Nadine
Female · Middle-Aged · Multilingual
Clinic hygiene advice
Style: Speak in Somali gently and reassuringly, as a nurse would to a family.
Fadlan gacmahaaga ku dhaq biyo iyo saabuun, ugu yaraan 20 ilbiriqsi.
Somali AI text to speech
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Paste Somali text, choose a narrator, and get clear audio for notices, lessons, and videos. Enbee V2 narrators follow plain-language direction, and 1,500+ AI voices are available. Free plan: 1,000 words, no credit card.
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21 multilingual narrators
Hear a Somali script before it goes out
Paste a short message, change the direction, and listen before you share it with your community.
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Somali reads for a clinic, a classroom, a market, and a story
Clinic advice, an alphabet drill, a market sale, and a herder’s story. Read the direction under each one, then reuse it for your own notices.
Otis
Male · Middle-Aged · Multilingual
Alphabet drill for children
Style: Read in Somali slowly, sounding out each letter for young learners.
Casharka maanta waxaan ku baranaynaa xarfaha c, x iyo q.
Della
Female · Young · Multilingual
Stallholder’s discount
Style: Speak in Somali loud and cheerful, like a stallholder calling out a deal.
[excited] Iibka weyn waa la bilaabay! Dhammaan dharka waxaa saaran qiimo dhimis 30%.
Russell
Male · Middle-Aged · Multilingual
Story from the countryside
Style: Read in Somali quietly, the way an elder tells an old story.
[softly] Waa baa waxaa jiray nin geel badan lahaa oo miyiga ku noolaa.
Who produces Somali audio, and for whom
Somali is spoken in Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya, and by communities in the US, the UK, and the Nordic countries. Much of the need comes from services trying to reach families who would rather listen than read.
Creator channels for the diaspora
Business tips and news explainers on YouTube and TikTok, voiced by the same narrator from upload to upload.
Daawo ilaa dhammaadka, waxaa jira wax aad la yaabi doonto.
Somali voice for diaspora creatorsWeekend and heritage classes
Reading drills and lesson audio for weekend schools and parents teaching Somali at home.
Ereyga 'caano' macnihiisu waa milk.
Lesson audio for language classesVaccination and appointment reminders
Vaccination days, hygiene advice, and appointment notices for clinics, health departments, and NGOs.
Tallaalka carruurta waa bilaash maalmaha Isniinta iyo Khamiista.
Recorded messages for health servicesCommunity radio segments
Interviews and recurring segments for stations and podcasts with listeners in the Horn and abroad.
Ku soo dhawaada podcast-ka. Martidayada maanta waa macallin ka yimid Hargeysa.
Producing community podcast episodesDelivery and shop announcements
Free-delivery offers and new-stock news for shops and online sellers. Try a few takes and keep one.
[excited] Dalbo hadda, gaarsiinta Muqdisho gudaheeda waa bilaash.
Promo audio for local businessesChildren’s books read aloud
Bedtime stories and picture books, recorded as chapters families can play at night, with pauses and tone written into the direction.
[softly] Habeennada mid ka mid ah, gabadh yar ayaa xiddigaha eegaysay.
Audiobook production for Somali storiesSomali notices, lessons, and books in one account
Clinics, weekend schools, and diaspora channels producing Somali audio usually need these three tools.
Notices, block by block, in Studio
Split a notice into blocks for the greeting, the details, and the contact line, each with its own narrator. When an appointment date moves, regenerate one block and export per block or as one file.
Write a Somali notice as blocksRead-aloud books via Audiobook Creator
Import a Somali children’s book or novel as EPUB, PDF, or DOCX, check the chapters, and regenerate just the paragraph you corrected. Export chapters for families to play at home.
Make read-aloud chapters in SomaliA known voice, cloned
Clone a teacher or community presenter who has given permission, from a short sample or a browser recording, and use that voice on every notice. Free accounts include one clone.
Clone a community presenterThe first 1,000 words cost nothing and need no card; those free exports are watermarked, and a paid plan brings more words, unmarked audio, and commercial use. Read plan details
Lay out a small-business explainer in blocks
Della welcomes viewers, Otis gives the advice, and Della closes. If the advice changes, regenerate that block and leave the greeting alone.
01Della
Style: Speak in Somali, warm and welcoming, opening with a greeting.
Assalaamu calaykum, [excited] ku soo dhawaada channel-ka. Video-gan waxaan ka hadlaynaa sida loo bilaabo ganacsi yar.
02Otis
Style: Read in Somali like a shopkeeper giving advice to a friend, simple and direct.
Marka hore, dooro wax dadku u baahan yihiin. Kadib, ku bilow raasumaal yar.
03Della
Style: Speak in Somali softly as you ask viewers to share.
Haddii video-gan uu ku anfacay, fadlan subscribe saar channel-ka oo la wadaag saaxiibadaa.
Clinic hours changed? Redo one block
Dates and opening times move often. Edit the block that holds them and regenerate only that block; the rest of the message keeps its audio.
Write the tone you want
Type a direction such as "speak gently to parents" and add tags like [softly] or [excited] right before a phrase.
Build Somali notices block by block in StudioFixed pronunciation for names
Enbee V1 voices let you set speed and pauses and save a pronunciation for a clinic, town, or person’s name, so it reads the same in every file.
Somali spelling details that change the reading
Somali writes throat sounds with Latin letters, doubles vowels for length, and leaves pitch unmarked. A quick check of these saves a regeneration.
C, x, q, and dh are Somali sounds
Caano, Xamar, Qof
C and x come from the throat, q sits further back than k, and dh is close to a flapped d. Read as English letters, these words come out wrong, so play names and towns such as Xamar first.
Doubled vowels are long vowels
Soomaali, Caano
Aa, ii, oo, and uu mark a long vowel, and vowel length can separate two words. Keep the doubled letters exactly as your readers write them, even in a short reminder.
Pitch is not written down
inan: girl or boy, by pitch
A few words share a spelling and differ only in pitch. The narrator takes the meaning from the sentence around it, so add context when a key word in a health message could be read two ways.
Dollar amounts, units first
$25 = shan iyo labaatan doolar
Prices in Somalia are often in US dollars, and Somali says the units before the tens. Type the amount with the $ sign and check how it is read.
Standard Somali, not Maay
Af-Maxaa / Af-Maay
The narrators read Standard Somali (Af-Maxaa), the variety used in media and schools. Maay, common in the south, is only partly understood by Standard speakers, so a script written in Maay may not read as expected.
English loanwords with Somali endings
People write Laptop-kan or channel-ka, adding Somali endings to English words. Keep that spelling and the narrator reads it the way people say it.
A laptop price with mobile money payment
Style: Speak in Somali, upbeat, like a phone shop advert
Laptop-kan cusub waa $450, waxaadna ku bixin kartaa mobile money.
How the sentence breaks down
- Somali words
- cusub, waxaadna, kartaa
- English plus a Somali ending
- Laptop-kan
- English phrase
- mobile money
- Dollar price
- $450
Counting, dollars, and years in Somali
Somali puts units before tens and has a separate word for one before a noun, so play numbers back before you share the file.
| You write | The narrator says | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1 qof | hal qof | Hal with a noun, kow in counting |
| $25 | shan iyo labaatan doolar | Units come before tens |
| 30% | boqolkiiba soddon | Boqolkiiba is the word for percent |
| 2026 | laba kun iyo lix iyo labaatan | Reading a year |
Languages often needed alongside Somali
Services that reach Somali families often produce the same message in Swahili, Amharic, Arabic, or English. Or browse all 80+ text to speech languages.
Guides on multilingual outreach audio
Lesson narration, keeping listeners engaged, and producing one message in several languages.
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FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Questions from health services, NGOs, and community groups producing Somali audio.
Somali text to speech
Can a clinic or NGO test Somali audio before paying?
Yes. The free plan gives you 1,000 words with no credit card, enough to try a few notices. Free downloads include a watermark. A paid plan adds words and removes it.
Is there a choice of male and female Somali voices?
Narration Box has 1,500+ AI voices across 80+ languages, Enbee V1 voices made for Somali among them. The players on this page use our 21 Enbee V2 narrators, 12 women and 9 men. All of them read Somali and adjust tone, pace, and accent from a written direction.
Will Maay speakers understand the audio?
The narrators speak Standard Somali, which many Maay speakers understand only in part. If your listeners are mainly in southern Somalia, play a short block to a few of them before sending a long message.
Can the narrator sound northern, like Hargeisa, or southern, like Mogadishu?
Add it to the style instruction, for example "Speak in Somali with a Hargeisa accent", and listen to a short block. The instruction guides the delivery, and results vary from narrator to narrator.
A name with c or x sounds wrong. What should I check?
Check the spelling first, since a missing doubled vowel or an English spelling changes the reading. If it still sounds off, switch that block to an Enbee V1 voice and save a pronunciation for the name.
Can a health worker’s own voice be used?
Yes, with their permission. Clone the voice from a short sample and assign it to Somali blocks like any narrator. Families then hear a voice they already know.
Can I turn a Somali children’s book into audio?
Yes. The Audiobook Creator takes EPUB, PDF, or DOCX files and divides the book by chapter. If you correct a paragraph, only that paragraph is regenerated.
Can I share the audio over WhatsApp, and can our organisation use it publicly?
Files come as MP3, WAV, Opus, FLAC, or OGG, in one piece or block by block. Opus and MP3 stay small, so they travel well in WhatsApp groups. Under the subscription terms, paid plans allow commercial use.
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