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New Zealand Accent Generator and Text to Speech Voices
Put any English script into this New Zealand accent generator and press Play to hear a Kiwi voice read it.
Hear it in New Zealand 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. Type Māori words with their macrons, as in Māori, kākāpō or Taupō, because the macron marks a long vowel.
3 voices
New Zealand English text to speech voices, male and female
Listen2It has 3 New Zealand English voices, 1 male and 2 female. Press Use this voice to load one into the tool. Filter by gender.
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New Zealand English uses British spelling, such as colour and centre, plus plenty of local words. A jandal is a flip-flop, a chilly bin is a cool box, a dairy is a corner shop, tramping is hiking, and "sweet as" means fine. A few of these make a script sound like it came from Aotearoa.
Te reo Māori is an official language, and its words are part of everyday Kiwi English: kia ora, whānau for family, kai for food and mahi for work. Many place names are Māori too, such as Whangārei, Paraparaumu and Tauranga. Preview each one, and if a voice reads it wrongly, set the reading once in the pronunciation dictionary.
The Kiwi accent is easy to spot once you know it. The short i in fish drifts toward "fush", and yes can sound close to "yis". Statements often rise at the end, and "eh" closes many casual lines. Write short, relaxed sentences for local tourism, council and retail scripts, and let the voice carry the accent.
Three steps
How to convert New Zealand English text to speech in three steps
Add your script
Type or paste New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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. New Zealand English has 1 male and 2 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.
Most now aim for the Māori way: every vowel is sounded, and wh is usually said like an f. Whanganui starts with "fang", and Taupō ends in a long o. Older English readings still exist, so preview each name carefully.
For a character or a light ad, yes, but Australians spot a Kiwi accent quickly and will hear the speaker as a New Zealander. A Kiwi voice is the right pick when the brand, product or setting comes from New Zealand.
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