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Languages & voices
30 ReadSpeaker text to speech voices in American English (en-US): 17 female and 13 male, from 6 voice providers.
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The catalogue
Listen to every American English voice before you choose one. 18 of the 30 have a recorded American sample today.
| Voice | Gender | Technology | Provider | Available in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley | Female | Neural | VoiceText | Cloud |
| AWARE | Female | Neural | VoiceText-DNN | Cloud |
| Beth | Female | Neural | VoiceText | Cloud, Licensing |
| Brandon | Male | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud |
| Brent | Male | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud |
| Cecilia | Female | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud |
| Eric | Male | - | Ivona | Cloud |
| Erin | Female | Neural | VoiceText-DNN | Cloud, Licensing |
| Jake | Male | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud |
| James | Male | Neural | VoiceText | Cloud |
| Jeff | Male | - | rSpeak | Cloud |
| Joey | Male | - | Ivona | Cloud |
| Julie | Female | Neural | VoiceText | Cloud, Licensing |
| Kate | Female | Neural | VoiceText | Cloud, Licensing |
| Kayla | Female | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Kyle | Male | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud |
| Lizzy | Female | Neural | VoiceText-DNN | Cloud |
| Maddison | Female | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Mark | Male | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Molly | Female | Neural | VoiceText-DNN | Cloud |
| Myles | Male | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud |
| Paul | Male | Neural | VoiceText | Cloud, Licensing |
| Rachel | Female | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud |
| Roy | Male | Neural | VoiceText-DNN | Cloud |
| Salli | Female | - | Ivona | Cloud |
| Samantha | Female | - | Nuance | Cloud |
| Samuel | Male | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Sophie | Female | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Veronica | Female | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud |
| Vicky | Female | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud |
Cloud voices are available in ReadSpeaker’s online products; Licensing voices are available for on-premises and embedded deployments.
Every one of them is a potential listener. ReadSpeaker gives your content a American English voice, in the American accent they hear every day, on the web, in your documents, in your apps and on your devices.
Use cases
Three of the places an American English voice goes to work. Each one is read here by a different voice, drawn from the 30 American English voices in the catalogue.
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Sample
Hello, my name is AWARE, I'm one of the voices that you can use to speech enable your website. When I'm reading your text it sounds like this.Custom Voice
Kayla speaks American English for everyone. A Custom Voice speaks it only for you: your own speaker, your own sound, trained into a voice no competitor can use.
We record an American English speaker you choose, or work from recordings you already own.
The American variety is kept, not flattened into a generic English.
The finished voice is delivered through the same products as every catalogue voice.
The whole catalogue
American English is one of the languages and accents ReadSpeaker speaks. Turn the globe, pick a pin, hear the voice.
FAQ
ReadSpeaker offers 30 American English text to speech voices, 17 female and 13 male. Every American English voice speaks the American variety of English (en-US), and each one can be played on this page before you choose.
1.456 billion English speakers worldwide, according to ISO 639:eng on Wikipedia. American English text to speech lets you reach them in the American accent they hear every day.
25 American English voices use neural synthesis: Ashley, AWARE, Beth, Brandon, Brent, Cecilia, Erin, Jake, James, Julie, Kate, Kayla, Kyle, Lizzy, Maddison, Mark, Molly, Myles, Paul, Rachel, Roy, Samuel, Sophie, Veronica and Vicky. Neural voices model intonation across the whole sentence, which is what makes a American English reading sound spoken rather than assembled.
Yes. Of the 30 American English voices, 30 in ReadSpeaker's online products and 10 for on-premises and embedded deployments. Licensed American English voices run inside your own infrastructure, so no text ever leaves it.
The American English catalogue is built with 6 voice providers: Ivona, Nuance, ReadSpeaker-Premium, VoiceText, VoiceText-DNN and rSpeak. ReadSpeaker selects and tunes each American English voice, and serves them all through one interface.
American English voices speak the American variety of English (en-US): its own vowels, rhythm and local vocabulary. ReadSpeaker also publishes Australian English, British English, Indian English, Irish English, New Zealand English, Scottish English and South African English, each with its own voices.
Yes. ReadSpeaker Custom Voice builds a American English voice that belongs to your brand alone, trained on a speaker you choose, speaking the same American English you hear from Kayla on this page. It is then delivered through the same products as every catalogue voice.