--- title: "Czech Text to Speech - 8 Native AI Voices | Speecho" description: "Turn Czech text into natural speech with 8 native Czech voices. The ř, long vowels and first-syllable stress come out right. Free samples, pay per character." canonical: "https://speecho.app/text-to-speech/czech/" language: "en" publisher: "Speecho" --- Text to speech · Czech # 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. [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 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. Zdeněk - native Czech Zoe - universal voice ## The Czech voices Zdeněk Male Native Adam Male Native Zazy Male Native Jan Male Native Anet Female Native Jana Female Native Hanka Female Native Denisa Female Native 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 →](https://speecho.app/text-to-speech/voices/) ## 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](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 Czech 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 **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. ## Give your Czech text a voice Preview every voice free - pay only for the characters you convert. [Try Czech text to speech →](https://my.speecho.app/voice) ## Native voices in other languages