Scottish English text to speech with five central-belt voices
Five Scottish voices, not an English one doing an impression. Paste your text, hear it free, pay per character.
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Hear the difference
The same sentence, twice. Isla speaks Scottish English, Brittney American - listen to the r, which is tapped rather than smoothed over, and to the vowels in "boot" and "book", which fall together in the Scottish line.
Scottish English voices
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 Scottish 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 →
What a Scottish audience hears
Scottish English is the most distinct of the British Isles accents to an outside ear, and the markers are easy to name: the r is pronounced everywhere, often tapped; "boot" and "book" share a vowel; "trap" and "palm" share another; and the vowel in "price" shifts depending on what follows it, which is why "tide" and "tied" differ for a Scottish speaker and not for anyone else. None of it obscures the words - it is a full standard, used in Scottish broadcasting.
Isla is an Edinburgh voice, warm and even, suited to narration and storytelling; Lewis is younger and calmer, suited to voiceover and audiobooks. Lynda is bright and clear, the one for teaching and explainers; Piper is a younger podcast voice, calm and unhurried; Hugh is a storyteller with enough rhythm to carry a long read. None of the five is Glaswegian, Doric or Highland - Scotland's accents vary as sharply as Ireland's, and all of them read as central-belt standard. For copy that must place itself in a specific city, a human recording is still the right call.
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 Scottish English 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
Can I choose a Scottish accent rather than a generic British one?
Yes - the five voices on this page are Scottish, each with a free sample. The British, American, Irish and Australian sets have their own pages.
Which part of Scotland?
Central-belt standard; Isla is an Edinburgh voice. Glaswegian, Doric and Highland accents are not offered as separate voices, and a listener from those places will hear the difference.
Will it sound like a caricature?
No. All five are ordinary speaking voices recorded for narration work, in the register Scottish broadcasting uses - not the exaggerated accent used for comic effect elsewhere.
Which Scottish voice should I pick?
For narration and storytelling, Isla or Hugh. For voiceover and audiobooks, Lewis. For teaching and explainers, Lynda. For a podcast read, Piper. All five have free samples.
How much does Scottish English text to speech cost?
The same as every language: 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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