Free Text-To-Speech and Text-to-MP3 for New Zealand English

How to convert New Zealand English text to MP3

1. Type or paste your text into the box above (up to 3,000 characters per day for free).
2. Choose a voice from the list.
3. Click Read to listen in your browser, or Download as MP3 to save the audio file.

No account, no app and no AWS account are needed. Longer texts are processed in the background; please keep the page open until the audio is ready.

Free limit and premium plans

The free converter allows 3,000 characters per day (about 375 words). Your usage today is shown below the converter and resets every day.

Need more? Premium plans range from a 24-hour pass to monthly and yearly plans with up to 10 million characters. Every yearly plan includes access to the text-to-speech API.

Commercial use of the MP3 files

You may use the MP3 files created with ttsMP3 in commercial and non-commercial projects – for example YouTube voiceovers, podcasts, presentations, e-learning courses, websites and apps. This applies to free and paid usage, and you do not have to credit ttsMP3 (a mention is always appreciated). See commercial use of text to speech for details.

New Zealand English voices

For New Zealand English you can choose between these voices: Aria. All of them are Amazon Polly voices and pronounce your text with a native New Zealand English accent. In total ttsMP3 offers 74 regular voices in 41 languages and accents.

Pauses, emphasis, speed and pitch (SSML)

You can control the speech with SSML tags directly in your text. Here are the most useful ones:

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">you may want to speed it up a bit.</prosody>

Pitch

Do you like synthesized 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

You can switch between speakers within one text:

[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 remove diacritical signs from the speaker names: Léa = Lea, Penélope = Penelope.

Need more effects? See our SSML guide with examples or the Amazon SSML tags for Amazon Polly.

Facts about the New Zealand English language:

New Zealand English is the English spoken in New Zealand, the first language of most of the country's five million people. English is one of the official languages of New Zealand, together with te reo Māori and New Zealand Sign Language.

New Zealand English developed from the English of British settlers in the 19th century and is related to Australian English, but it has its own clear identity. The most famous feature is the vowel in words like fish and chips, which sounds more central than in other accents, and the e in words like bed, which moves closer to an i. Many speakers end statements with a rising intonation that can sound like a question.

Te reo Māori has a strong influence on New Zealand English. Words such as kia ora (hello, thank you), whānau (family), kai (food), aroha (love) and haka are used by everyone, and many place names are Māori, such as Aotearoa, the Māori name of New Zealand. Pronouncing these names correctly is seen as a sign of respect.

New Zealand English also has its own everyday words: a bach is a holiday home, jandals are flip-flops, a dairy is a corner shop, chilly bin is a cool box and sweet as means everything is fine.

A New Zealand English voice gives your content a relaxed and friendly Kiwi sound and is the natural choice for videos, tourism content and learning material aimed at listeners in New Zealand.

Supported voice languages: