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Videos and explainers
Add Japanese narration to a product video or tutorial, and fix a line later without booking a studio.
Japanese Text to Speech
Japanese Text to Speech
Paste kanji, kana or a mix of both and it's read in Japanese, with no language to set. Pick one of 30 voices, shape the delivery and take the audio with you as an MP3.
How it works
Japanese TTS in Three Steps
Step 1
Paste your Japanese text
Up to 5,000 characters at a time, which is a lot of speech in Japanese. Kanji, hiragana and katakana are all fine.
Step 2
Pick a voice and direct it
Every voice has a Japanese sample to play. Choose one, set the tone and pace, and mark any sentence to be calm, excited or whispered.
Step 3
Generate and download
A short script is ready in seconds. Listen as often as you like, and download MP3 or WAV on a paid plan.
Writing for the voice
Get Your Japanese Text to Speech Read Right
Japanese has more than one way to read almost anything, so a few habits help your Japanese TTS get it right.
Write unusual names in kana
A person's name or a rare kanji can have several readings. If one comes out wrong, write it in hiragana or katakana and generate that line again.
Spell out numbers you care about
Dates, times and counters change how a number is said. Write them in kana when the exact reading matters, such as ついたち for the first of the month.
Mind English words in the middle
If a brand or English word sounds off inside a Japanese sentence, try writing it in katakana.
Slow it down for learners
Set Pace to Slow for listening practice. It reads the words aloud; it doesn't show furigana or pitch accent marks.
Japanese voice over
Japanese Voice Over for Your Next Project
For anyone reaching a Japanese audience. A 30-second read is about 130 characters, or 10 credits.
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Ads and promos
Read a shop promotion or an app ad for the Japanese market, in an upbeat advert tone.
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Tours and announcements
Record museum guides, venue announcements or closing-time messages in a calm, clear voice.
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Lessons and courses
Turn textbook dialogues and reading passages into audio that students can replay.
Other languages
Text to Speech in Other Languages
FAQ
Japanese Text to Speech Questions
Listening to the Japanese samples and examples is free without signing in. Free accounts get 120 credits a month, about 2,400 characters of Japanese. It costs 5 credits per 100 characters, and downloads come with paid plans.
All 30 AI voices read Japanese, which makes this a Japanese voice generator as much as a text to speech tool. The list on this page starts with six to try, and you can play a Japanese sample of any voice before you choose.
No. Paste Japanese and it's read in Japanese. There's no language menu to set.
It reads kanji from context, like a person would. Names and rare words can still come out wrong, so listen first and rewrite those in kana if needed.
Yes, on a paid plan. Every take is saved in your history and downloads as MP3 or WAV. Listening is free.
Write them in kana when the reading matters, then generate that line again. You only pay for the characters you generate.
Yes, on a paid plan. Audio you make while subscribed can go into commercial projects.
Up to 5,000 characters per generation. Japanese packs a lot into each character, so that's roughly 20 minutes of speech. For longer pieces, generate them in parts, or upload a PDF to the PDF to Audio tool.
Hear Your Japanese Script Now
Paste your text, pick a voice and listen in seconds. Your first takes are free.