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Languages & voices
French text to speech voices
9 ReadSpeaker text to speech voices in French (fr-FR): 5 female and 4 male, from 4 voice providers.
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9 voices in French
6 neural voices in French
4 voice providers for French
The catalogue
French voices
Listen to every French voice before you choose one. All 9 speak the same French sample sentence.
Technical details of every French voice
| Voice | Gender | Technology | Provider | Available in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audrey | Female | - | Nuance | Cloud |
| Benoit | Male | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Celine | Female | - | Ivona | Cloud |
| Elise | Female | Neural | rSpeak | Cloud |
| Hugo | Male | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Louis | Male | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Marie | Female | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Roxane | Female | Neural premium | ReadSpeaker-Premium | Cloud, Licensing |
| Thomas | Male | - | Nuance | Cloud |
Cloud voices are available in ReadSpeaker’s online products; Licensing voices are available for on-premises and embedded deployments.
310 million
French speakers worldwide.
Every one of them is a potential listener. ReadSpeaker gives your content a French voice, in the French they hear every day, on the web, in your documents, in your apps and on your devices.
Source
- Wikipedia. ISO 639:fra. Retrieved 2026-08-26. Open the source
Use cases
What French voices are used for
Three of the places a French voice goes to work. Each one is read here by a different voice, drawn from the 9 French voices in the catalogue.
Banking
Transaction confirm
Votre paiement de 125 euros et 50 centimes a été traité avec succès. Numéro de référence de transaction : 7-4-2-9-8-3. Un courriel de confirmation a été envoyé à votre adresse enregistrée.
Transportation
Airport gate
Le vol AF 247 à destination de Nice est maintenant prêt pour l'embarquement à la porte 14. Tous les passagers sont priés de se rendre immédiatement à la porte 14.
Sample
What you hear in French
Bonjour, mon nom est Audrey, je suis l'une des voix que vous pouvez utiliser pour vocaliser votre site web. Quand je lis votre texte vous entendrez ceci.Custom Voice
A French voice that is yours alone
Roxane speaks French 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 French speaker you choose, or work from recordings you already own.
Your sound
The way your speaker says French 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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French is one of the languages and accents ReadSpeaker speaks. Turn the globe, pick a pin, hear the voice.
FAQ
French text to speech, answered
ReadSpeaker offers 9 French text to speech voices, 5 female and 4 male. Every French voice speaks French (fr-FR), and each one can be played on this page before you choose.
310 million French speakers worldwide, according to ISO 639:fra on Wikipedia. French text to speech lets you reach them in French, the language they hear every day.
6 French voices use neural synthesis: Benoit, Elise, Hugo, Louis, Marie and Roxane. Neural voices model intonation across the whole sentence, which is what makes a French reading sound spoken rather than assembled.
Yes. Of the 9 French voices, 9 in ReadSpeaker's online products and 5 for on-premises and embedded deployments. Licensed French voices run inside your own infrastructure, so no text ever leaves it.
The French catalogue is built with 4 voice providers: Ivona, Nuance, ReadSpeaker-Premium and rSpeak. ReadSpeaker selects and tunes each French voice, and serves them all through one interface.
French voices speak French (fr-FR): its own vowels, rhythm and local vocabulary. ReadSpeaker also publishes Belgian French and Canadian French, each with its own voices.
Yes. ReadSpeaker Custom Voice builds a French voice that belongs to your brand alone, trained on a speaker you choose, speaking the same French you hear from Roxane on this page. It is then delivered through the same products as every catalogue voice.