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American English text to speech 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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30 voices in American English
25 neural voices in American English
6 voice providers for American English

The catalogue

American English voices

Listen to every American English voice before you choose one. 18 of the 30 have a recorded American sample today.

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Technical details of every American English voice

ReadSpeaker text to speech voices for American English (en-US)
VoiceGenderTechnologyProviderAvailable in
AshleyFemaleNeuralVoiceTextCloud
AWAREFemaleNeuralVoiceText-DNNCloud
BethFemaleNeuralVoiceTextCloud, Licensing
BrandonMaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud
BrentMaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud
CeciliaFemaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud
EricMale-IvonaCloud
ErinFemaleNeuralVoiceText-DNNCloud, Licensing
JakeMaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud
JamesMaleNeuralVoiceTextCloud
JeffMale-rSpeakCloud
JoeyMale-IvonaCloud
JulieFemaleNeuralVoiceTextCloud, Licensing
KateFemaleNeuralVoiceTextCloud, Licensing
KaylaFemaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
KyleMaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud
LizzyFemaleNeuralVoiceText-DNNCloud
MaddisonFemaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
MarkMaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
MollyFemaleNeuralVoiceText-DNNCloud
MylesMaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud
PaulMaleNeuralVoiceTextCloud, Licensing
RachelFemaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud
RoyMaleNeuralVoiceText-DNNCloud
SalliFemale-IvonaCloud
SamanthaFemale-NuanceCloud
SamuelMaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
SophieFemaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
VeronicaFemaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud
VickyFemaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud

Cloud voices are available in ReadSpeaker’s online products; Licensing voices are available for on-premises and embedded deployments.

1.456 billion

English speakers worldwide.

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.

Source

  1. Wikipedia. ISO 639:eng. Retrieved 2026-08-26. Open the source

Use cases

What American English voices are used for

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.

Transportation

Airport gate

Flight AA 247 to Los Angeles LAX is now boarding at Gate 14. All passengers please proceed to Gate 14 for immediate boarding.

IVR

IVR greeting

Thank you for calling Customer Support. Your call is important to us. Please listen carefully as our menu options have recently changed.

Healthcare

Healthcare reminder

This is a friendly reminder from City Medical Center. Your annual health checkup is scheduled for next Tuesday at 10 AM. Please bring your insurance card and photo ID.

Sample

What you hear in American English

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

An American English voice that is yours alone

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.

  • Your speaker

    We record an American English speaker you choose, or work from recordings you already own.

  • Your accent

    The American variety is kept, not flattened into a generic English.

  • Your products

    The finished voice is delivered through the same products as every catalogue voice.

The whole catalogue

Explore every other language and accent

American English is one of the languages and accents ReadSpeaker speaks. Turn the globe, pick a pin, hear the voice.

FAQ

American English text to speech, answered

  • 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.

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