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

A free online Chinese text-to-speech tool and AI voice generator that reads any text aloud. Use this Chinese text reader to hear text spoken in natural-sounding native voices, view phonetic transcription (IPA), and improve your pronunciation with karaoke-style word highlighting.

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Mandarin Sounds Missing in English

zh [ʈʂ]

English speakers usually substitute a plain 'j' sound; curl the tongue tip back and release the air with a strong fricative hiss to produce the retroflex affricate.

q [tɕʰ]

English speakers often replace it with a simple 'ch'; keep the tongue flat against the hard palate and release a strong puff of air for this palatal aspirated affricate.

ü [y]

English speakers tend to say 'oo'; round the lips tightly while saying 'ee' as in 'see' to create this front rounded vowel.

r [ʐ]

English speakers substitute a regular 'r'; curl the tongue back and add strong friction so it sounds halfway between 'r' and a soft 'zh'.

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Chinese — AI voice generator with MP3 download

Paste any text and hear it read aloud by natural-sounding AI voices. This free online text-to-speech reader runs right in your browser — no sign-up, no installation — and lets you download the spoken audio as an MP3.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Speecher.org

Does Speecher support Mandarin Chinese?
Yes — Speecher supports Mandarin (Putonghua) text-to-speech with native-sounding voices. Both Simplified and Traditional characters are accepted as input.
Does it work with both Simplified (简体) and Traditional (繁體) characters?
Yes — paste either script and Speecher will read it aloud. Voice availability depends on your browser; most cloud voices handle both forms identically.
Can it pronounce the four Mandarin tones correctly?
Yes — the underlying voices model all four lexical tones (high, rising, falling-rising, falling) plus the neutral tone, which is essential to Chinese meaning.
Can it show Pinyin alongside Chinese characters?
Speecher focuses on listening to natural pronunciation rather than displaying Pinyin. To learn Pinyin, use Speecher to hear the audio while reading your own annotated text.
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 Chinese?
Yes. On the Speak page, click the keyboard button next to the Karaoke toggle and the Chinese 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 Chinese text by voice?
Yes. Speecher's Speech-to-Text turns your spoken Chinese 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.