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Advances in TTS systems allowing for the rendering of speech with a range of emotions have yet to be incorporated into AAC systems, leaving AAC users with speech that is mostly devoid of emotion and expressivity. In this work, we describe <em>voicesetting<\/em> as the process of authoring the speech properties of text. We present the design and evaluation of two voicesetting user interfaces: the <em>Expressive Keyboard<\/em>, designed for rapid addition of expressivity to speech, and the <em>Voicesetting Editor<\/em>, designed for more careful crafting of the way text should be spoken. We evaluated the perceived output quality, requisite effort, and usability of both interfaces; the concept of voicesetting and our interfaces were highly valued by end-users as an enhancement to communication quality. 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