This German text to speech takes direction like a voice actor: write how a line should feel, from calm onboarding to an [angry] outburst that still says Sie. Use it for training, product demos, audiobooks, and phone menus across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Free plan: 1,000 words, no credit card.
Enbee V2 narrators
21 multilingual narrators
The [whispering] tag changes the second half of the sentence. Put your own German line in the box, or try [angry] instead.
Script language
Choose a narrator
Script
80 / 250 charactersTags to try: [laughs] [whispers] [sighs] [angry] [excited] [sarcastic]
German is spoken in Germany, Austria, much of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and South Tyrol. These are the projects German speakers most often narrate.
Modules on expenses, safety, and data protection for companies in the DACH region, usually in Sie and at a measured pace.
In diesem Modul erfahren Sie, wie Sie eine Reisekostenabrechnung korrekt einreichen.
Voice your DACH compliance trainingMoney and consumer channels that talk to viewers in du and need a narrator who sounds like a friend doing the maths.
Du zahlst zu viel Miete? In diesem Video rechnen wir das gemeinsam nach.
Narrate a Mietpreis explainer in duCrime novels, family stories, and nonfiction narrated chapter by chapter, with darker direction for tense scenes.
Kapitel eins. Als Marie das Haus am See erbte, wusste sie nichts von dem Keller.
Narrate a German HörbuchRouting prompts for utilities, insurers, and telecoms, written in Sie and re-recorded whenever an option changes.
Für Fragen zu Ihrer Rechnung drücken Sie bitte die Eins. Für alle anderen Anliegen die Zwei.
German phone prompts in SieKnowledge and interview shows with a relaxed host and a second narrator for the guest or co-host.
Hallo und herzlich willkommen zu einer neuen Folge.
German show openers with a co-hostFeature walkthroughs for SaaS buyers who expect Sie, with each click described in a short block.
Klicken Sie oben rechts auf „Exportieren“, und Ihr Bericht steht sofort als PDF bereit.
Narrate a German software walkthroughTwo angry lines, one formal and one from a cartoon character, a du-style sale, and a winter scene from a novel. The [angry] tag sits in the script; the direction sets the rest.
Female · Middle-Aged · Multilingual
Angry but formal, in Sie
Style: Speak in German, sharp and fed up but still polite, like a manager out of patience.
[angry] Ich habe Ihnen das jetzt dreimal erklärt. Die Frist war gestern!
Female · Young · Multilingual
Jahresabo sale in du
Style: Speak in German, upbeat and direct, in the casual tone of a du brand.
Nur bis Sonntag: 20 % Rabatt auf alle Jahresabos. Hol dir jetzt deinen Code!
Male · Middle-Aged · Multilingual
Cartoon character line
Style: Speak in German as a grumpy cartoon father, loud and theatrical.
[angry] Wer hat die Tür offen gelassen? Jetzt ist die ganze Wärme raus!
Male · Middle-Aged · Multilingual
Novel excerpt for a Hörbuch
Style: Read in German, slow and wintry, like an audiobook narrator setting the scene.
Es war der kälteste Winter seit Jahrzehnten, und in der Backstube brannte schon um vier Uhr morgens Licht.
Warren welcomes new staff, Sylvie explains how projects run, and Warren closes. Every block keeps Sie, and each one can be regenerated or moved on its own.
01Warren
Style: Speak in German, calm and professional, welcoming new colleagues.
Herzlich willkommen zum Onboarding. In den nächsten zehn Minuten lernen Sie unsere wichtigsten Tools kennen.
02Sylvie
Style: Read in German, brisk and organised, like a project lead explaining the rules.
Jedes Projekt startet mit einem Kick-off-Meeting. Danach tragen Sie alle Deadlines direkt im Projektboard ein.
03Warren
Style: Speak in German, friendlier now and a touch slower, as the trainer says goodbye.
Das war's für heute. Ihr Feedback hilft uns, dieses Training zu verbessern.
When the project board gets a new name, change Sylvie's block and generate only that one. The rest of the module stays exactly as approved.
Describe the delivery in a short sentence and place [angry], [excited], or [whispering] right before the words. Ask for a Swiss or Austrian accent the same way, and play a short block first.
Direct German narration in StudioCompliance courses repeat the same product and legal terms. An Enbee V1 German voice saves their pronunciation and gives you speed and pause controls.
Numbers, forms of address, dates, and Swiss spelling decide whether German narration sounds local. Check these in the script before you generate.
21 = einundzwanzig
German says one-and-twenty, as one word, and 1.299 becomes tausendzweihundertneunundneunzig. A read that pauses inside a number sounds machine-made, so play prices and quantities in the preview.
Klicken Sie / Hol dir
Furniture and discount retailers now say du, but many Germans still expect Sie on first contact, and finance and health brands usually keep it. Choose one form per project and keep it in every block.
am 3. Oktober / halb drei
The period after 3 marks an ordinal, read "am dritten Oktober". "Halb drei" means 2:30, not 3:30, which matters in event reminders and appointment messages.
Strasse / CHF 1'250.50
Swiss texts write ss instead of ß and use an apostrophe for thousands. Write the script the Swiss way, ask for a Swiss German accent in the direction, and listen to a short block first.
Reisekostenabrechnung / Kick-off
Corporate German stacks nouns and mixes in Meeting, Deadline, and Feedback. Stress belongs on the first part of a compound, and English words keep English vowels. Listen to compound-heavy lines before you export a module.
A training team, a novelist, and a support lead each need something different. This is where each German project starts.
Write the module in blocks, set a narrator, emotion, and Sie or du in each, and export it as one file or per block. Swap a single slide's narration without regenerating the module.
Put the Munich onboarding together in StudioUpload an EPUB, PDF, or DOCX, check the chapter list it builds, and regenerate any paragraph after your editor's corrections.
Produce a Hörbuch from your Word fileA trainer or founder can clone their own voice, or a voice they have consent to use, from a short sample and keep narrating German courses without booking a booth. Review the first German blocks, as accent results vary.
Clone a voice for German courses and HörbücherFree to start: 1,000 words without a credit card, with a watermark stamped on downloads. A paid plan removes that mark, gives you more words, and permits commercial use. View pricing for German audio
Office German borrows English nouns but keeps German grammar around them. Write the sentence as you would in a chat message, and the narrator switches sound only for the English words.
A request to move a meeting, with two English nouns and a 24-hour time
Style: Speak in German, matter-of-fact, like a colleague asking a quick favour
Können wir das Meeting auf 14 Uhr schieben? Ich muss noch das Feedback einarbeiten.
German and Swiss texts write the same amount with different separators. Use the convention of the country you are speaking to.
| You write | The narrator says | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1.299,99 € | tausendzweihundertneunundneunzig Euro neunundneunzig | Point for thousands, comma for cents; the cents are read without "Cent". |
| 21 | einundzwanzig | Units first, joined into one word. |
| am 3. Oktober | am dritten Oktober | The period marks the ordinal, with an -en ending. |
| CHF 1'250.50 | tausendzweihundertfünfzig Franken fünfzig | Swiss apostrophe for thousands. Cents are Rappen, and some Swiss say zwölfhundertfünfzig. |
DACH companies usually localize for Dutch, French, Italian, Polish, Czech, and the Nordic markets next. Or browse all 80+ text to speech languages.
Adding emotion, building SCORM courses, cloning a voice, and dubbing.
See why creators, publishers, and teams rely on Narration Box for natural-sounding voice content.
“Quality of voices and ease of use made Narration Box the perfect choice for my fiction podcast The Program. It's the only voice synthesis service that knew the difference between 'live frugally' and 'live broadcast' and that could pronounce Mar-a-Lago.”
“We've been using Narration Box for a while now, and are grateful to the team behind it! It allows us to create audio versions of our books and articles in many languages, within seconds. The generated audio sounds very natural and is almost indistinguishable from a real narrator. What an amazing service for creators, and it keeps evolving! I highly recommend it.”
“The user-interface is great. Nice and simple without too many bells and whistles. The array of voices are also good, though some are definitely better than others. With that said, you can adjust the speaking pace for each voice, which does improve the flow, making voices seem less artificial. Also, the free plan is generous.”
“Narration Box has allowed me to get away from having to set up my own recording studio. Previously, I had an idea of hiring a human narrator but there was so much hassle as well as costs. The voice choices are pretty good, especially the enhanced voices. I love the options available to further personalize the AI narrator's speech within the text. Narration Box saved me so much time for several small projects. I actually made audio clips whilst writing another book.”
FAQs
Answers on emotion tags, Sie or du, Swiss conventions, and exports for German projects.
Yes. The free plan covers 1,000 words and needs no credit card. Exported files carry a watermark until you upgrade; paid plans add words and give you clean files.
Narration Box has 1,500+ AI voices across 80+ languages, including Enbee V1 voices made for German. Our 21 Enbee V2 narrators (12 female, 9 male) recorded the samples here, and every one of them speaks German and follows written direction.
Put [angry] right before the words that should sound angry, and describe the scene in the style instruction, for example "fed up but still polite". If the script says Sie, the narrator stays in Sie while sounding annoyed.
No. The narrator reads the form you write, so the choice is yours. Many retail and app brands use du, while banks, insurers, and health providers usually stay with Sie. Keep one form throughout a project.
Ask for it in the direction, such as "Speak in German with a Swiss accent", and listen to a short block first. For Swiss listeners, also write ss instead of ß and use Swiss number formats like CHF 1'250.50.
Write them the standard German way and check them in the preview. "Am 3. Oktober" should come out as "am dritten Oktober", and "halb drei" means 2:30. If a date matters, write it out in words.
Type them as they appear in German office writing. The narrator gives them an English sound inside the German sentence. Play compound-heavy lines too, since stress should fall on the first part.
Only a voice you own or have written consent for. Upload or record a short sample, put the clone on your German blocks, and listen through a few before committing a whole Hörbuch to it.
Downloads come as MP3, WAV, Opus, FLAC, or OGG. Take the training as one continuous file or split it into a file per block for your LMS. Paid plans include commercial use, governed by the subscription terms.
Choose from our flexible pricing plans designed for creators of all sizes. Start your free trial and experience the power of AI voice generation.
