Is this Persian text to speech free?

Yes. Everyone can hear 3 lines a day with no signup, a free account hears 10 a day, and Full Access hears 100. A line somebody already heard in that voice plays instantly.

English, Finglish in any spelling, or Persian script, up to 200 letters. English and Finglish come back as everyday spoken Persian, and a family voice says it.

Do I need a Persian keyboard?

No. Type in English or in Finglish, Persian in English letters, and the voice says it in Persian. You get the Persian script on screen too, ready to copy.

The same family voices you hear in the Finglish lessons: Maman Bozorg, Baba Bozorg, Maman, Baba, Sara, Darya, Armeen and Ameer.

Is it casual or formal Persian?

Casual and spoken, the Persian people use at home and with friends in Tehran, so you hear the line the way someone would say it to you.

Finglish is Persian (Farsi) written in plain English letters, spelled the way it sounds. You can read it and say it without learning the Persian alphabet.

Persian Text to Speech: Type English, Hear Farsi

This free Persian (Farsi) text to speech says your line out loud the way people speak in Tehran: type English or Finglish, or paste Persian script, and a family voice reads it, with the Finglish to read along.

How to use this Persian text to speech

Type a line in English (Where is the bathroom?) or in Finglish (salam chetori), or paste a line of Persian script. Pick a voice and tap Say it.

The voice says it out loud in Persian, and the line stays on screen: the Finglish to read along and the Persian script to copy. Tap the play button to hear it again as often as you like.

Eight family voices

Choose who says it: Maman Bozorg, Baba Bozorg, Maman, Baba, Sara, Darya, Armeen and Ameer. They are the same voices you hear in the Finglish lessons, so a line sounds here the way it does in the course.

A grandma and a grandpa, a mom and a dad, a cousin, a family friend and two friends. Say one line in two voices to hear how the same Persian sounds from different people.

Real phrases from the course

Persian pronunciation the way Tehran speaks

Ask for an English line and you hear everyday spoken Persian, the way families and friends talk in Tehran: khoone for house, nun for bread, mikham for I want. The Finglish under it spells exactly what the voice says.

Read the Finglish while you listen and the sounds click fast. These are the few that are new to English speakers:

kha rough h, like the ch in "loch"Khoob = good
gha throaty g from the back of the mouthGhahve = coffee
shas in "shoe"Shoma = you (polite)
chas in "chai"Chai = tea
zhlike the s in "measure"Zhaket = jacket
ooas in "food"Dooset = your friend

Farsi or Persian?

The same language. Farsi is what Iranians call it in Persian, and Persian is its name in English, so Farsi text to speech and Persian text to speech are this one tool.

Learn Persian by ear

Hear a line, say it back out loud, then hear it again. Under the answer, Learn this links the course words in it to the lessons that teach them, with games, speaking practice and review that brings each word back before you forget it.

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Persian text to speech questions

Yes. Everyone can hear 3 lines a day with no signup, a free account hears 10 a day, and Full Access hears 100. A line somebody already heard in that voice plays instantly.
English, Finglish in any spelling, or Persian script, up to 200 letters. English and Finglish come back as everyday spoken Persian, and a family voice says it.
No. Type in English or in Finglish, Persian in English letters, and the voice says it in Persian. You get the Persian script on screen too, ready to copy.
The same family voices you hear in the Finglish lessons: Maman Bozorg, Baba Bozorg, Maman, Baba, Sara, Darya, Armeen and Ameer.
Casual and spoken, the Persian people use at home and with friends in Tehran, so you hear the line the way someone would say it to you.
Finglish is Persian (Farsi) written in plain English letters, spelled the way it sounds. You can read it and say it without learning the Persian alphabet.