ALYS

Unreleased

ALYS is planned to be VoxWave's first VOCALOID, as well as the first French speaking VOCALOID. She will be for the VOCALOID3 engine and will have both a French and Japanese voicebank if she succeeds in her crowdfunding campaign.

History
On January 13th, 2013, the first hint of the possible French VOCALOID was heard when enthusiastic news was posted on Vocaloid.fr with the intention of announcing the project. On an other hand, some communities were sceptical due to the lack of news from known sources. On October 16th, in the same year, Anders of Vocatone confirmed their legitimacy. Since then, another thread was created on VocaloidOtaku. In November 2013, from VoxWave's Twitter, a survey to gauge potential interest in a French vocal was announced. Included in this survey was a secondary language choice: English or Japanese, later confirmed Japanese. On January 14, 2014, a demonstration of the provider's voice was uploaded by VoxWave. This was an acapella version of "Koibito wo Uchiotoshita Hi", from Sound Horizon. It should be noted that this is not a VOCALOID voice. It was later confirmed there will be another demonstration with the voice actor in French.

On the website it was announced that crowdfunding for the product would be launched in March or April and end in May. This would be to pay for the licence, pay the voice provider and rent the recording studio; it was estimated the total amount needed would not exceed €7000. Other costs would be covered by VoxWave.

On 31st Jan, 2014, a design contest was announced for ALYS. The deadline for this contest is 28th Feb, 2014 and the winner will receive €500 and a physical copy of ALYS.

Concept
The idea of ALYS is to bring the French language to the rest of the world. The reason she is bilingual in French and Japanese is due to the friendly relationship between France and Japan.

Etymology
The name was chosen as the company members thought it sounded pleasant and sweet. It's also been said to be easy to pronounce, especially in French, Japanese and English. VoxWave's website also suggests a connection to "a certain literary culture".