How to use British Text to Speech
- Paste or type your text, up to 20,000 characters at a time. British spellings such as "colour" and "organise" read naturally, as do American ones.
- Emma is chosen for you. Tap Sample under Emma or George to hear them both, and choose the one you like; pick a speed if you want it slower or faster.
- Tap "Make the audio". The first time, the British voice downloads once (about 105 MB, or 119 MB if no other AI tool here has run in your browser) and is kept there for next time.
- Play it while the rest is made, tap a sentence to go back to it, and save an MP3 or a WAV when it is ready.
Why use British Text to Speech
- Two British voices
- Emma (a woman) and George (a man), from the open-source Kokoro-82M model. The four American voices are a tap away on the same page.
- British pronunciation, word by word
- A separate UK English dictionary of more than 190,000 entries gives the British form of each word: "garage", "vitamin", "either", "leisure" and "zebra" all differ from the American reading.
- Saves as MP3 or WAV
- Download a small MP3 for a voice-over, a lesson or a message, or a WAV for editing. On phones the share sheet opens so you can keep it in Files.
- Private and free
- Your text never leaves your device, because the voice runs in your browser. Make as many recordings as you like, free and without an account.
About this tool
Many words are said differently in the UK and in America: "schedule" starts with "sh", "tomato" has the long "ah", "privacy" starts like "privy", and "herb" keeps its "h". This page reads with the UK English dictionary of misaki, the pronunciation system the Kokoro voice model was trained with, so Emma and George say each word the British way, including words spelt the American way. Numbers, dates, prices in pounds such as "£52", and clock times are read out in full.
A British voice generator is handy for listening exercises, for hearing how a word is said in UK English, and for a narration you can download. Every sentence is made on your device by an AI that downloads once and is then kept in your browser. On a fast computer a minute of speech takes a little over a minute to make, and phones take longer, so the first sentence plays as soon as it is ready while the rest follows. For an American accent, choose Heart, Bella, Michael or Fenrir on the main text to speech page.
Frequently asked questions
Is this British text to speech free?
Yes. It is free online with no sign-up, no watermark and no daily limit, because the voice runs on your own device. Each run takes up to 20,000 characters.
Is there a British male voice?
Yes: George is a British man's voice and Emma a British woman's. Tap Sample under each to hear them before the voice downloads.
Does it really pronounce words the British way?
Yes. It uses a separate UK English dictionary, so words such as "schedule", "tomato", "garage", "either" and "advertisement" are said as in the UK, not with the American reading.
Can I download the British voice as an MP3?
Yes. Save MP3 gives a small file that plays anywhere; WAV gives uncompressed audio for editing. On a phone, Save opens the share sheet so you can keep it in Files.
Is my text uploaded?
No. The speech is made in your browser, and only the voice model downloads, once, from this site.
Can I switch to an American accent?
Yes. The same page has four American voices: Heart, Bella, Michael and Fenrir. The American voices use the US dictionary, so they say "schedule" and "tomato" the American way.
Built and maintained by Saad Naeem
AI engineer, Doha · Updated