<s>
Alter/Ego	B-Application
( アルター・エゴ	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
real-time	O
vocal	O
synthesizer	O
software	O
which	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Plogue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alter/Ego	B-Application
is	O
a	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
synthesizer	I-Application
which	O
aims	O
to	O
create	O
more	O
modern	O
vocals	O
,	O
working	O
to	O
post	O
1990s	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
operates	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
manner	O
to	O
Chipspeech	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
such	O
adaptation	O
is	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
the	O
engine	O
to	O
detect	O
Microsoft	B-Application
text-to-speech	I-Application
voices	I-Application
and	O
load	O
them	O
into	O
the	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UTAU	B-Application
has	O
also	O
been	O
experimented	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
engine	O
has	O
been	O
updated	O
since	O
2017	O
,	O
since	O
it	O
is	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
Chipspeech	B-Application
engine	O
,	O
the	O
overall	O
development	O
of	O
Alter/ego	B-Application
has	O
ceased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daisy	O
is	O
a	O
lonely	O
time	O
traveler	O
and	O
the	O
estranged	O
lover	O
of	O
Chipspeech	B-Application
vocal	O
,	O
Dandy	O
704	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daisy	O
was	O
offered	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
separate	O
download	O
,	O
allowing	O
her	O
to	O
be	O
imported	O
into	O
both	O
Alter/Ego	B-Application
and	O
Chipspeech	B-Application
and	O
acted	O
as	O
the	O
default	O
vocal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
15th	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
news	O
that	O
VoxWave	O
had	O
closed	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
ALYS	O
for	O
AlterEgo	O
was	O
now	O
free	O
,	O
and	O
ALYS	O
 '	O
previously	O
unreleased	O
UTAU	B-Application
prototypes	O
were	O
now	O
free	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Phundrak	O
,	O
ALYS	O
 '	O
creator	O
's	O
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
noted	O
by	O
BPB	O
,	O
Alter/Ego	B-Application
is	O
praised	O
for	O
being	O
a	O
powerful	O
tool	O
by	O
standards	O
of	O
free	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	B-Application
Music	I-Application
magazine	O
also	O
covered	O
the	O
synthesizer	O
in	O
their	O
December	O
2015	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
