German text to speech with native voices
Ten German speakers, not an English voice reading German. Paste your text, hear it free, pay per character.
Try it free →150 free credits on signup · no subscription, pay per character
Hear the difference
The same German sentence, twice. Susi is a German speaker; Zoe is a universal voice reading German with an English accent. Most TTS tools only give you the second kind.
The German voices
All 10 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 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 German voice matters
German is unforgiving to foreign-accented TTS: umlauts flatten (schön becomes shane), the ch in ich turns into a k, and long compounds like Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung fall apart mid-word. A voice trained on German speech gets these right by default - including the clipped final consonants and the falling sentence melody that make German sound German.
All ten native voices speak standard German (Hochdeutsch), which reads naturally to listeners from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Susi and Lea are conversational female voices; Ava and Luisa are younger, one bright and friendly, one calm and patient, and Carola is the sharp, precise voice for tutorials and course material. Otto is a classic narrator baritone, Ben a younger casual male voice, and Leon a deep, rich one for trailers and documentary narration. Leonie is a clear, engaging studio narrator, and Alexander the deep, familiar voice of TV magazines and audiobooks. The Standard tier has ten native German voices of its own, at less than half the Enhanced price - a good fit for drafts and everyday audio.
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 German 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
I need English spoken with a German accent, not German. Is that here?
That is a different page. These voices read German; for English read by a German speaker - w moving towards v, th towards s - see English with a German accent, which has three voices from a strong accent to a light one.
Does it pronounce ä, ö, ü and ß correctly?
Yes. The native voices are German speakers, so umlauts, ß and German-specific clusters like sch and pf come out right without phonetic tricks. Long compound words are read as one word with natural internal stress.
Is it Hochdeutsch or a regional dialect?
Standard German (Hochdeutsch), the register used in broadcasting - natural for audiences in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Speecho does not offer Bavarian, Austrian or Swiss German dialect voices.
Which German voice should I pick?
For explainers and corporate narration, Susi or Otto. For tutorials and course material, Carola. For younger, social-media-facing content, Ava or Ben. For documentary or trailer weight, Leon or Alexander. For audiobooks, Leonie. Every voice has a free sample on this page, so the fastest answer is to play three and pick.
How much does German text to speech cost?
Native German voices exist on every tier: ten on Standard at 50 credits per 1,000 characters, and the ten on this page on Enhanced at 110 or Premium at 160. A 1,000-character German paragraph is roughly one minute of speech - about $0.10 on Standard or $0.23 on Enhanced at the $5 pack rate. No subscription; credits never expire.
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