- Language
- French (Français)
- Accent
- Canada
- Gender
- Male
- Voice type
- Corporate styled voice
- Delivery
- Professional, friendly and reassuring, suited to business settings
- Allowance
- Styled voices (how it works)
About Bernard
Bernard is a styled voice made on Speechma Pro's own AI voice models for one job: corporate. The character is built into the voice, so every line comes out in that style without any extra settings or tags.
Accent: Quebec French, with its own vowels and expressions, the natural choice for Canadian audiences.
Creators usually choose Bernard for company announcements, training videos and phone menus (IVR). Sounds credible for internal and external messages.
What Bernard is best for
- Company announcementsSounds credible for internal and external messages.
- Training videosProfessional tone keeps staff focused.
- Phone menus (IVR)Polite, clear prompts for callers.
What you hear in the sample
The sample above is Bernard reading Speechma Pro's standard preview text in French:
Vous écoutez Speechma Pro. Cette voix peut raconter vos vidéos, lire vos livres audio et donner vie à chaque histoire avec un son naturel, de qualité studio. How to get the best results with Bernard
- Avoid jargon or spell out acronyms the first time.
- Use one instruction per sentence in training scripts.
- Keep all accents (é, è, ê, à, ç); they change both the sound and the meaning.
- Use the French typographic space before ? ! : ; or simply write normally; both are read correctly.
- Write "M." or "Monsieur" carefully; the full word is always read correctly.
How to use Bernard
- Open Text to SpeechBernard is already selected in the voice list at the top of this page. Press "Use this voice" to jump straight to it.
- Type or paste your textUp to 10,000 characters per conversion, written in French.
- Adjust the deliveryChange the speed or pitch if you need to, and use punctuation to control the pauses.
- Generate and downloadPress Generate, listen to the result and download your MP3.
Bernard compared with similar voices
Not sure Bernard is the one? These voices are the closest in language, accent, type and style:
| Voice | Gender | Accent | Type | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard (this voice) | Male | Canada | Corporate styled voice | Company announcements |
| Olivier Guérin | Male | Canada | Character styled voice | Game and animation characters |
| Antoine Morel | Male | Canada | Character styled voice | Game and animation characters |
| Thomas Simon | Male | Canada | Horror styled voice | Horror stories |
| Louis | Male | Canada | News Anchor styled voice | News recaps |
| Rémi Boyer | Male | Canada | Narration styled voice | Explainer and documentary narration |
About the French language
French is spoken on five continents and is an official language of 29 countries, including France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland and much of West and Central Africa. Its smooth flow comes from liaison, where a silent final consonant is pronounced before a word that starts with a vowel.
French is spoken by about 310 million people and belongs to the Indo-European, Romance language family. Speechma Pro has 89 French voices, and you can also use Voice Cloning, Voice Changer, Voice Design, Speech to Text, AI Dubbing in French.
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