Greek text to speech with native voices

Why a native Greek voice matters

Greek marks its stress in writing, with the tonos over the stressed vowel, and the mark is not decoration: πότε is when and ποτέ is never, the same letters with the stress moved one syllable. A voice that stresses by English habit changes the word. The consonants are the other giveaway. δ is the th of this and θ the th of thin, χ is a rasp like the ch in loch, and γ is softer still - a y before ε and ι, a voiced throat sound elsewhere. Universal voices tend to read them as d, t, k and g, the way the letters look to an English eye.

Spelling adds its own traps. η, ι, υ, ει and οι are all the same i sound, αι is an e, and μπ, ντ and γκ stand for b, d and g, which Greek has no single letters for. All seven voices are Greek speakers, in the standard pronunciation of Greece; Eleni and Chrysa are from Athens. Theos is a broadcast voice for documentaries, advertising and trailers, Atlas a mature radio-trained one with real authority, Kyriakos and Eugene calmer narrators for audiobooks, podcasts and e-learning. Eleni is a calm, young voice for narration, Sophia a warm one for voice-overs and phone menus, Chrysa lively and professional for conversational content.