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Hours counted from sunrise, money said before the number, and words that change at the Kenya and Tanzania border. Sort these out before the spot goes on air.
saa moja asubuhi = 7:00 am
In Swahili time the first hour falls around 7 in the morning, so 7 am is "saa moja" and 2 pm is "saa nane mchana". A spot that says "saa nane" means early afternoon to the listener. Write the hour the way your audience counts it and add asubuhi, mchana, jioni, or usiku.
KSh 1,500 = shilingi elfu moja na mia tano
Spoken Swahili puts "shilingi" before the amount and "asilimia" before a percentage. Type KSh or TSh amounts in digits and confirm the word order in the preview.
matatu (Kenya) / daladala (Tanzania)
The grammar is shared, but greetings, local words, and accent shift across the border, and Tanzanian ads tend to stay closer to Kiswahili sanifu. Name the market in the direction, for example "with a Tanzanian accent".
ile meeting ya saa nane
Nairobi speech mixes in English and Sheng. Keep English words in English spelling inside the sentence, and leave Sheng out of formal spots for health, banks, or government.
ha-BA-ri, ki-TA-bu
Swahili stresses the penultimate syllable, loanwords from Arabic and English included. If a brand name lands wrong, spell it the way it is said or put a short pause around it.
A Nairobi radio spot might switch to English mid-sentence, quote a price, and give a time by the Swahili clock. Type it the way it would be said on air.
A Nairobi meeting reminder with a ticket price
Style: Speak in Swahili, relaxed and chatty, with a Nairobi accent
Bro, ile meeting ya saa nane imesogezwa, na tiketi ni KSh 1,500 tu.
Swahili names the currency or the word for percent before the number, and the narrator keeps that order.
| You write | The narrator says | Type |
|---|---|---|
| KSh 2,500 | shilingi elfu mbili na mia tano | Shilingi before the amount |
| 7:30 am | saa moja na nusu asubuhi | Half past one on the Swahili clock |
| 14/02 | tarehe kumi na nne Februari | Tarehe, then the day |
| 25% | asilimia ishirini na tano | Asilimia leads the number |
A measles vaccine announcement, a noun-class lesson, a radio-style clothing offer, and a Paukwa Pakawa story opening. The direction for each is printed under the player.
Female · Middle-Aged · Multilingual
Vaccine announcement
Style: Read in Swahili steadily, like a ministry announcement on the radio.
Tangazo la afya: Chanjo ya surua inatolewa bure katika vituo vyote vya afya kuanzia Jumatatu. Mlete mtoto wako.
Male · Middle-Aged · Multilingual
Noun-class lesson
Style: Speak in Swahili slowly, stopping briefly after each example word.
Somo la leo: Kiswahili kina ngeli za nomino. Kwa mfano, kitabu kinakuwa vitabu kwa wingi.
Female · Young · Multilingual
Radio clothing offer
Style: Speak in Swahili with high energy, like a 30-second radio spot.
[excited] Ofa kubwa! Punguzo la asilimia thelathini kwa nguo zote dukani kwetu hadi Jumapili. Karibuni!
Male · Middle-Aged · Multilingual
Paukwa story opening
Style: Read in Swahili low and slow, like an elder starting a folk tale.
Paukwa! Pakawa! [softly] Hapo zamani za kale, palikuwa na sungura mjanja aliyeishi karibu na mto.
Swahili is official in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda, a working language of the East African Community, and widely spoken in eastern Congo. Radio, WhatsApp, and short video carry most of this audio.
Cooking and phone tips on YouTube and TikTok, voiced by the same narrator every week.
Usipite! Hii ndiyo njia rahisi ya kupika chapati laini nyumbani.
Voicing Swahili YouTube videosReading tracks and lesson audio for teachers and learners. Fix one lesson without redoing the course.
Tusome pamoja: Mimi ni mwanafunzi, na ninapenda kusoma vitabu.
Swahili lesson narrationHand-washing, vaccination, and clinic notices for NGOs and county programs.
Nawa mikono yako kwa maji safi na sabuni kabla ya kula.
Public service announcements in audioRadio-style segments and interviews, such as urban farming shows, with a narrator for each host.
Karibuni kwenye kipindi chetu cha leo, ambapo tunazungumzia kilimo cha mjini.
Radio-style podcast productionWeekend offers, launches, and in-store announcements. Generate a few takes for the client to choose from.
[excited] Nunua leo upate punguzo la asilimia kumi. Ofa inaisha Ijumaa.
Making radio and social ad voiceoversPaukwa tales and Swahili novels, chapter by chapter, with the storyteller’s pace written into the direction.
[softly] Usiku ule, upepo ulivuma kwa nguvu, na Amina akasikia mtu akibisha hodi mlangoni.
Hadithi recorded chapter by chapterFor stations, agencies, and channels producing Kiswahili audio in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, and beyond.
Lay out a spot as blocks: a host line, the offer, and the tag, each with its own narrator and accent direction. Change the price, regenerate that block, and export WAV for the station.
Assemble a Swahili radio spotUpload hadithi or a full novel as EPUB, PDF, or DOCX and confirm where each chapter starts. Edits are regenerated paragraph by paragraph, and finished chapters export for a reading program or podcast feed.
Produce Swahili chapter audioAn announcer who consents can be cloned from a short sample or a browser recording and then voice any block, so a campaign keeps one sound. The free plan comes with one clone.
Clone an announcer’s voice with permissionSign up free for 1,000 words with no card; free spots carry a watermark, so on-air and client work moves to a paid plan with more words, no watermark, and commercial use. Compare pricing tiers
Avis greets the channel, Harlan walks through the steps, and Avis signs off. Change the accent on one block or rewrite a step, and only that block is regenerated.
01Avis
Style: Speak in Swahili like an upbeat host with a Dar es Salaam accent.
Habari zenu, wapendwa! [excited] Karibuni tena kwenye channel yetu.
02Harlan
Style: Read in Swahili like a patient tutor showing each phone setting.
Leo nitawaonyesha jinsi ya kutengeneza video fupi kwa simu yako tu, hatua kwa hatua.
03Avis
Style: Speak in Swahili warmly, a touch slower for the goodbye.
Kama video hii imekusaidia, bonyeza like na subscribe. Tukutane kwenye video ijayo!
Change the accent in one block’s direction and regenerate just that block to hear how it lands for the other market.
Write "like a radio presenter" or "calm, for a health notice", then put [excited] before the line that should lift.
Lay out a Swahili radio spot in the block editorWith an Enbee V1 voice you can store a pronunciation for the client’s brand and set speed and pauses, so every spot in the campaign matches.
Campaigns that run in Swahili often need a Somali, Amharic, French, or English version as well. Or browse all 80+ text to speech languages.
Narrating lessons, picking voices for social video, and running one script in several languages.
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FAQs
For agencies, stations, and creators writing Swahili ads and spots.
The free plan covers 1,000 words and asks for no credit card, which is enough for a few test spots. Those files carry a watermark. A paid plan raises the word count and exports clean audio.
There are 1,500+ AI voices across 80+ languages on Narration Box, with Enbee V1 voices made for Swahili as spoken in Kenya and Tanzania. This page plays our 21 Enbee V2 narrators (12 female, 9 male), and each can read Swahili and take a written cue for accent, energy, or pace.
Only if you leave the accent open. Write "Speak in Swahili with a Tanzanian accent" or "with a Nairobi accent" and test a short block. Using the local word, such as daladala or matatu, helps it sound right too.
No. It reads what you write. If your listeners count by the Swahili clock, write "saa nane mchana" rather than 2 pm.
Type "KSh 2,500" or "TSh 5,000" in digits and the narrator says "shilingi" first, then the amount in Swahili. Percentages work the same way with "asilimia". Check prices and phone numbers before you deliver.
You can, but spellings vary, so listen to a short block first. For formal spots, standard Swahili with a few English words reads more predictably.
Yes, with the presenter’s permission. Clone the voice from a short sample and assign it to any block. Listen to the first few lines, since how an accent carries over can vary.
Exports come as MP3, WAV, Opus, FLAC, or OGG, either the whole spot or each block separately. WAV is handy for broadcast editing, MP3 for WhatsApp. Commercial use comes with paid plans under the subscription terms.
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