English text to speech, with a German accent
Three German speakers reading English - a strong accent, a light one, and a baritone in between. This is not German text to speech; it is English, spoken the way a German speaker speaks it.
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Hear the difference
The same English sentence, twice. Petra is a German speaker reading English, Brittney an American - listen to the w in "we", which moves towards a v, to the th, which hardens towards s or z, and to the consonants at the end of a word, which devoice.
English with a German accent
All 3 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 German-accented English too at 50 credits, and for most languages it has native voices of its own. Every clip downloads as MP3. Browse the voice library →
When a German accent is the right choice, and when it is not
These voices are native German speakers reading English, so the accent is real rather than performed: w moves towards v, th hardens towards s or z, the r at the end of a syllable vanishes into a vowel, and a voiced consonant at the end of a word devoices, so "have" ends closer to an f. The vowel system is German, which is why "ship" and "sheep" sit closer together than an English speaker expects.
The three differ mainly in how far the accent goes. Petra is the strongest and reads as a character voice: right for a game, a sketch, a dub where the accent is the point. Lauren is the lightest, a European English narration voice where the accent is a texture rather than a feature. Klaus sits between them, a middle-aged baritone that works for both. Pick by how much you want the listener to notice.
What this is not: a voice for German text. A German script wants a German voice, and those live on the German text-to-speech page. Nor is it a way to make fun of German speakers - the accent is one that most of Europe speaks English in, and the voices are ordinary narration voices recorded by people who speak that way.
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 English text and the app detects the language.
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Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as German text to speech?
No, and the difference matters. This page is English text read by German speakers, so you paste English. German text to speech is German text read by German speakers, and that has its own page with eight native voices.
How strong is the accent?
It depends on the voice, which is why there are three. Petra is strong enough to be a character voice, Lauren is light enough to pass as generic European English, and Klaus sits between them. Play all three - the samples are free - and pick by how much you want the listener to notice.
Can I make the accent stronger or weaker?
Not with a setting. The accent belongs to the voice, so the way to adjust it is to switch voices. That is what the three cover between them.
What do people use it for?
Characters in games and animation, dubbing and voiceover where the speaker is meant to be German, language-learning material that demonstrates a learner accent, and corporate narration for a European audience where a neutral-but-not-American voice is the point.
How much does it cost?
The same as every voice: 110 credits per 1,000 characters on Enhanced or 160 on Premium, from a pay-as-you-go balance that starts at $5 and does not expire.
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