<s>
Voiceroid	B-Application
is	O
a	O
speech	B-Application
synthesizer	I-Application
application	O
developed	O
by	O
AH-Software	O
and	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
speech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
name	O
comes	O
from	O
the	O
singing	O
software	O
Vocaloid	B-Application
,	O
for	O
which	O
AH-Software	O
also	O
develops	O
voicebanks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
AH-Software	O
'	O
s	O
first	O
Vocaloids	B-Application
and	O
Voiceroids	B-Application
went	O
on	O
sale	O
on	O
December	O
4	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
differs	O
from	O
regular	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
programs	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
gives	O
users	O
more	O
control	O
over	O
settings	O
like	O
tempo	B-Application
,	O
pitch	O
,	O
and	O
intonation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voiceroid	B-Application
uses	O
an	O
engine	O
called	O
AITalk	O
developed	O
by	O
AI	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
adjust	O
the	O
tempo	B-Application
,	O
pitch	O
,	O
and	O
intonation	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
program	O
sound	O
more	O
natural	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
Voiceroid+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
three	O
Voiceroids	B-Application
were	O
subject	O
to	O
censorship	O
,	O
and	O
inappropriate	O
words	O
were	O
filtered	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yuzuki	O
Yukari	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
Vocaloid	B-Application
to	O
have	O
a	O
Voiceroid	B-Application
voicebank	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Tohoku	O
Zunko	O
's	O
release	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
vastly	O
improved	O
compared	O
to	O
previous	O
Voiceroid+	O
voices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
two	O
Voiceroids	B-Application
to	O
come	O
in	O
one	O
package	O
are	O
Kotonoha	O
Akane	O
and	O
Aoi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
upgraded	O
to	O
Voiceroid+	O
EX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
newest	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
"	O
Voiceroid	B-Application
2	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
has	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
differences	O
,	O
though	O
users	O
can	O
still	O
import	O
the	O
past	O
Voiceroid	B-Application
and	O
its	O
variants	O
into	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Voiceroid	B-Application
to	O
not	O
contain	O
censorship	O
of	O
vulgar	O
words	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Vocaloid	B-Application
to	O
also	O
have	O
a	O
VOICEROID	B-Application
library	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
several	O
emotion	O
parameters	O
(	O
joy	O
,	O
sadness	O
and	O
anger	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
6	O
past	O
Voiceroids	B-Application
except	O
Kotonoha	O
Akane	O
and	O
Aoi	O
were	O
upgraded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
for	O
her	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
VOICEROID	B-Application
was	O
pitched	O
at	O
¥	O
4,500,000	O
to	O
be	O
raised	O
by	O
18	O
May	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
also	O
has	O
singing	O
voicebanks	O
available	O
for	O
UTAU	B-Application
,	O
n3utrino	O
and	O
CeVIO	B-Application
AI	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yuzuki	O
Yukari	O
and	O
the	O
Kotonoha	O
sisters	O
were	O
announced	O
for	O
Voiceroid	B-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
was	O
confirmed	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
Voiceroid	B-Application
after	O
yet	O
another	O
successful	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
;	O
her	O
goal	O
was	O
¥	O
4,800,000	O
and	O
she	O
reached	O
¥14	O
,	O
052	O
,	O
884	O
,	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
almost	O
300%	O
more	O
than	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
