Czech text to speech with native voices
Zdeněk, Adam, Jana, Anet and four more are Czech speakers - the ř, the long vowels and the stress on the first syllable included. Paste your text, hear it free.
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Hear the difference
The same Czech sentence, twice. Zdeněk is a Czech speaker; Zoe reads Czech with English stress, which falls on the wrong syllable of nearly every word, and the ř in přečíst comes out as a plain r.
The Czech voices
All 8 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 Czech too at 50 credits, and for most languages it has native voices of its own. Every clip downloads as MP3. Browse the voice library →
Why a native Czech voice matters
Czech has one sound that no other major language shares: ř, the consonant in řeka and Dvořák, a trilled r and a zh at the same moment. Foreign voices replace it with r or with rzh, and a Czech listener notices on the first word. The rest of the sound system is regular but strict. Stress always falls on the first syllable, so an English-trained voice that stresses the middle of a long word sounds foreign even when every sound is right. Vowel length is marked in the spelling and changes meaning: byt is a flat, být is to be, and a voice that ignores the čárka reads different words.
Then there are the clusters. Czech builds whole words without a vowel, with r or l carrying the syllable - vlk, krk, the tongue-twister strč prst skrz krk - and ě quietly softens the consonant before it, so dě, tě and ně are not spelled the way they sound. All eight voices are Czech speakers. Zdeněk is a strong, deep Moravian voice and the most used Czech voice in the library; Zazy is a Prague baritone built for audiobooks and podcasts; Adam is velvety and conversational; Jan a kind educator. Among the women, Jana is warm and confident for corporate and e-learning work, Anet young and lively for commercials, Hanka friendly and informative, Denisa soft and calm for tutorials and narration.
How it works
Watch the full tutorial on YouTube
Paste your text
Up to 200,000 characters, voiced part by part when the text is long. Paste Czech 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.
Play & download
Ready in seconds. Listen in the browser or download the MP3; clips stay in your history for 90 days.
Frequently asked questions
Does it pronounce ř correctly?
Yes - it is the clearest test of a native Czech voice. Řeka, tři and Dvořák get the real ř rather than an r or a rzh, including after consonants, where it hardens slightly as in tři.
What about long vowels and stress?
Both follow Czech rules. á, é, í, ó, ú and ů are held long, so byt and být, or rada and ráda, stay different words, and the stress stays on the first syllable however long the word gets.
Can I use it for Slovak text?
Not as a Slovak voice. Czech and Slovak are close enough to understand each other, but these are Czech speakers and Slovak text comes out with Czech pronunciation, which a Slovak listener hears at once. For Slovak, use the eight Slovak voices instead.
How much does Czech text to speech cost?
Native voices cost 110 credits per 1,000 characters on Enhanced or 160 on Premium. A 1,000-character paragraph is roughly a minute of speech - about $0.23 on Enhanced at the $5 pack rate. No subscription.
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