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Dutch text to speech voices

15 ReadSpeaker text to speech voices in Dutch (nl-NL): 6 female and 9 male, from 6 voice providers.

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15 voices in Dutch
8 neural voices in Dutch
6 voice providers for Dutch

The catalogue

Dutch voices

Listen to every Dutch voice before you choose one. All 15 speak the same Dutch sample sentence.

Technical details of every Dutch voice

ReadSpeaker text to speech voices for Dutch (nl-NL)
VoiceGenderTechnologyProviderAvailable in
AlexMaleNeuralVoiceTextCloud, Licensing
AnneFemaleNeuralVoiceTextCloud, Licensing
ArnoMale-FluencyCloud
ArthurMale-FluencyCloud
ClaireFemale-NuanceCloud
FionaFemale-FluencyCloud
GuusMaleNeuralrSpeakCloud, Licensing
IlseFemaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
JeffreyMale-FluencyCloud
RubenMale-IvonaCloud
SaraFemaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
SemMaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
TessFemaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
WesleyMaleNeural premiumReadSpeaker-PremiumCloud, Licensing
XanderMale-NuanceCloud

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

30 million

Dutch speakers worldwide.

Every one of them is a potential listener. ReadSpeaker gives your content a Dutch voice, in the Dutch they hear every day, on the web, in your documents, in your apps and on your devices.

Source

  1. Wikipedia. Dutch language. Retrieved 2026-08-26. Open the source

Use cases

What Dutch voices are used for

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

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Sample

What you hear in Dutch

Hallo, ik heet Alex, ik ben één van de stemmen die u kan gebruiken om uw website van spraak te voorzien. Als ik uw tekst voorlees is dit wat u hoort

Custom Voice

A Dutch voice that is yours alone

Ilse speaks Dutch 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 Dutch speaker you choose, or work from recordings you already own.

  • Your sound

    The way your speaker says Dutch is kept, not smoothed into a neutral read.

  • Your products

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

The whole catalogue

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

FAQ

Dutch text to speech, answered

  • ReadSpeaker offers 15 Dutch text to speech voices, 6 female and 9 male. Every Dutch voice speaks Dutch (nl-NL), and each one can be played on this page before you choose.

  • 30 million Dutch speakers worldwide, according to Dutch language on Wikipedia. Dutch text to speech lets you reach them in Dutch, the language they hear every day.

  • 8 Dutch voices use neural synthesis: Alex, Anne, Guus, Ilse, Sara, Sem, Tess and Wesley. Neural voices model intonation across the whole sentence, which is what makes a Dutch reading sound spoken rather than assembled.

  • Yes. Of the 15 Dutch voices, 15 in ReadSpeaker's online products and 8 for on-premises and embedded deployments. Licensed Dutch voices run inside your own infrastructure, so no text ever leaves it.

  • The Dutch catalogue is built with 6 voice providers: Fluency, Ivona, Nuance, ReadSpeaker-Premium, VoiceText and rSpeak. ReadSpeaker selects and tunes each Dutch voice, and serves them all through one interface.

  • Dutch voices speak Dutch (nl-NL): its own vowels, rhythm and local vocabulary. ReadSpeaker also publishes Belgian Dutch, each with its own voices.

  • Yes. ReadSpeaker Custom Voice builds a Dutch voice that belongs to your brand alone, trained on a speaker you choose, speaking the same Dutch you hear from Ilse on this page. It is then delivered through the same products as every catalogue voice.

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