Canadian French text to speech with six voices from Québec
Six Québec voices, not a Parisian one reading for Montréal. Paste your text, hear it free, pay per character.
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Hear the difference
The same French sentence, twice. Alexandre is from Québec, Nicolas from Paris - listen to the t in "articles" and "naturellement", which picks up a light s in the Québec line, and to the nasal vowels at the end of "calmement" and "clairement", which sit further forward.
Canadian French voices (Québec)
All 6 run on the ElevenLabs tiers: Enhanced at 110 credits / 1,000 characters (≈ $0.23 per minute of speech) and Premium at 160 (≈ $0.33) for the most natural result. The Standard tier reads Canadian French too at 50 credits, and for most languages it has native voices of its own. Every clip downloads as MP3. Browse the voice library →
What a Québec listener hears
Québec French and the French of France are written almost identically and are told apart in a syllable. In Québec, t and d before i and u pick up a light s or z, so tu sounds like tsu and dire like dzire. The nasal vowels are different, with the an of maman further forward in the mouth. Short i, u and ou relax in a closed syllable, so vite and route sound shorter and looser than in Paris, and long vowels keep a length that France has mostly lost, which is why pâte and patte are still two words in Montréal.
It is the accent to pick whenever the audience is in Québec or elsewhere in French-speaking Canada. The language law of Québec makes French the language of commerce there, so product videos, phone menus, safety training and customer messages are produced in French as a matter of course, and a voice from France on them is heard as an import. Jeanne M. is warm and friendly, made for teaching and e-learning. Amélie has exceptionally clear articulation and a reassuring tone, the one for phone systems, business presentations and explainer videos. Caroline is soft and unhurried, for narration and training. Alexandre is clear, direct and professional. Adam is a deep, warm voice for teaching and information. Thomas is young, friendly and natural, for video narration, tutorials and corporate content.
These voices were recorded for narration, teaching and business use, so the accent is that of a Québec professional reading aloud; none of them speaks joual. Acadian French, the accent of New Brunswick and the Maritimes, is a different one and is not offered. For France, Belgium or Switzerland, the nine voices from France on the French page are the right choice.
Write it the way Québec writes it
A voice reads the words you give it, and Québec has its own. Email is courriel, a mobile phone a cellulaire, the weekend the fin de semaine, and shopping is magasiner. The three meals are déjeuner, dîner and souper, one step earlier than in France, where déjeuner is lunch. A script written in Paris and voiced by a Québec speaker keeps week-end, portable and shopping, and sounds like a translation. Have someone from Québec read the copy before you voice it.
How it works
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Paste your text
Up to 200,000 characters, voiced part by part when the text is long. Paste Canadian French text and the app detects the language.
Pick a voice
Every voice has a free sample in its own language - audition before spending a credit.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Canadian French the same as Québec French?
Nearly always, in practice. Most French speakers in Canada live in Québec, and "Canadian French" in voiceover work means the Québec accent, also called Québécois or French Canadian. The six voices on this page are speakers from Québec, tagged Québec in the app. Acadian French is a separate accent and is not offered.
How do I pick a Québec voice in the app?
Paste your text and Speecho detects French. On the Enhanced and Premium tiers the French voices are listed with a tag next to each name: Québec for the six on this page, FR for the nine from France. Every one has a free sample.
Will people in France understand it?
Yes, without effort, and they will know at once that the speaker is from Québec. For an audience in France, Belgium or Switzerland, use the voices from France on the French page.
How strong is the accent?
Natural, not exaggerated. These voices were recorded for narration, teaching and business use, so the accent is that of a Québec professional reading aloud. None of them speaks joual, the informal everyday speech of Montréal.
Which Québec voice should I pick?
For phone systems and explainer videos, Amélie. For teaching and e-learning, Jeanne M. or Adam. For calm narration and training, Caroline. For direct, informative reads, Alexandre. For tutorials and video narration, Thomas. All six have free samples.
How much does Canadian French text to speech cost?
The six voices on this page cost 110 credits per 1,000 characters on Enhanced or 160 on Premium. The Standard tier has two Québec voices of its own at 50. All of it comes from a pay-as-you-go balance that starts at $5 and does not expire; a 1,000-character script is roughly a minute of speech.
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