Education
eLearning
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Languages & voices
15 ReadSpeaker text to speech voices in British English (en-UK): 8 female and 7 male, from 5 voice providers.
Skip to the British English voice listTry it
The catalogue
Listen to every British English voice before you choose one. 14 of the 15 have a recorded British sample today.
| Voice | Gender | Technology | Provider | Available in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | Male | Neural | VoiceText-DNN | Cloud, Licensing |
| Alfie | Male | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Alice | Female | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Amy | Female | - | Ivona | Cloud |
| Barwyn | Male | Neural | VoiceText-DNN | Cloud, Licensing |
| Branwen | Female | Neural | VoiceText-DNN | Cloud, Licensing |
| Brian | Male | - | Ivona | Cloud |
| Bridget | Female | Neural | VoiceText | Cloud, Licensing |
| Daisy | Female | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Daniel | Male | - | Nuance | Cloud |
| Emma | Female | - | Ivona | Cloud |
| Gemma | Female | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Hugh | Male | Neural | VoiceText | Cloud |
| Jude | Male | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Serena | Female | - | Nuance | 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 British English voice, in the British accent they hear every day, on the web, in your documents, in your apps and on your devices.
Use cases
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
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
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.
We record a British English speaker you choose, or work from recordings you already own.
The British 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
British English is one of the languages and accents ReadSpeaker speaks. Turn the globe, pick a pin, hear the voice.
FAQ
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.