This tool records a wav file from your speech which Poser does use. This means you can also use this wav file in any other program you wish. Also, i have to disagree with the last statement a bit. I do not make voices so i am not even biased, but the three voices you get for free with microsoft are the ones which sound like robots. AT&T, Cepstral, and NeoSpeech however all have some new voices out which are truly remarkable in my opinion. They far exceed what most folks are used to from speech engines. I would recommend you consider trying one or several of these voices, they are very well done.