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Nigerian Accent Generator and Text to Speech Voices
Paste your English script into this Nigerian accent generator and press Play to hear it in a Nigerian voice.
Hear it in Nigerian 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. Spell Nigerian names and foods the way they appear locally, such as Chukwuemeka, Oluwaseun or jollof, then preview them.
3 voices
Nigerian English text to speech voices, male and female
Listen2It has 3 Nigerian English voices, 1 male and 2 female. Press Use this voice to load one into the tool. Filter by gender. Of these, 1 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.
Gender
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Abeo
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Nigerian English uses British spelling: colour, programme, cheque and organise. Some words carry Nigerian meanings that outsiders miss. To flash someone is to give them a missed call, a go-slow is a traffic jam, and "well done" greets a person at work. Use them when your audience is Nigerian and they will sound right at home.
Names come from Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa and hundreds of other languages, and a voice can stress them wrongly. Preview Adebayo, Ngozi, Chukwuemeka or Abubakar, and towns such as Ogbomosho, Onitsha or Maiduguri. Most English scripts leave out Yoruba tone marks. If a name sounds off, set its reading once in the pronunciation dictionary.
Money is in naira and kobo, so write amounts in words, such as "five thousand naira". Nigerian Pidgin lines like "How far?" are everywhere in ads and on radio, and a touch of Pidgin can make a spot feel local. Its spelling is not fixed, so preview each line. For a lively market ad, try the Emotional voice with the Happy preset.
What people make with Nigerian English voice over
Nollywood trailers
Producers voice trailers and YouTube teasers for new releases in an accent audiences at home recognise straight away.
Fintech and banking explainers
Teams in Lagos walk customers through opening an account, sending a transfer or buying airtime and data.
Church and community notices
Parishes and associations record weekly announcements, harvest thanksgiving details and reminders for members.
Exam revision lessons
Tutors voice WAEC and JAMB revision notes so students can listen on the way to school.
Three steps
How to convert Nigerian English text to speech in three steps
Add your script
Type or paste Nigerian 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 Nigerian 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. Nigerian 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.
No. Nigerian English is standard English with a Nigerian accent and some local words, used in schools, newspapers and business. Nigerian Pidgin, also called Naijá, is a separate English-based creole with its own grammar, heard in markets, music and comedy. These voices read English. Short Pidgin phrases can work in an ad, but preview each one before you use it.
Nigerians' English is shaped by their first language, so Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa speakers each sound a little different. Play the samples on the cards above and pick the one closest to your audience. For a national campaign, choose the voice that sounds most neutral to you and test the script on listeners from more than one region.
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