Della
Female · Young · Multilingual
Regional weather read
Style: Read in Afrikaans, clear and pleasant, like a regional radio weather slot.
Dit word vandag warm in die Wes-Kaap, met 'n maksimum van 32 grade.
Afrikaans AI text to speech, free to start
Afrikaans text to speech for radio ads, classroom audio, YouTube videos, and phone lines in South Africa and Namibia. Type rand prices and the odd English word as they appear in your script, and add one line on how it should sound. Free plan: 1,000 words, no credit card, so you can test before you pay.
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21 multilingual narrators
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Use a line from your own ad or lesson, with rand amounts and English words left in place.
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Email, meeting, and okay inside Afrikaans
Everyday Afrikaans borrows English freely. Keep English words in English spelling and the narrator reads them with an English sound instead of spelling them out.
A message to a colleague before a 3 o’clock meeting
Style: Speak in Afrikaans, casual and friendly, like a voice note at work
Ek sal jou die email stuur voor die meeting om 3 uur, okay?
Pulling apart the voice note
- Afrikaans words
- sal, stuur, voor
- Email, meeting, and okay in English
- email, meeting, okay
- Three o’clock, with uur
- om 3 uur
- Future with sal
- Ek sal jou
Rand prices and numbers with the ones first
Type amounts and dates as they appear on a till slip or calendar. The narrator reads the ones before the tens.
| You write | The narrator says | Type |
|---|---|---|
| R149,99 | honderd nege-en-veertig rand nege-en-negentig | Sent is often dropped; some say eenhonderd |
| 45 | vyf-en-veertig | Five-and-forty, hyphenated |
| 25 Desember | vyf-en-twintig Desember | Vyf-en-twintigste is also used; months take a capital |
| 07:30 | halfagt | Half eight means 7:30, as in Dutch |
Weather, a sale, a farm podcast, and a budget lesson
Four Enbee V2 narrators reading Afrikaans. Each card carries the one sentence of direction used, ready to reuse with your own script.
Milton
Male · Young · Multilingual
Karoo farm podcast
Style: Speak in Afrikaans, easygoing and warm, opening a conversation with a guest.
Welkom by die podcast. Vandag gesels ons met 'n boer uit die Karoo.
Nadine
Female · Middle-Aged · Multilingual
Camping gear sale
Style: Speak in Afrikaans with punchy energy, like a weekend store ad on the radio.
[excited] Net hierdie naweek: 30% afslag op alle kampeertoerusting. Solank voorraad hou.
Virgil
Male · Middle-Aged · Multilingual
Household budget lesson
Style: Read in Afrikaans patiently, like a tutor walking a learner through money basics.
In hierdie les leer jy hoe om 'n begroting vir jou huishouding op te stel.
What South African and Namibian teams voice in Afrikaans
Retailers, schools, publishers, call centres, co-ops, and video creators use Afrikaans voiceover, often alongside an English version of the same script.
Radio and in-store ads
Store openings and weekend deals. Generate a few takes at different energy levels and send your pick to the station.
Besoek ons nuwe winkel in Bloemfontein vanaf Saterdag.
Afrikaans radio ad voiceoverPoems and reading tasks for school
Read-aloud tasks for Afrikaans classes, so learners can listen again at home as often as they like.
Lees die gedig hardop en onderstreep die woorde wat rym.
Read-aloud poems for Afrikaans classesFiction and short story collections
Import a manuscript and give descriptive passages a slower, quieter direction than the dialogue.
Die wind het die hele nag oor die vlakte gewaai.
Long Afrikaans stories, split by chapterHold messages for call centres
Greetings and on-hold lines for Afrikaans callers, recorded once and reused across queues.
Dankie dat jy gebel het. Bly asseblief aan die lyn.
Afrikaans phone greetings and hold linesSaving-money channels
An Afrikaans AI voice generator for channels that keep viewers to the end with a promise in the first line.
Bly tot die einde, want dan wys ek julle hoe ek R500 per maand spaar.
Narration for a rand-saving channelCo-op notices in a manager’s own voice
Clone the voice of a manager who agrees to it, then send members short audio notices about hours and stocktaking.
Die koöperasie se winkel sluit Vrydag om twaalfuur weens voorraadopname.
Clone a voice for Afrikaans member noticesDouble negatives, backwards numbers, and rand
Afrikaans grammar and number habits trip up anyone reviewing the audio from English. Check these points before you export.
Nie ... nie is correct
Ek het dit nie geweet nie.
I didn’t know it. The second nie closes the clause, and it is standard Afrikaans, not a typo. Leave both in the script and the sentence sounds right.
Nine-and-ninety, hyphenated
nege-en-negentig
Ninety-nine is said as nine-and-ninety. Type digits and the narrator says the Afrikaans words in that order; English-speaking reviewers sometimes report it as a mistake when it is not.
R for rand, N$ for Namibia
R149,99 / N$
South African prices use R, and formal text writes a decimal comma, though shop signs often use a point. Namibia uses the Namibian dollar, written N$. Write the symbol your listeners see on the price tag.
Formal e-pos, everyday email
e-pos / email
Formal and school texts prefer the Afrikaans word, while everyday speech uses the English one. Pick the register for your audience: e-pos for official letters and lessons, email for a casual video.
The g in goed and the weak ’n
goed / 'n
The g is a throat sound, and the article 'n is a short, weak vowel, not en. Pronunciation also varies by region, so ask for a regional sound in the style instruction and listen to a short block first.
Braaibroodjies on YouTube, split into blocks
Nadine greets the channel, Virgil reads the steps, and Nadine signs off. Change an ingredient and you regenerate only the steps.
01Nadine
Style: Speak in Afrikaans, bubbly and homely, welcoming the channel back to the kitchen.
Haai almal, en welkom terug op die kanaal! [excited] Vandag maak ons braaibroodjies.
02Virgil
Style: Read in Afrikaans at a relaxed pace, one step at a time.
Smeer eers botter aan albei kante, en pak dan die kaas, tamatie en ui in.
03Nadine
Style: Speak in Afrikaans, pleased with the result, then nudge viewers to subscribe.
Dis nou lekker! Onthou om te subscribe vir meer resepte.
Swapped the cheese? Redo the steps
Edit the middle block and regenerate it on its own. The greeting and sign-off you liked stay as they are.
Say the mood, tag the moment
One line such as "Speak in Afrikaans, relaxed and cheerful" covers the block, and a tag like [excited] lifts only the words after it.
Afrikaans cooking voiceover in the StudioBloemfontein said the same in every ad
For names that repeat, pick an Afrikaans Enbee V1 voice. It remembers how you want Bloemfontein or your shop name said, and lets you set the speed and pause length.
Pick a Narration Box tool for Afrikaans
Ad producers, teachers, and authors working in Afrikaans tend to start with one of these.
Studio for radio spots and kitchen videos
Build the spot or video from blocks with their own narrators, drag them into order, and regenerate only the block with a new price.
Build Afrikaans ads from blocksSelf-published Afrikaans books, chapter by chapter
An author’s EPUB, PDF, or DOCX is split into chapters you can check. Change a sentence after the editor reads it and only that paragraph is generated again.
Turn an Afrikaans book into an audiobookYour voice, or one you may use
A presenter, manager, or author can be cloned from a brief sample, provided it is their own voice or you have their permission. The clone then reads Afrikaans next to Della or Milton.
A permitted clone reading Afrikaans scriptsTesting costs nothing: 1,000 words, no credit card, with a watermark on free downloads. For client radio ads and paid courses, a paid plan adds words, clean files, and commercial use. Plans after the free 1,000 words
Where Afrikaans projects go next: Dutch, Zulu, English
Dutch is the closest major language to Afrikaans, and many South African projects also go out in English and Zulu. Or browse all 80+ text to speech languages.
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FAQs
Frequently asked questions
What advertisers, teachers, and creators ask about Afrikaans grammar, prices, and free use.
Afrikaans text to speech
Is there a free Afrikaans text to speech app or plan?
Yes. The free plan includes 1,000 words with no credit card, enough to test an ad or a lesson. Free exports are watermarked; a paid plan gives more words and clean files. There is no unlimited free tier.
Who are the Afrikaans narrators on this page?
Della, Milton, Nadine, and Virgil are among our 21 Enbee V2 narrators (12 female, 9 male), and each one speaks Afrikaans and takes written direction on energy, pace, and accent. Across the catalogue there are 1,500+ AI voices across 80+ languages, including Enbee V1 voices made for Afrikaans.
Will it read nie ... nie properly?
Keep both negatives in the sentence as you would write them, for example "Ek het dit nie geweet nie." The double nie is standard Afrikaans, and the narrator reads the sentence as written.
Does R149,99 come out as rand and cents?
The narrator reads the rand amount and then the cents. Spoken Afrikaans often leaves out the word sent, so if you want a particular wording, such as eenhonderd, write the amount in words.
Will email and meeting sound English in an Afrikaans sentence?
Yes. Type words like email or meeting in English and they are read with an English sound. For formal content, the Afrikaans word, such as e-pos, may suit your audience better.
Can I make audio for listeners in Namibia?
Yes. Write prices in N$ where that is what listeners see, and if you want a particular regional sound, ask for it in the style instruction and listen to a short block first.
Can I publish an Afrikaans audiobook?
You can produce one in the Audiobook Creator from EPUB, PDF, or DOCX and download chapter files. Each store and distributor has its own AI narration rules, so read them before you submit.
Can my cloned voice do Afrikaans ads?
Yes, from a short sample of your own voice or one you have permission to use. Generate a few Afrikaans blocks with the clone first and listen for how your accent carries over.
What formats can I export, and can clients use the audio?
Download MP3, WAV, Opus, FLAC, or OGG, either the whole ad as one file or each block on its own for a station to cut. Paid plans include commercial use, for your own brand or for clients, under the subscription terms.
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