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British English text to speech voices

15 ReadSpeaker text to speech voices in British English (en-UK): 8 female and 7 male, from 5 voice providers.

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15 voices in British English
10 neural voices in British English
5 voice providers for British English

The catalogue

British English voices

Listen to every British English voice before you choose one. 14 of the 15 have a recorded British sample today.

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Technical details of every British English voice

ReadSpeaker text to speech voices for British English (en-UK)
VoiceGenderTechnologyProviderAvailable in
AdamMaleNeuralVoiceText-DNNCloud, Licensing
AlfieMaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
AliceFemaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
AmyFemale-IvonaCloud
BarwynMaleNeuralVoiceText-DNNCloud, Licensing
BranwenFemaleNeuralVoiceText-DNNCloud, Licensing
BrianMale-IvonaCloud
BridgetFemaleNeuralVoiceTextCloud, Licensing
DaisyFemaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
DanielMale-NuanceCloud
EmmaFemale-IvonaCloud
GemmaFemaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
HughMaleNeuralVoiceTextCloud
JudeMaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
SerenaFemale-NuanceCloud

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 British English voice, in the British 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 British English voices are used for

Three of the places a British English voice goes to work. Each one is read here by a different voice, drawn from the 15 British English voices in the catalogue.

Education

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Sample

What you hear in British English

Hello, my name is Adam, 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

A British English voice that is yours alone

Alfie speaks British 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 a British English speaker you choose, or work from recordings you already own.

  • Your accent

    The British 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

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

FAQ

British English text to speech, answered

  • ReadSpeaker offers 15 British English text to speech voices, 8 female and 7 male. Every British English voice speaks the British variety of English (en-UK), 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. British English text to speech lets you reach them in the British accent they hear every day.

  • 10 British English voices use neural synthesis: Adam, Alfie, Alice, Barwyn, Branwen, Bridget, Daisy, Gemma, Hugh and Jude. Neural voices model intonation across the whole sentence, which is what makes a British English reading sound spoken rather than assembled.

  • Yes. Of the 15 British English voices, 15 in ReadSpeaker's online products and 9 for on-premises and embedded deployments. Licensed British English voices run inside your own infrastructure, so no text ever leaves it.

  • The British English catalogue is built with 5 voice providers: Ivona, Nuance, ReadSpeaker-Premium, VoiceText and VoiceText-DNN. ReadSpeaker selects and tunes each British English voice, and serves them all through one interface.

  • British English voices speak the British variety of English (en-UK): its own vowels, rhythm and local vocabulary. ReadSpeaker also publishes American English, Australian 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 British English voice that belongs to your brand alone, trained on a speaker you choose, speaking the same British English you hear from Alfie on this page. It is then delivered through the same products as every catalogue voice.

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