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SoftSpoken — A Sneak Peek at What's Coming!
NPC portraits, an audio revamp, and more improvements on the way.

Hey everyone!

I've been pretty busy working on SoftSpoken lately, and I wanted to share a little sneak peek at some of the things coming in the next updates!

Two major improvements ...

SoftSpoken v0.8.1-beta — Update
Bug fixes, interface improvements, and a few quality-of-life changes.

Hey everyone!

Yesterday I released a small update to SoftSpoken, focused primarily on fixing a few issues and making the addon a little more approachable for new players.

Compendium ...

Cloiq wrote: Sun Nov 01, 2026 7:47 pm This is so cool
It's all I wanted VoiceOver to be
Thank you so much for putting your time and effort to bring this to us

That's very kind of you! I hope this makes Azeroth feel a little more alive for everyone.

Guzruul wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2026 11:00 pm This is awesome for RP players. Great project!

Thank you kindly!

If you do check it out, feel free to ask any questions or leave feedback!

Hey there!

I've been working on something similar, though I've taken a different approach. I've ported and extensively reworked Spoken itself for the original 1.12 client.

I've recently released the first beta of SoftSpoken !

If you're interested, you can check out the GitHub repository above or ...

If you're still interested in this, I've recently released the beta of SoftSpoken !

It's a port and extensive reworking of Spoken for Vanilla 1.12, with support for Turtle WoW's custom quest audio. It's a separate project from VoiceOver, but incorporates much of its functionality while building ...

SoftSpoken v0.8.0 — Beta
An immersive narration and lore companion for Vanilla World of Warcraft.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/z1xel/SoftSpoken/main/docs/images/softspoken-icon-128.png

Hey everyone!

I'm the developer of SoftSpoken , and I'm happy to announce its first public beta ...