Text to Speech Voices
The table on this page describes the available voices, languages, and locales which can be used in various text to speech functions with the Voice API.
Usage
You can implement the different languages and voices in the following ways:
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Using the
localeID. For instance, to specify US English, useen-US. If you use only thelocaleID, the voice used will be the locale default as listed in the table. -
Using the
localeID and specifying gender. For instance, to specify a female voice in US English, useen-US/female. If you only specify the locale and gender, the voice used will be the locale/gender default as listed in the table. - Using the Voice ID. If you want to use a specific voice, use the Voice ID as listed in the table.
Note:
Accepted values are not case-sensitive. th-th and th-TH are both acceptable values. Additionally, Joanna and joanna are both acceptable values.
Voice Table
| Language | Locale | Voice ID | Gender | Locale default | Locale/gender default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | arb | Zeina | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Azerbaijani | az-AZ | Banu | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Azerbaijani | az-AZ | Babek | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Bulgarian | bg-BG | Kalina | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Bulgarian | bg-BG | Boris | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Catalan | ca-ES | Arlet | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional) | zh-HK | HiuGaai | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional) | zh-HK | WanLung | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional) | zh-HK | HiuMaan | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| Chinese, Mandarin | cmn-CN | Zhiyu | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Croatian | hr-HR | Gabrijela | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Croatian | hr-HR | Srecko | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Czech | cs-CZ | Vlasta | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Czech | cs-CZ | Antonin | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Danish | da-DK | Naja | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Danish | da-DK | Mads | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Danish | da-DK | Sofie | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| Dutch | nl-NL | Lotte | Female | ☐ | ☑ |
| Dutch | nl-NL | Ruben | Male | ☑ | ☑ |
| English (Australian) | en-AU | Nicole | Female | ☐ | ☑ |
| English (Australian) | en-AU | Olivia | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| English (Australian) | en-AU | Russell | Male | ☑ | ☑ |
| English (British) | en-GB | Amy | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| English (British) | en-GB | Emma | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| English (British) | en-GB | Brian | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| English (British) | en-GB | Arthur | Male | ☐ | ☐ |
| English (Indian) | en-IN | Aditi | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| English (Indian) | en-IN | Raveena | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| English (Indian) | en-IN | Kajal | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| English (New Zealand) | en-NZ | Aria | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| English (South Africa) | en-ZA | Ayanda | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| English (US) | en-US | Ivy | Female (child) | ☐ | ☐ |
| English (US) | en-US | Joanna | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| English (US) | en-US | Kendra | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| English (US) | en-US | Kimberly | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| English (US) | en-US | Salli | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| English (US) | en-US | Joey | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| English (US) | en-US | Justin | Male (child) | ☐ | ☐ |
| English (US) | en-US | Kevin | Male (child) | ☐ | ☐ |
| English (US) | en-US | Matthew | Male | ☐ | ☐ |
| English (Welsh) | en-GB-WLS | Geraint | Male | ☑ | ☑ |
| Estonian | et-EE | Anu | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Estonian | et-EE | Kert | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Filipino (Philippines) | fil-PH | Angelo | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Filipino (Philippines) | fil-PH | Blessica | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Finnish | fi-FI | Suvi | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Finnish | fi-FI | Harri | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| French | fr-FR | Céline/Celine | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| French | fr-FR | Léa | Female | ☐ | ☑ |
| French | fr-FR | Mathieu | Male | ☑ | ☑ |
| French (Canadian) | fr-CA | Chantal | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| French (Canadian) | fr-CA | Gabrielle | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| French (Canadian) | fr-CA | Liam | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Georgian | ka-GE | Eka | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Georgian | ka-GE | Giorgi | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| German | de-DE | Marlene | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| German | de-DE | Vicki | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| German | de-DE | Hans | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| German | de-DE | Daniel | Male | ☐ | ☐ |
| German (Austrian) | de-AT | Hannah | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| Greek | el-GR | Athina | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Greek | el-GR | Nestoras | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Hindi | hi-IN | Aditi | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Hindi | hi-IN | Kajal | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| Hungarian | hu-HU | Noemi | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Hungarian | hu-HU | Tamas | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Icelandic | is-IS | Dóra/Dora | Female | ☐ | ☑ |
| Icelandic | is-IS | Karl | Male | ☑ | ☑ |
| Indonesian (Indonesia) | id-ID | Ardi | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Indonesian (Indonesia) | id-ID | Gadis | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Italian | it-IT | Carla | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| Italian | it-IT | Bianca | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Italian | it-IT | Giorgio | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Japanese | ja-JP | Mizuki | Female | ☐ | ☑ |
| Japanese | ja-JP | Takumi | Male | ☑ | ☑ |
| Korean | ko-KR | Seoyeon | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Maltese | mt-MT | Grace | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Maltese | mt-MT | Joseph | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Malay (Malaysia) | ms-MY | Osman | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Malay (Malaysia) | ms-MY | Yasmin | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Norwegian | nb-NO | Liv | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Latvian | lv-LV | Everita | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Latvian | lv-LV | Nils | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Lithuanian | lt-LT | Ona | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Lithuanian | lt-LT | Leonas | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Polish | pl-PL | Ewa | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| Polish | pl-PL | Maja | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Polish | pl-PL | Jacek | Male | ☐ | ☐ |
| Polish | pl-PL | Jan | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | pt-BR | Camila | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | pt-BR | Vitória/Vitoria | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | pt-BR | Ricardo | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Portuguese (European) | pt-PT | Inês/Ines | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Portuguese (European) | pt-PT | Cristiano | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Romanian | ro-RO | Carmen | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Russian | ru-RU | Tatyana | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Russian | ru-RU | Maxim | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Spanish (European) | es-ES | Conchita | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| Spanish (European) | es-ES | Lucia | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Spanish (European) | es-ES | Enrique | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Spanish (Mexican) | es-MX | Mia | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Spanish (US) | es-US | Lupe | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| Spanish (US) | es-US | Penélope/Penelope | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Spanish (US) | es-US | Miguel | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Spanish (US) | es-US | Pedro | Male | ☐ | ☐ |
| Slovak | sk-SK | Viktoria | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Slovak | sk-SK | Lukas | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Slovenian | sl-SI | Petra | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Slovenian | sl-SI | Rok | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Swedish | sv-SE | Astrid | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Swedish | sv-SE | Elin | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| Thai (Thailand) | th-TH | Achara | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Thai (Thailand) | th-TH | Niwat | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Thai (Thailand) | th-TH | Premwadee | Female | ☐ | ☐ |
| Turkish | tr-TR | Filiz | Male | ☑ | ☑ |
| Ukrainian | uk-UA | Polina | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Ukrainian | uk-UA | Ostap | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Uzbek (Uzbekistan) | uz-UZ | Madina | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Uzbek (Uzbekistan) | uz-UZ | Sardor | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Vietnamese (Vietnam) | vi-VN | HoaiMy | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
| Vietnamese (Vietnam) | vi-VN | NamMinh | Male | ☐ | ☑ |
| Welsh | cy-GB | Gwyneth | Female | ☑ | ☑ |
