How can I get Thai text read aloud?
Paste Thai text into the box above, choose Premwadee or Niwat, and press generate. In a few seconds you get an MP3 with natural Thai tones. Thai is written without spaces between words, and the voices handle that on their own, so you can paste text exactly as you would write it.
Thai restaurants are everywhere in the US, UK and Australia, and Los Angeles even has an official Thai Town. Many owners want a short bilingual video for social media or a welcome message for Thai-speaking guests. Travelers heading to Bangkok or Chiang Mai want to hear how to order food or ask for directions. Partners and in-laws of Thai families often want to learn a few phrases properly. And creators in Thailand use Thai voices for faceless YouTube and TikTok content.
Which Thai voices can I use?
| Voice | Gender | Locale | Polite ending to use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premwadee | Female | Thailand | ค่ะ (kha) |
| Niwat | Male | Thailand | ครับ (khrap) |
Thai speakers end polite sentences with a particle that matches their own gender. Match the particle in your script to the voice you choose.
Thai sample sentence
“สวัสดีค่ะ ยินดีต้อนรับสู่ร้านของเรา วันนี้ทุกเมนูลดราคาสิบเปอร์เซ็นต์ค่ะ”
English: “Hello, welcome to our restaurant. Today every dish is ten percent off.”
This version uses ค่ะ, so play it with Premwadee. For Niwat, change both ค่ะ to ครับ. It sounds like a small detail, but Thai listeners notice right away when a male voice uses the female particle.
How do I create a Thai voiceover?
- Write or paste Thai scriptUse a Thai keyboard or paste from a document. Up to 10,000 characters fit in one conversion.
- Match the voice and particlesChoose Premwadee with ค่ะ or Niwat with ครับ.
- Add breathing roomThai uses spaces between phrases and sentences instead of periods. Put a space where you want a short pause.
- GeneratePress generate.
- DownloadSave the MP3, or download all your clips together as a ZIP.
Tips for clear Thai audio
- Don’t use transliteration. “Sawasdee kha” in Latin letters will be read like English. Use Thai script.
- Numbers: Arabic or Thai digits both work, words are safest. For prices, writing ห้าสิบบาท (fifty baht) avoids surprises.
- Spell out English brand names in Thai if they sound off, the way Thai speakers would say them.
- Keep sentences short for menus and signs. One idea per phrase is easier to follow by ear.
- Slow down for learners. Thai tones are easier to hear at a slightly lower speed.
What else can I do with Thai audio?
A massage spa in Sydney can play a Thai welcome and an English welcome back to back. A Thai temple in the US can record festival announcements for Songkran. A teacher running an evening Thai class at a community college can make a 20-word vocabulary set, one MP3 per word, and share the ZIP with students. A travel vlogger can narrate a Bangkok street-food guide in Thai for local viewers and in English for everyone else.
For learners, a good routine is to pick five phrases you will actually use, such as ordering food without chili (ไม่เผ็ด, not spicy) or asking for the bill. Generate each phrase twice, once slow and once at normal speed, and listen on your commute. Thai tones stick much faster when you hear them in short, repeated bursts than when you read about them in a textbook.
If you want to put Thai voices inside a kiosk, app or ordering system, the Speechma API starts at $9 per month.
Frequently asked questions
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Does it pronounce Thai tones correctly?
Is there a male Thai voice?
Can I use the Thai audio commercially?
How do I add pauses in Thai?
Can I save my favorite Thai voice?
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