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Languages & voices
South African English text to speech voices
4 ReadSpeaker text to speech voices in South African English (en-ZA): 3 female and 1 male, from 3 voice providers.
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4 voices in South African English
1 neural voice in South African English
3 voice providers for South African English
The catalogue
South African English voices
Listen to every South African English voice before you choose one. All 4 speak the same South African sample sentence.
Technical details of every South African English voice
| Voice | Gender | Technology | Provider | Available in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alyssa | Female | Neural | VoiceText-DNN | Cloud, Licensing |
| Candice | Female | - | CSIR/Qfrency | Cloud |
| Tessa | Female | - | Nuance | Cloud |
| Tim | Male | - | CSIR/Qfrency | Cloud |
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 South African English voice, in the South African 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 South African English voices are used for
Three of the places a South African English voice goes to work. Each one is read here by a different voice, drawn from the 4 South African English voices in the catalogue.
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Sample
What you hear in South African English
Hello, my name is Alyssa, 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 South African English voice that is yours alone
Alyssa speaks South African 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 South African English speaker you choose, or work from recordings you already own.
Your accent
The South African 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
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South African English is one of the languages and accents ReadSpeaker speaks. Turn the globe, pick a pin, hear the voice.
FAQ
South African English text to speech, answered
ReadSpeaker offers 4 South African English text to speech voices, 3 female and 1 male. Every South African English voice speaks the South African variety of English (en-ZA), 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. South African English text to speech lets you reach them in the South African accent they hear every day.
1 South African English voice use neural synthesis: Alyssa. Neural voices model intonation across the whole sentence, which is what makes a South African English reading sound spoken rather than assembled.
Yes. Of the 4 South African English voices, 4 in ReadSpeaker's online products and 1 for on-premises and embedded deployments. Licensed South African English voices run inside your own infrastructure, so no text ever leaves it.
The South African English catalogue is built with 3 voice providers: CSIR/Qfrency, Nuance and VoiceText-DNN. ReadSpeaker selects and tunes each South African English voice, and serves them all through one interface.
South African English voices speak the South African variety of English (en-ZA): its own vowels, rhythm and local vocabulary. ReadSpeaker also publishes American English, Australian English, British English, Indian English, Irish English, New Zealand English and Scottish English, each with its own voices.
Yes. ReadSpeaker Custom Voice builds a South African English voice that belongs to your brand alone, trained on a speaker you choose, speaking the same South African English you hear from Alyssa on this page. It is then delivered through the same products as every catalogue voice.