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Languages & voices
New Zealand English text to speech voices
1 ReadSpeaker text to speech voice in New Zealand English (en-NZ): 1 female, from 1 voice provider.
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Hear New Zealand English text to speech in your own words
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1 voice in New Zealand English
1 neural voice in New Zealand English
1 voice provider for New Zealand English
The catalogue
New Zealand English voices
Listen to every New Zealand English voice before you choose one. All 1 speak the same New Zealand sample sentence.
Technical details of every New Zealand English voice
| Voice | Gender | Technology | Provider | Available in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia | Female | Neural | VoiceText-DNN | Cloud, Licensing |
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 New Zealand English voice, in the New Zealand accent they hear every day, on the web, in your documents, in your apps and on your devices.
Source
- Wikipedia. ISO 639:eng. Retrieved 2026-08-26. Open the source
Use cases
What New Zealand English voices are used for
Three of the places a New Zealand English voice goes to work. Each one is read here by Olivia, the only New Zealand English voice in the catalogue.
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Sample
What you hear in New Zealand English
Hello, my name is Olivia, 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 New Zealand English voice that is yours alone
Olivia speaks New Zealand 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 New Zealand English speaker you choose, or work from recordings you already own.
Your accent
The New Zealand 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
New Zealand English is one of the languages and accents ReadSpeaker speaks. Turn the globe, pick a pin, hear the voice.
FAQ
New Zealand English text to speech, answered
ReadSpeaker offers 1 New Zealand English text to speech voice, 1 female. Every New Zealand English voice speaks the New Zealand variety of English (en-NZ), 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. New Zealand English text to speech lets you reach them in the New Zealand accent they hear every day.
1 New Zealand English voice use neural synthesis: Olivia. Neural voices model intonation across the whole sentence, which is what makes a New Zealand English reading sound spoken rather than assembled.
Yes. Of the 1 New Zealand English voice, 1 in ReadSpeaker's online products and 1 for on-premises and embedded deployments. Licensed New Zealand English voices run inside your own infrastructure, so no text ever leaves it.
The New Zealand English catalogue is built with 1 voice provider: VoiceText-DNN. ReadSpeaker selects and tunes each New Zealand English voice, and serves them all through one interface.
New Zealand English voices speak the New Zealand variety of English (en-NZ): its own vowels, rhythm and local vocabulary. ReadSpeaker also publishes American English, Australian English, British English, Indian English, Irish English, Scottish English and South African English, each with its own voices.
Yes. ReadSpeaker Custom Voice builds a New Zealand English voice that belongs to your brand alone, trained on a speaker you choose, speaking the same New Zealand English you hear from Olivia on this page. It is then delivered through the same products as every catalogue voice.