Prices & Funding
Find out more about your funding options
Applying for Funding
When your voice is ready and you’re happy with it, you can either pay or apply for funding directly through your account on the SpeakUnique website. Once purchased, you’ll be able to download your voice as many times as you want to onto as many different devices as you need.
We’re partnered with a range of charities who will pay the full price of a voice. Where you can get funding from will depend on your address and why you need a synthetic voice – more information about eligibility can be found in the individual charity sections below:
NHS Scotland
MND Association
MND Scotland
Irish MND Association
MND and Me
Mouth Cancer Foundation
MSA Trust
PSPA
Ataxia UK
Ataxia Foundation Ireland
Alternatively, you can purchase your voice with a one-time fee. All of our voices will be charged in GBP: a Voice Build is £175; a Voice Repair is £250; and a Voice Design is £300.
We’re also happy to liaise with healthcare professionals and funding bodies regarding arrangements outwith our existing partnerships – please get in touch with any enquiries.
NHS Scotland
Funding through NHS Scotland
NHS Scotland will cover the cost of a SpeakUnique synthetic voice to any individual who could benefit. You need to have been assessed by a healthcare professional (e.g. a speech and language therapist) to access this funding.
This funding is available thanks to Scottish Government’s “Provision of Communication Equipment” legislation. If you are a healthcare professional looking to engage with this funding please email info@speakunique.co.uk to discuss.
MND in the UK
Funding for people with Motor Neurone Disease in the UK
Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) and MND Scotland will fund voices for people in England, Northern Ireland and Wales or in Scotland, respectively.
Both charities will fund the cost of a Voice Build, Voice Repair or Voice Design to anyone who has a confirmed diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease or Kennedy’s Disease.
To access this funding, please submit a funding request through your SpeakUnique account. This option will be available once you have listened to samples of your synthetic voice. Please note you cannot apply for funding retrospectively.
IMNDA
Funding through the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association
IMNDA can offer funding for Voice Build, Voice Repair and Voice Design for people with MND who live in the Republic of Ireland and are registered members of IMNDA.
To access this funding, please submit a funding request through your SpeakUnique account. This option will be available once you have listened to samples of your synthetic voice. You will need to provide contact details for a healthcare professional or speech therapist to support this application.
MND and Me
Funding through the MND and Me Foundation
The MND and Me Foundation will offer funding for Voice Build, Voice Repair and Voice Design for patients who live in Queensland Australia and have a confirmed diagnosis of MND. If not already registered with the Foundation, a Client Contact Form and Consent Form will be required.
To access this funding, please submit a funding request through your SpeakUnique account. This option will be available once you have listened to samples of your synthetic voice. You will need to provide contact details for a healthcare professional or speech therapist to support this application.
For further information or to gain a copy of the Client Contact and Consent Forms, please email services@mndandme.com.au.
Mouth Cancer Foundation
Funding through the Mouth Cancer Foundation
The Mouth Cancer Foundation will offer funding for Voice Build, Voice Repair and Voice Design for patients, who live in the UK and are at risk of losing their voice through surgery and treatment of head and neck cancers.
To access this funding, please submit a funding request through your SpeakUnique account. This option will be available once you have listened to samples of your synthetic voice. You will need to provide contact details for a healthcare professional or speech and language therapist to support this application.
For further information visit www.mouthcancerfoundation.org/saving-voices/ or email info@mouthcancerfoundation.org.
MSA Trust
Funding through the MSA Trust
The MSA Trust are able to offer funding for Voice Build and Voice Repair for their members living with MSA (multiple system atrophy) in the UK and Ireland. Please make sure you have registered with the Trust and that you have the support of a Speech and Language Therapist or MSA Health Care Specialist before applying for funding.
To access this funding, please submit a funding request through your SpeakUnique account. This option will be available once you have listened to samples of your synthetic voice. You will need to provide contact details for a healthcare professional to support this application.
PSPA
Funding through PSPA
PSPA are able to offer funding for Voice Build, Voice Repair or Voice Design, to those living with a confirmed diagnosis of either PSP (progressive supranuclear palsy) or CBD (corticobasal degeneration) in the UK.
To access this funding, please submit a funding request through your SpeakUnique account. This option will be available once you have listened to samples of your synthetic voice. You will need to provide contact details for a healthcare professional to support this application.
For people living in Scotland, your healthcare professional will need to demonstrate why the voice cannot be paid for as part of NHS Scotland provision.
Ataxia UK
Funding through Ataxia UK
Ataxia UK can offer funding for Voice Build, Voice Repair and Voice Design for people with ataxia who live in the UK.
To access this funding, please submit a funding request through your SpeakUnique account. This option will be available once you have listened to samples of your synthetic voice. You will need to provide contact details for a healthcare professional to support this application.
If you have any questions about seeking Ataxia UK funding please contact the Ataxia UK Helpline on 0800 995 6037 or by email at help@ataxia.org.uk.
Ataxia Foundation Ireland
Funding through Ataxia Foundation Ireland
Ataxia Foundation Ireland can offer funding for Voice Build, Voice Repair and Voice Design for people with ataxia who live in the Republic of Ireland and are registered members of AFI.
To access this funding, please submit a funding request through your SpeakUnique account. This option will be available once you have listened to samples of your synthetic voice.
If you have any questions about seeking AFI funding, please contact them at 087 3616616 or by email at info@afi.ie.
