Pronunciation generator for 10 languages

Pick a language, type a word or phrase, and hear how it's said. Free, no sign-up.

Arabic pronunciation

ع and ح, the heavy consonants and long vowels, read aloud from Arabic script.

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Chinese pronunciation

The four tones, tone changes and retroflex sounds, in a Mandarin voice.

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French pronunciation

Nasal vowels, liaison and the French r, in a Parisian or Canadian French voice.

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German pronunciation

Umlauts, ich and ach, and z, in a Standard German voice.

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Italian pronunciation

Double consonants, gli and gn, read by an Italian voice.

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Japanese pronunciation

Kanji and kana read aloud, with long vowels and small tsu, in Standard Japanese.

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Korean pronunciation

Plain, tense and aspirated consonants and the sound changes between syllables.

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Polish pronunciation

Sz and ś, cz and ć, rz and ł, and the nasal ą and ę.

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Portuguese pronunciation

Nasal ão, the Brazilian t and d, and the r, in a Brazilian voice.

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Spanish pronunciation

Rolled r, ñ and the jota, in a voice from Mexico or Spain.

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English words, spelled by sound

For English, the phonetic spelling generator shows a sounds-like spelling and IPA for each word, and plays it in a US or UK accent.

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Pronunciation generator FAQs

Is there a free pronunciation generator?

Yes. Pick a language on this page, type a word or phrase, and press play. Each page reads up to 500 characters aloud, free and with no account.

How do I hear how an English word is pronounced?

Use the phonetic spelling generator. It spells an English word by sound, gives its IPA, and plays it in a US or UK accent.

Which languages can I hear?

This page lists 10 pronunciation generators. Cartesia's text-to-speech model speaks 44 languages, and you can hear each one on the languages page.

Can I control how my app pronounces a word?

Yes. With the Cartesia API, add the word to a pronunciation dictionary with a sounds-like spelling, then pass the dictionary's ID with each text-to-speech request.

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