English text to speech, with an Italian accent
Five Italian speakers reading English, all recorded for narration rather than for comedy. This is not Italian text to speech; it is English, spoken the way an Italian speaker speaks it.
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The same English sentence, twice. Silvia is an Italian speaker reading English, Brittney an American - listen to the vowels, which stay pure instead of gliding, and to the consonants at the end of a word, which keep a trace of a following vowel.
English with an Italian accent
All 5 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 Italian-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 an Italian accent is the right choice, and when it is not
Italian has five clean vowels and almost no word-final consonant clusters, and both facts carry into English. The vowels stay pure rather than gliding, so "no" and "day" land flat. A word ending in a consonant often keeps a faint vowel after it. Th moves towards t or d, the r is tapped, and h at the start of a word softens. The rhythm is syllable-timed, giving English an even pace rather than the stress-and-compress pattern of a native speaker.
Every voice here was recorded for narration work, and each description makes a point of the accent being natural rather than exaggerated - which is what you want. Silvia is warm and conversational; Lorenzo is polished and lower, suited to documentary and corporate reads; Ginevra is soft and soothing, made for long, calm reading; Caty is lighter and more playful; Valentino is young and casual, the closest to ordinary speech. Neither does the theatrical Italian accent used for comic effect, and that is deliberate.
What this is not: a voice for Italian text. An Italian script wants an Italian voice, and those live on the Italian text-to-speech page, with seven native speakers.
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Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as Italian text to speech?
No. This page is English text read by Italian speakers, so you paste English. Italian text to speech is Italian text read by Italian speakers, and that has its own page with seven native voices.
Is it a stereotyped accent?
No. All five were recorded for narration and voiceover work, with a natural accent rather than the exaggerated one used for comic effect. If you need a caricature, these are the wrong voices.
Can I make the accent stronger or weaker?
Not with a setting - the accent belongs to the voice. The five differ in warmth, age and register rather than in accent strength.
What do people use it for?
Italian characters in games and animation, dubbing where the speaker is meant to be Italian, hospitality and food brands that want the association, and language-learning material.
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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