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American Accent Voice Generator and Text to Speech
Type or paste your script into this American accent voice generator and press Play to hear a US narrator read it.
Hear it in American English
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Voice
Edit the text, pick a voice and press Play. Listen as often as you like before you sign up. Use US spelling, such as color and center, and put the month before the day, as in July 4.
126 voices
American English text to speech voices, male and female
Listen2It has 126 American English voices, 58 male and 68 female. Press Use this voice to load one into the tool. Filter by gender. Of these, 75 are Emotional voices, and each supports the 7 emotion presets. Choose Calm, Happy or Serious, for example, and the voice reads that line in that mood.
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American spelling drops the u in color and honor, ends verbs in -ize, and writes center, theater and gray. Dates run month first, so 7/4 is July 4 in the US and 7 April in most other places. When the script is for an international audience, write the date in words.
Some US place names do not sound the way they look. Arkansas ends like "saw", Des Moines drops both s sounds, and Worcester, Massachusetts, is said "wooster". Native American names such as Puyallup or Natchitoches catch voices out too. Preview them and fix any wrong reading in the pronunciation dictionary.
Americans usually say "two hundred fifty" where a Briton says "two hundred and fifty", so write large numbers as words when the rhythm matters. US promo copy tends to run more upbeat than British copy, and listeners accept energy in ads and explainers. Try the Emotional voices with the Happy preset for a launch video, or Serious for a safety message.
What people make with American English voice over
YouTube explainers
Creators narrate tech, personal finance and true-crime videos in a General American voice that viewers around the world know from film and TV.
Training for US companies
HR teams voice onboarding and compliance modules for staff across several states, then regenerate one line when a policy changes.
Seasonal retail promos
Stores voice Black Friday, Memorial Day and back-to-school ads, and swap in new dates each season.
Three steps
How to convert American English text to speech in three steps
Add your script
Type or paste American English text, or import a .txt, .docx or .pdf file up to 500KB, or a web page by URL.
Pick a voice and shape the delivery
Play the samples, choose a voice, add pauses where the listener needs a breath, and set how any word is read with the pronunciation dictionary.
Generate and download
Export an MP3, a voice and music mix, or SRT captions.
What's free
Free plan
Everything you need to hear your script
- The Free plan costs $0.
- Every voice is included.
- Preview voices as often as you like.
- A free account gets 2,500 credits once, not every month. That is about 2,500 words of text to speech.
- Download your audio as an MP3.
- The Free plan is for personal and evaluation use. Paid plans add commercial rights.
Answers
Frequently asked questions
Yes. You can play any voice on this page before you sign up. The full library has 1,411 voices across 160 languages and dialects.
Write or import your American English script, choose a voice and press Generate. To download the MP3, create a free account: downloads work on the Free plan. You can also export a voice and music mix or SRT captions.
Yes. The Free plan costs $0 and includes every voice, with a one-time allowance of 2,500 credits, about 2,500 words. It is for personal and evaluation use.
Yes. American English has 58 male and 68 female voices. Use the gender filter above the voice list and try a few with your own first line.
Yes, on a paid plan: paid plans include commercial rights, and the Free plan is for personal and evaluation use only. Starter costs $5 for the first month, then $19 a month.
Preview the line first. If a number, date or abbreviation comes out wrong, write it the way it should be spoken, or add it to the pronunciation dictionary, which is on every plan. One entry fixes that word across the whole project.
It is the broad accent heard on US national news and in most Hollywood films, without strong Southern, New York or Boston features. Many speakers from the Midwest and the West Coast sound close to it. It is the safe choice for a nationwide or international audience, while a regional accent suits a character or a local ad.
For a US audience, pick an American voice. Canadians hear American English every day, so it works there as well, but a Canadian voice suits a message that should feel local, such as a provincial campaign. The two accents differ in a few vowels and words, and Canadians keep the u in colour.
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