ReadSpeaker Now Offers 245 Voices in 68 Different Languages to Help Students Engage More Deeply with Learning Content

ReadSpeaker text-to-speech improves accessibility and interaction with learning content for all learners who choose to use speech technology to help them better engage with materials

BOSTON – November 28, 2022 –  ReadSpeaker, the trusted, independent digital voice and text-to-speech provider for educational institutions and innovative brands worldwide, now offers its voice tools in 68 languages. The most recent additions are 11 South African tribal and native languages. ReadSpeaker also offers 245 different voices, the most recent of which is “Molly,” an expressive child’s voice (Click to listen to Molly read a section of text from Harry Potter).

These new voices and languages are important in education because they give learners options to choose a voice of their preference. “ReadSpeaker now offers so many voices and languages that millions more students can choose to hear their lessons read in a voice that resonates with them,” said Ginger Dewey, a 35-year veteran educator and now ReadSpeaker’s Educational Development Manager. “Having the option to use voice tools while learning makes it more equitable and accessible for everyone, not only for people needing accommodations.”

In fact, in the 2022 Students and Technology Report released by EDUCAUSE in October 2022, in a survey of 850 college-age students, “only 5% of respondents indicated that they have a disability for which they need assistive technology. However, when provided with a list of specific assistive technologies, every item on the list was selected as necessary by at least 18% of respondents.” 

The 68 different languages now available through ReadSpeaker include:

1. Afrikaans
2. Arabic
3. Basque
4. Bulgarian
5. Catalan
6. Chinese (Cantonese)
7. Chinese (Mandarin)
8. Chinese (Taiwanese Mandarin)
9. Croatian
10. Czech
11. Danish
12. Dutch
13. Dutch (Belgium)
14. English (AU)
15. English (India)
16. English (Ireland)
17. English (New Zealand)
18. English (Scotland)
19. English (South Africa)
20. English (UK)
21. English (US)
22. Farsi
23. Finnish
24. French
25. French (Belgium)
26. French (Canada)
27. Frisian
28. Galician
29. German
30. Greek
31. Hebrew
32. Hindi
33. Hungarian
34. Icelandic
35. Indonesian
36. Italian
37. Japanese
38. Korean
39. Latvian
40. Norwegian (Bokmål)
41. Norwegian (Nynorsk)
42. Polish
43. Portuguese
44. Portuguese (Brazil)
45. Romanian
46. Russian
47. Sepedi
48. Siswati
49. Slovak
50. Sotho
51. Southern Ndebele
52. Spanish (American)
53. Spanish (Argentina)
54. Spanish (Castilian)
55. Spanish (Colombia)
56. Spanish (Mexican)
57. Swedish
58. Thai
59. Tsonga
60. Tswana
61. Turkish
62. Ukrainian
63. Urdu
64. Venda
65. Vietnamese
66. Welsh
67. Xhosa
68. Zulu

About ReadSpeaker 
For over 20 years, ReadSpeaker has been giving a human-like synthetic voice to more than 10,000 education and industry applications in 70 countries. ReadSpeaker creates custom digital voices and offers more than 245 expressive off-the-shelf voices in over 68 languages to enhance the User Experience through engaging voice interactions. At colleges and universities, K-12 schools, and businesses, ReadSpeaker brings voice to websites and learning content. Learn more at ReadSpeaker.com or on LinkedIn and Twitter (@ReadSpeaker).

Media Contact:
Jennifer Harrison for ReadSpeaker
jennifer at pandopublicrelations.com