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Arabic — free text-to-speech & real native pronunciation

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Arabic Sounds Missing in English

ق [q]

English speakers usually replace this uvular stop with a plain English k; instead touch the back of the tongue against the uvula as if saying a very back k.

ح [ħ]

English speakers often substitute a normal h; produce it by tightening the throat as if fogging a mirror but without voice, like a strong whispery h.

ع [ʕ]

English speakers tend to replace this voiced pharyngeal fricative with a glottal stop or nothing; constrict the throat muscles while voicing it, like a creaky gulp.

ء [ʔ]

English speakers often drop this glottal stop or weaken it; pronounce it as a clear catch in the throat, like the break between the vowels in "uh-oh".

Arabic Words That Trip People Up

  • ʔalqˈurʔaːn The initial hamza is a glottal stop and the final hamza is also pronounced, not silent.
  • ʔˈarɹaħmˌaːn The ح is a throaty ħ, not a plain English h, and the ر is trilled.
  • ʔalmʕuːðtˈiːna The ع is a voiced pharyngeal sound and the ذ is an emphatic interdental, not a plain z.
  • ʔalfˈaːtiħˌa The ح is the throaty ħ sound, not a normal English h.
  • mˈuʔmin The ؤ is a glottal stop between two vowels, not silent or turned into a w.
  • qˈurʔaːn The ق is a uvular q, not a k, and the final hamza is a glottal stop.
  • ʔˈibraːhˌiːm The initial hamza is a glottal stop and the ه is a plain h, while the final m is fully pronounced.
  • zˈakaːh The ة ending is pronounced as h, not as a silent t or ah.
  • s̪ˈalaːh The ص is an emphatic s and the ة is pronounced as h, not a plain s or silent.
  • mˈuːsaː The ى is a long aː sound, not an English ee or y.
  • ʕˈiːsaː The ع is a pharyngeal ʕ and the ى is a long aː, not ee.
  • dˈaːwwd The وو creates a long ww sound, not a simple English oo or single w.

Hear the Difference

  • qˈalb kˈalb ق vs ك contrasts a uvular q with a velar k; English speakers tend to merge both into the same k sound.
  • qˈaːl kˈaːll ق vs ك contrasts a uvular q with a velar k; English speakers tend to merge both into the same k sound.
  • ʕˈalimˌa ʕˈallamˌa The single ل vs doubled لّ contrasts a short l with a lengthened ll; English speakers often ignore the extra length.
  • ħˈaram ħˈarram The single ر vs doubled رّ contrasts a short r with a lengthened rr; English speakers often ignore the extra length.
  • salˈima sallˈama The single ل vs doubled لّ contrasts a short l with a lengthened ll; English speakers often ignore the extra length.

Arabic — AI voice generator with MP3 download

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Speecher.org

Does Speecher support Modern Standard Arabic (الفصحى)?
Yes — Speecher uses Modern Standard Arabic (MSA / fuṣḥā) voices, the form used in formal contexts, news, and education across the Arab world.
Can it read right-to-left Arabic script naturally?
Yes — paste Arabic text and Speecher displays it RTL while voices read it in the correct phonetic order.
Does it pronounce text with or without diacritics (تشكيل / harakat)?
Yes — Speecher reads undiacritized text using contextual inference (typical of modern Arabic media). For ambiguous words, adding diacritics (ḥarakāt) improves accuracy.
Can it show IPA transcription for Arabic words?
Yes — enable Karaoke mode and IPA appears beneath every Arabic word as it's spoken. The default "Word + IPA" display covers the whole text, useful for learning the precise pronunciation of consonants that don't exist in many other languages (ع, ح, ض, ظ, ق).
Can I download Arabic audio as MP3?
Yes — Universal Arabic voices can be saved as MP3 via the download button.
How do I turn text into speech?
Paste or type your text in the box above and press play — Speecher reads it aloud with natural AI voices. It is free, runs in your browser, and you can download the result as an MP3.
Does Speecher.org have an on-screen keyboard for Arabic?
Yes. On the Speak page, click the keyboard button next to the Karaoke toggle and the Arabic keyboard opens below the text box. You can type with your mouse or finger without switching your device's layout. Speecher's on-screen keyboard supports 29 languages — including Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese (pinyin and cangjie), Hangul and kana — and on phones it doesn't cover the screen with the system keyboard.
Can I dictate Arabic text by voice?
Yes. Speecher's Speech-to-Text turns your spoken Arabic into editable text: open the Speech-to-Text section and tap the microphone. In Google Chrome the words are recognized in real time as you speak, and it also works in other modern browsers. Over 40 dictation languages are supported.

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