This tool converts IPA phonetic transcriptions into speech audio using speech synthesis technology. It supports 42 languages/dialects, including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and many more.
Type in the phonetic transcription (even for a made-up word) using the virtual IPA keyboard below and click Listen to play the corresponding audio pronunciation. Make sure to select the correct language and only use the symbols from the keyboard.
If you can't hear any sound on your phone or tablet when you press Listen, make sure that the device is not in silent mode. It's not enough to just turn the volume up; you need to turn off silent mode.
The keyboard automatically adjusts to the selected language and shows its full phonemic inventory (set of supported input tokens for the TTS model). The keys also show example words for each phoneme for easy reference.
The staggered layout of the virtual keyboard makes it easy to find the symbols you need. In a way, it mimics the layout of a physical computer keyboard and prevents it from looking too patterned.
The naturalness of the output may vary. You can achieve better results with sequences of phonemes that are phonotactically typical for the selected language as opposed to, e.g., listening to single phonemes in isolation.
This tool uses Unicode IPA characters displayed with the browser's default sans-serif font.
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