--- title: "Castilian Spanish Text to Speech - 7 AI Voices from Spain | Speecho" description: "Turn text into Spanish as it is spoken in Spain with seven Castilian voices - Carolina, Sara, Raquel, Lydia, David, Carmelo and Martin. Free samples, MP3 download, no subscription." canonical: "https://speecho.app/text-to-speech/castilian-spanish/" language: "en" publisher: "Speecho" --- Text to speech · Castilian Spanish # Castilian Spanish text to speech with seven voices from Spain Seven voices from Spain, not a Latin American voice with the edges changed. Paste your text, hear it free, pay per character. [Try it free →](https://my.speecho.app/voice) 150 free credits on signup · no subscription, pay per character Updated October 2026 ## Hear the difference The same Spanish sentence, twice. David is from Spain, Fernando is Latin American - listen to "voz" and "empezamos", where the Castilian z is the th of "think" and the Latin American one is an s, and to the s itself, which in Spain sits closer to a soft sh. David - Castilian (Spain) Fernando - Latin American ## Castilian Spanish voices (Spain) Carolina Female ES David Male ES Sara Female ES Raquel Female ES Lydia Female ES Carmelo Male ES Martin Male ES All 7 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 Castilian Spanish too at 50 credits, and for most languages it has native voices of its own. Every clip downloads as MP3. [Browse the voice library →](https://speecho.app/text-to-speech/voices/) ## What makes a voice sound like Spain Three things place a voice in Spain within a sentence. The first is distinción: z, and c before e or i, are the th of "think", so gracias, cielo and zapato do not sound the way they do anywhere in the Americas. The second is the s, made with the tip of the tongue and a little thicker than the Latin American one. The third is the j of jamón and gente, which is rougher and further back. The grammar follows: Spain says vosotros and podéis to a group of friends where Latin America says ustedes and pueden, and a Castilian voice is the only one in which those forms sound at home. It is the accent to pick when the audience is in Spain and should feel addressed rather than dubbed: an ad for a Madrid retailer, a phone menu, a course for staff in Valencia, a YouTube channel with a Spanish audience. A Latin American voice is understood everywhere in Spain and is heard as foreign in the first second. Carolina is sweet and natural, an all-round narration voice. Sara is young and conversational, good for dialogue and characters. Raquel is young, bright and cheerful. Lydia is warm, dynamic and clear, made for explainers and course material. David is young and confident, a storyteller and the most widely used of the seven. Carmelo is mature and deep, with a warm rasp, for stories and documentary. Martin is polished and energetic, the voice of a TV commercial. All seven are listed as Castilian or peninsular Spanish, the standard of national media in Spain. There are no Andalusian or Canarian voices, whose s and z are closer to Latin America than to Madrid, and Catalan, Galician and Basque are separate languages, not accents of this one. For Mexico or the rest of Latin America, use the Mexican or Latin American voices instead. ## Write it the way Spain writes it A voice does not change your words. A script written for Mexico and voiced by Carolina still says computadora, celular and jugo, and a listener in Spain notices twice. In Spain it is ordenador, móvil and zumo, a car is a coche, potatoes are patatas, and "okay" is vale. Address is the bigger one: tú and vosotros for a casual brand, usted and ustedes only when you mean to be formal. ## How it works [Watch the full tutorial on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAIwuHhr5j0) 1 ### Paste your text Up to 200,000 characters, voiced part by part when the text is long. Paste Castilian Spanish text and the app detects the language. 2 ### Pick a voice Every voice has a free sample in its own language - audition before spending a credit. 3 ### Play & download Ready in seconds. Listen in the browser or download the MP3; clips stay in your history for 90 days. ## Frequently asked questions **Is Castilian Spanish the same as Spanish from Spain?** For practical purposes, yes. Castilian (castellano) is the usual name for the Spanish of Spain, also called peninsular or European Spanish. The seven voices on this page are speakers from Spain, each tagged ES in the app. **How do I pick a voice from Spain in the app?** Paste your text and Speecho detects Spanish. On the Enhanced and Premium tiers each Spanish voice carries a tag next to its name: ES for Spain, MX for Mexico, LatAm for neutral Latin American. Choose one tagged ES; every voice has a free sample. **Will a Latin American audience understand it?** Completely, and they will hear Spain in the first word. For Mexico use the Mexican voices, for a mixed Latin American audience the neutral Latin American ones; both are on the Spanish page. **Does it pronounce z and c as th?** Yes. The distinción is part of how these speakers talk, so gracias, cielo and zapato come out with the th sound without any spelling tricks. It cannot be switched off; for seseo, choose a Latin American voice. **Which voice from Spain should I pick?** For narration and courses, Carolina or Lydia. For conversational and social content, Sara or Raquel. For storytelling, David. For documentary and long stories, Carmelo. For ads, Martin. All seven have free samples. **How much does Castilian Spanish text to speech cost?** The seven voices on this page cost 110 credits per 1,000 characters on Enhanced or 160 on Premium. The Standard tier has ten native voices from Spain 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. ## Give your Castilian Spanish text a voice Preview every voice free - pay only for the characters you convert. [Try Castilian Spanish text to speech →](https://my.speecho.app/voice) ## Other accents and languages