Polyglot Voice Upgrades and 18 New Expressive Voices

We upgraded 12 popular voices to new expressive polyglot models that can speak over 70 languages, and added 18 new expressive English voices.

Check out the samples below to quickly hear how the new voices sound:

  • Anton (English, British, Male, Older, Expressive, Calm) 
  • Jared (English, American, Male, African-American, Younger, Expressive) 
  • Lonnie (English, American, Female, Caucasian, Older, Authoritative, Expressive) 
  • Kimmy (English, American, Female, Caucasian, Younger, Excited, Californian, Expressive) 
  • Brady (English, American, Male, Caucasian, Older, Professional, Authoritative, Serious, Expressive) 
  • Patrick (English, American, Male, Caucasian, Younger, Casual, Expressive) 
  • Cherry (English, American, Female, Caucasian, Warm, Professional, Expressive) 
  • Dalton (English, American, Male, Caucasian, Calm, Professional, Expressive) 
  • Candace (English, American, Female, Caucasian, Calm, Casual, Expressive) 
  • Jimmy (English, American, Male, Caucasian, Expressive, Casual) 
  • Ellen (English, American, Female, Caucasian, Casual, Expressive) 
  • Burton (English, American, Male, Caucasian, Older, Calm, Expressive) 
  • Katie (English, American, Female, Caucasian, Younger, Energetic, Bright, Expressive) 
  • Melinda (English, American, Female, Caucasian, Warm, Expressive) 
  • Wally (English, American, Expressive, Caucasian, Male, Authoritative, Older, Southern) 
  • Randy (English, American, Expressive, Caucasian, Male, Casual, Southern) 
  • Penny (English, American, Expressive, Caucasian, Female, Younger, Californian, Bright) 
  • Devika (English, Indian accent, Female, Expressive) 

12 Voices Upgraded to Polyglot

We upgraded several voices, giving them more expressive power and enabling polyglot support. The upgraded voices sound more natural, with better intonation, and they can speak over 70 languages. Here are the voices we upgraded:

  • British English: Edward and Victoria
  • American English: Franklin, Whitney and Max
  • Indian English: Kavita
  • Filipino: Piolo and Bianca
  • Indonesian: Agung and Bethari
  • Malay: Taufan and Mayang

New Polyglot Voices

We added 3 new polyglot voices:

  • Anton – a calm, mature British English voice
  • Devika – an expressive Indian English female voice
  • Jared – a younger, expressive American English male voice

New Expressive American English Voices

You can also now use 15 new expressive American English voices, covering a wide range of ages, accents and speaking styles:

  • Lonnie – mature, authoritative female voice
  • Kimmy – young, excited female voice with a Californian accent
  • Penny – young, bright female voice with a Californian accent
  • Katie – young, energetic female voice
  • Cherry – warm, professional female voice
  • Melinda – warm female voice
  • Candace – calm, casual female voice
  • Ellen – casual female voice
  • Brady – mature, serious and authoritative male voice
  • Burton – mature, calm male voice
  • Dalton – calm, professional male voice
  • Patrick – young, casual male voice
  • Jimmy – casual male voice
  • Wally – mature, authoritative male voice with a Southern accent
  • Randy – casual male voice with a Southern accent

All the new voices are immediately available to all our users.

For a full list of all the available voices, check out our Voice list page.

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