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

Easily convert your Portuguese 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

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Facts about the Portuguese language:

The Portuguese language is spoken by more than 220 million people and its one of the best Romance language globally. The Portuguese language is spoken mostly in Brazil and Portugal, but it's also a common language in Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Macau, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Mozambique. There are other small groups of Portuguese speakers found in Malacca Malaysia, Goa, Diu in India and Daman.

The Portuguese Language History

The Portuguese language is a Latin descendant, and it was brought to Iberian Peninsula in 218BC by Roman soldiers, merchants, and settlers. In the 9th century AD, the first sigh of Portuguese word was recorded in a romance letter. And in 1920 king Denis decreed a change of Portuguese language that was known as the "Vulgar Language" to Portuguese language and pronounced it as an official language. Other languages that have influenced the Portuguese language include French, and this is due to the extensive infiltration of the French customs and manners in Portugal during the eleventh centuries. During that period the Frenchmen traveled to Portugal as scholars, state men, and courtiers.

The Reformed Language

The reformed Portuguese language was adopted in 1916, and the words spelled according to their pronunciation. And in Brazil, a slightly modified form was approved in 1943 and later revised to a more natural version in 1970 and 2009 a new orthography to unite the written Portuguese was adopted.

The Portuguese vowels have a French pronunciation making it easy for those who know Spanish, French and Italian learn the language faster, and the alphabets do not have the K, W, and Y.