Free Text-To-Speech and Text-to-MP3 for Italian

Easily convert your Italian text into professional speech for free. Perfect for e-learning, presentations, YouTube videos and increasing the accessibility of your website. Our voices pronounce your texts in their own language using a specific accent. Plus, these texts can be downloaded as MP3. In some languages, multiple speakers are available.

Input limit: 3,000 characters / Don't forget to turn on your speakers :-)

Hint: If you finish a sentence, leave a space after the dot before the next one starts for better pronunciation.

Here are some features to use while generating speech:

Add a break

Mary had a little lamb <break time="1s"/> Whose fleece was white as snow.

Emphasizing words

I already told you I <emphasis level="strong">really like </emphasis> that person.

Speed

For dramatic purposes, you might wish to <prosody rate="slow">slow down the speaking rate of your text.</prosody>
Or if you are in a hurry <prosody rate="fast">your may want to speed it up a bit.</prosody>

Pitch

Do you like sythesized speech <prosody pitch="high">with a pitch that is higher than normal?</prosody>
Or do you prefer your speech <prosody pitch="-20%">with a somewhat lower pitch?</prosody>

Whisper

<amazon:effect name="whispered">If you make any noise, </amazon:effect> she said, <amazon:effect name="whispered">they will hear us.</amazon:effect>

Conversations

It is possible to switch between speakers within the text. Just use the following format:
[speaker:Brian] Hello Emma
[speaker:Emma] Hey Brian
[speaker:Brian] How are you doing?
[speaker:Emma] I am fine. May i invite you to a cup of tea?

Please note: Remove any diacritical signs from the speakers names when using this, Léa = Lea, Penélope = Penelope

Need more effects or customization? Please refer to the Amazon SSML Tags for Amazon Polly

Facts about the Italian language:

Italy is a country that is very steeped in history and customs. The same thing can be said about the Italian language. Currently, that are an estimated 65 million native speakers of the language throughout the world. The following is a small look at the Italian language.

Overall, the Italian language is one of the native languages of the countries of Italy, Sardinia, Switzerland, San Marino, and the Vatican. It is well known as one of the Romance languages. There are thousands upon thousands of communites and cities all throughout the world that have large populations of expatriate Italians and it is also there where the Italian language has been able to flourish.

History shows that the Italian language got its start from the orginal Latin that was spoke throughout the region during the Middle Ages. Over the years and through the influence of surrounding countries and empires, the Italian language has arrived to its current status and one that is spoken widely and respected all throughout the modern world.

With Italian being one of the Romance languages, it means that it gets its origins from Vulgar Latin. Linguists and scientists have been able to determine that of all the languages that can trace their orgins to Latin, it is the Italian language that is the further away from the mother language.