonia-specific use cases, see Voice conditions.

Question 40

Is there a mobile version?

Accepted Answer

Altered Real-Time Pro is a desktop application for Windows and macOS.

Question 41

What is an Accessibility Voice Changer?

Accepted Answer

An Accessibility Voice Changer is assistive voice technology designed to make communication easier for people with speech disorders, voice impairments, or voice disfluencies. In Altered Real-Time Pro, this role is handled by Euphonia, which focuses on intelligibility and voice restoration rather than entertainment voice effects.

Question 42

Who can benefit from Euphonia?

Accepted Answer

Euphonia may benefit people with dysphonia, whispered speech, stuttering-related strategies, and other voice disfluencies where the original speech remains partly intelligible. It can also help professionals who need clearer voice and video calls despite voice conditions. Learn more in Voice conditions.

Question 43

What voice conditions can Euphonia help with?

Accepted Answer

Euphonia may help with categories such as organic voice conditions, neurological voice conditions, functional voice conditions, and some fluency disorders. It is intended to boost intelligibility that already exists in the spoken speech and cannot help when the spoken speech is non-intelligible. See Voice conditions for the condition matrix.

Question 44

Can you list examples of conditions that may benefit from Euphonia?

Accepted Answer

Examples listed in the Real-Time Pro voice-conditions page include Vocal Fold Nodules, Vocal Fold Polyps, Vocal Fold Cysts, Contact Granulomas, Papillomatosis, Post-Laryngectomy Voice, Presbyphonia, Vocal Fold Paralysis, Spasmodic Dysphonia, Essential Vocal Tremor, Muscle Tension Dysphonia, Psychogenic Aphonia/Dysphonia, Puberphonia, Ventricular Phonation, Whispered Speech, and Developmental Stuttering. Not every case will benefit.

Question 45

What is the best way to use Euphonia for Spasmodic Dysphonia?

Accepted Answer

Some people with Spasmodic Dysphonia slow down to compensate for reduced intelligibility. If Euphonia improves intelligibility for your voice, you may be able to speak closer to a normal conversational rate during calls. This is a usage suggestion, not a medical requirement, and individual results vary.

Question 46

Does Euphonia replace speech therapy?

Accepted Answer

No. Euphonia is an assistive communication tool for voice and video calls. It is designed to complement, not replace, professional diagnosis, treatment, or speech therapy. Always consult qualified healthcare professionals for medical advice about voice conditions.

Question 47

Are there clinical trials or medical research backing Euphonia?

Accepted Answer

Euphonia is an assistive communication tool rather than a medical treatment. It is designed to make voice and video calls easier, not to diagnose, treat, or replace clinical care.

Question 48

Can children use Euphonia?

Accepted Answer

Euphonia is intended primarily for adults and adolescents. It may not work as well for preadolescents because younger voices can behave differently, so the best way to evaluate it is to try it in the intended communication setup.

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