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Japanese text to speech

Japanese asks a synthetic voice to get two things right that rarely travel together: pitch accent, and the level of politeness the situation calls for. All four demos below were written in Japanese.

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Four registers. One language.

Storytelling, teaching, announcing and plain conversation — the four jobs most scripts actually are. Every clip prints its script beside the audio, so you can check the reading against the text.

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Japanese voices

Four registers, one language.

Every clip below was written in Japanese rather than translated from English, because a translated sentence reads like a translation no matter who narrates it. Storytelling, teaching, announcing and plain conversation - the four jobs most scripts actually are.

4 Japanese demos

How natural is AI Japanese text to speech? Judge it on the awkward parts: sentence-final intonation, numbers, and where the breath lands. Play any clip and read along with the script beside it.

Sona Narration
Studio

Storytelling

物語は、毎晚きまって停電する小さな村から始まります。誰も気にしていませんでした。大事な話はいつも、暗がりの中で交わされていたからです。

Unmixr AI voice
0:14
Voro E-learning
Studio

Lesson

このモジュールでは三つのことを扱います。データの集め方、その読み方、そして何より、いつそれを信用すべきでないか、です。

Unmixr AI voice
0:11
Aoi X Product & brand
X

Announcement

新しいバージョンが本日、すべての方にご利用いただけます。台本を書き、声を選び、同じプロジェクトのまま動画を書き出せます。

Unmixr AI voice
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Keita X Explainer
X

Conversational

問題はツールではありません。台本はここ、音声はあちら、字幕は誰も見つけられないファイルの中、という状態が問題なんです。

Unmixr AI voice
0:11

Scripts are printed beside every clip so you can check the reading against the text, not just the vibe.

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What to listen for in Japanese

Politeness level is a content decision before it is a voice decision. The same announcement in plain form and in keigo lands completely differently with a Japanese audience, and getting it wrong reads as careless rather than casual. The announcement demo below uses the register that copy would really be delivered in.

What teams make in Japanese

The work this language comes up for most.

Corporate communication

Announcements and internal video where register matters as much as wording.

Games and character work

Localised dialogue for simultaneous release.

E-learning

Training modules with a consistent instructor voice.

From Japanese text to a finished project

The audio is the start, not the deliverable. Everything below comes out of the same project.

Paste or upload

A script, a document or a deck. Long-form content stays organised in blocks, so one corrected sentence is one small edit.

Pick a Japanese voice

Audition on your own copy. A multilingual Studio voice can carry the same project into other languages later without recasting.

Direct and review

Shape the delivery line by line, and check the read against the script before you export anything.

Export everything

Audio, video, Japanese captions and a transcript, ready to publish or drop into your LMS.

Hear your own Japanese script.

Paste a paragraph of your own and listen before you commit a project to a voice. No sign-up needed to play anything on this page.

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FAQ

Japanese text to speech: Frequently Asked Questions

Have a question? Check out our frequently asked questions to find your answer.

How natural is AI Japanese text to speech?

Judge it on the awkward parts rather than the smooth ones. Sentence-final intonation, numbers, and where the breath lands are what give synthetic reads away. Every Japanese clip on this page prints its script beside the audio so you can check the reading against the text instead of the general impression.

Can I convert text to Japanese speech for free?

You can listen to everything on this page without an account, and the free plan lets you generate your own Japanese audio to try it. Paid plans remove the watermark and the length cap, and clear the output for commercial use.

Can the same voice speak Japanese and English?

Yes — the Studio voices are multilingual, so a voice you cast for an English script can carry the same project into Japanese without recasting. That is what keeps a brand or a course sounding like itself across markets.

Can I use Japanese AI voice output commercially?

Yes. Output is 100% cleared for commercial use on any purchased plan, covering ads, client work, monetised video, courses and published audio.

Can I dub an existing video into Japanese?

Yes. Upload the video and it can be transcribed, translated and re-voiced in Japanese, with the timing preserved. You review the translation before anything is generated, which is the step one-click dubbing tools skip.

Do I get Japanese subtitles and a transcript too?

Yes. Captions and a transcript export alongside the audio from the same project, so a Japanese version ships accessible and searchable rather than as an audio file on its own.

Can it handle keigo and plain form correctly?

Yes — the register comes from your script, so write it the way it should be spoken and the read follows. The announcement demo above uses the polite register that kind of copy would really use.

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