Spoken: voiced quests, lore and books for World of Warcraft

What Spoken voices

Four parts, each with its own on/off switch in the settings. Pick one to see what it does.

MuglashVorsha the Lasher

0:00 / 0:07

Are you sure that you are ready? If we do not have a group of your allies to aid us, we will surely fail.

Quest givers speak the accept and completion text when you open a quest.

A voice that fits the speaker's race and sex
Several NPCs can share one quest, such as the class trainers
Names, and most classes and races, are read as “adventurer”

Browse the quests

Subtitles and windows

Show the words as subtitles, in a small window or in a large one. Words can be highlighted as they are spoken. Every line has Stop and Replay.

Languages

English, German, Spanish (Spain and Latin America), French, Portuguese, Russian, Korean and both Chinese scripts. Italian is made by the community.

Reports

If a line has a wrong word or voice, the Report button sends it to the people who correct it. The fix comes in an update.

Azeroth's Compendium

Every quest, place story, readable and boss story in one window, with a search box. Play any of them without going there.

Quests
Places
Readables
Bosses

Opens from the minimap menu, with /sp compendium, or from the Place Story button beside the world map
Text size and the text language are set on Spoken's page

The Compendium on its Places tab: the zones and areas in a list on the left, and the story of Shadowglen on the right

Spoken Manager

A desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux. It installs and updates Spoken and its voice packs for every WoW install on your computer. An update downloads only the files that changed, not the whole pack again.

Download the Manager

Windows .exe, macOS .dmg or Linux .AppImage, from the GitHub release page.

It finds your gamesForever and Classic Era each get a card.
You choose the languagesInstall Spoken and the voice packs you want with one button.
Updates are one buttonNew versions and new recordings show up as an Update button on the card.

Install Spoken

Choose one. Each installs Spoken and the voice packs for your language. Restart the game afterwards.

Download the Manager, open it and press Install. It finds your game folder, installs Spoken and the voice packs for the languages you pick, and updates them when a new version comes out. An update downloads only the files that changed, so a new recording does not mean downloading the whole pack again.

Finds your game folder
Updates download only what changed, not the whole pack
Installs every pack, in any language
Optional sharing sends the lines you collect, a few minutes after you log out
Lists community voice packs

Windows (.exe)macOS, Apple silicon (.dmg)macOS, Intel (.dmg)Linux (.AppImage)

Other files are on the release page (opens in a new tab). If Windows SmartScreen stops the installer, choose More info, then Run anyway.

For Italian, choose the language under Voice Language in Spoken's settings.

Gallery

The world map open on Go'Shek Farm, with its Place Story panel beside it — **Place story**The Place Story panel beside the map, here for Go'Shek Farm, with its picture and story. Buttons open the Compendium, play the story and report it.
**Place story**The Place Story panel beside the map, here for Go'Shek Farm, with its picture and story. Buttons open the Compendium, play the story and report it.
**Zones on the map**A zone has a story and a picture too. Arathi Highlands also shows how many of its 19 places have been discovered.
**Dark look**The Place Story panel in the dark look, telling the story of Azeroth beside the world map.
**Narrator on parchment**A place story in the narrator window, with its picture. The word being read is marked in red, with Stop, Skip and Report buttons.
**Compendium: Places**Azeroth's Compendium lists places by continent and zone, with how many are discovered, and plays any story without going there.
**Compendium: Quests**A quest with the text of its description and its completion, and a Play button for each.
**Compendium, dark look**The Compendium in the dark look, here on the quest Jitters' Growling Gut.
**Compendium: Readables**Books, journals, letters, notes and scrolls, listed by name and kind. Here, Lonebrow's Journal.
**DialogueUI: Parchment**A journal page read in the DialogueUI narrator style, on its Parchment theme. The word being read is marked in red.
**DialogueUI: Dark**A tablet read in the DialogueUI narrator style, on its Dark theme. The word being read is marked in gold.

Fits the way you play

Spoken follows your game's language and works alongside the addons that change how quests look.

Voice languages

English
German
Spanish (EU)
Spanish (AL)
French
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Korean
Chinese (S)
Chinese (T)
Vietnamese

Menus and settings follow the game's text language. The language you hear is a separate choice, Voice Language, and plays once its voice pack is installed. Italian is made by the community.

Addons it works with

DialogueUI: Adds a Listen button and marks the words being read inside its window. Its own settings are left alone.
EllesmereUI: Spoken's windows, scroll bars and Compendium can draw in its flat look and font.
Leatrix Plus: Quests it accepts or turns in for you are still read. Auto turn-in addons work the same way.
Leatrix Maps: The Place Story panel sits beside the map frame Leatrix draws.

Game versions

WoW: Forever and Classic Era. On the 1.12 and 3.3.5 clients Spoken starts in the Large Window, and 3.3.5 can switch to subtitles.

Backstage

Every voice in Spoken starts as a line a player sent in. Backstage is where the team takes it from there.

Players send linesOptional sharing in the Manager, or the Contribute page, sends quest, NPC and book text that has no voice yet.
The team reviewsContributions are checked and translated where they need it.
Voices are madeRecordings are generated on this website and checked by listeners.
Packs are updatedNew recordings ship as voice pack updates, which the Manager installs.

Work on the voices

Generate and replace voice recordings for quests, gossip, zones and books
Translate lines and set how names and words are pronounced
Review player reports and the lines players contributed

What you can change depends on your role in each language. Without an account you can still browse the lines and upload the lines you collected.

Community

Forever keeps adding quests and NPCs. Spoken learns the new text from players.

Share what you find

Sharing is optional. Turn it on in the Manager and Spoken sends the quest and NPC text it has no voice for, so it can be recorded.

Make a voice pack

Another narrator, a missing language or fixes to an official pack. Packs are listed on the Manager's Community page.

Get help

Help, bug reports and ideas have their own channels on Discord, in every language Spoken supports.

Join the Discord

Spoken reads World of Warcraft aloud