British accentgenerator
Type a line, pick a voice, and hear it read by someone who would apologise to a lamppost. Free to listen, nothing to sign up for.
Seven voices, each on its own road sign
Blue signs are British. Green and brown signs are the neighbouring countries, because pretending an Australian is British helps nobody.
| Voice | Accent | Model | How it sounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draco | British, male | Aura-2 | Warm baritone. Sounds like he is about to tell you something kind and slightly long-winded. |
| Pandora | British, female | Aura-2 | Smooth, calm and a little breathy. Station announcements and bedtime stories. |
| Athena | British, female | Aura-1 | Mature, steady and professional. The friend who always knows where the spare key is. |
| Helios | British, male | Aura-1 | Clear and confident, with a customer-service shine. Good for phone greetings. |
| Hyperion | Australian, male | Aura-2 | Not British, but the neighbouring sign. Warm and caring Aussie delivery. |
| Theia | Australian, female | Aura-2 | Not British either. Expressive, polite and sincere, in an Australian accent. |
| Angus | Irish, male | Aura-1 | Not British, and proud of it. A warm, friendly Irish voice with a storyteller’s pace. |
Accent labels come from the voice provider’s own listing for each speaker.
What it cannot do
These are neural text-to-speech voices. Each one has a fixed accent, and it reads your text in that accent. A few honest consequences:
- There is no Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Glaswegian or Welsh voice. The four British voices are broadly standard British English, the sort you hear on the radio and on station platforms. If you type “innit” you will get the standard voice saying it.
- It will not rescue an American script. Spelling and word choice matter, which is what the Britishify switch is for.
- It is not a voice changer. Nothing here records or imitates you.
- Names and unusual words are sometimes read wrongly. Respelling them how they sound (“Wooster” for Worcester) usually fixes it.
For writing tips, see British accent text to speech. For the posher end, see the posh British accent guide.
Britishify, with the receipts
Tick the box and your text goes through two passes before it is spoken: a word list for the common swaps, then a small language model for the awkward leftovers. You are shown the result, with every changed word listed.
You typed: I parked the truck by the apartment elevator and ate a cookie.
Spoken: I parked the lorry by the flat lift and ate a biscuit.
The full list of swaps lives on the British vs American spelling page. Be aware the model is small and cheap, so read the changed text before you rely on it.
Who is using it
- Voice-over for Shorts and TikToks. Draft the script, hear whether the joke lands in a British voice, then record the real thing or use it as a placeholder.
- Game masters. A butler, an innkeeper or a villain with excellent manners for your table. Try Helios for the innkeeper.
- Writers. Dialogue reads differently out loud. Hear whether your London character sounds like they’ve swallowed a textbook.
- Language learners. Listen to a sentence at your own pace and compare British and Australian rhythm.
- Pranks. Send a friend a very formal message about their parking. Be kind about it.
- Small businesses. Draft a polished phone greeting. Check the licence terms before you use any clip commercially (they sit on the paid plans).
Plans, laid out like a timetable
Listening is free. Downloads, long scripts and commercial use are paid. Payments are not open yet: choosing a plan takes you to an early-access sign-up, and nobody is charged.
Free
- 300 characters per clip
- 8 clips a day
- Listen in the browser
- All seven voices
CreatorMost popular
- 100,000 characters a month
- MP3 downloads
- All voices
- 3,000 characters per clip
- Commercial use
Studio
- 400,000 characters a month
- WAV and MP3 downloads
- Scripts up to 20,000 characters
- Priority generation
- Commercial use
Credit pack
- 50,000 characters
- Never expire
- MP3 downloads
Questions people ask
Is there a free British accent generator that works in the browser?
Yes. Type up to 300 characters, pick one of the British voices and press Generate. You can play the result straight away, up to 8 times a day without an account. Downloading the clip as an MP3 is part of the paid plans, which are not open yet.
Which accents can it do?
Four voices are British (Draco, Pandora, Athena, Helios), two are Australian (Hyperion, Theia) and one is Irish (Angus). It does not do Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Scottish or Welsh, and we would rather say so than let you find out.
Does it turn my own voice into a British accent?
No. This is text to speech: you type, a synthetic voice reads. It is not a voice changer and it does not record you.
What does the Britishify option do?
It swaps American spellings and words in your text (color to colour, apartment to flat, cookie to biscuit) before the voice reads it, and shows you exactly which words changed so you can undo anything you disagree with.
Can I use the audio in a video or podcast?
Commercial use is part of the Creator and Studio plans. Those plans are not open yet, so for now treat the free clips as something to listen to, not to publish.
Why is there a limit of 8 clips a day?
Every clip costs real money to synthesise, and the whole site shares a daily allowance. The limits keep the free version alive for everyone.
Keep going
- British accent text to speech
How British TTS works and how to write text that reads naturally. - Posh British accent
RP features, example lines and which voice suits them. - British slang phrases
A guide you can paste straight into the generator. - British vs American spelling
Reference tables and the Britishify tool. - Australian accent generator
The two Australian voices, with honest limits.