Publishing
Audiobook
Haadstik ien. It wie in heldere kâlde dei yn april, en de klokken sloegen trettjin. Wiebe de Vries, mei syn kin tsjin syn boarst, glûpte fluch troch de glêzen doarren.
Languages & voices
Frisian text to speech voices
3 ReadSpeaker text to speech voices in Frisian (fy-NL): 1 female and 2 male, from 1 voice provider.
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3 voices in Frisian
1 voice provider for Frisian
The catalogue
Frisian voices
Listen to every Frisian voice before you choose one. All 3 speak the same Frisian sample sentence.
Technical details of every Frisian voice
| Voice | Gender | Technology | Provider | Available in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linze | Male | - | Fluency | Cloud |
| Siebren | Male | - | Fluency | Cloud |
| Sjoukje | Female | - | Fluency | Cloud |
Cloud voices are available in ReadSpeaker’s online products; Licensing voices are available for on-premises and embedded deployments.
470000
Frisian speakers worldwide.
Every one of them is a potential listener. ReadSpeaker gives your content a Frisian voice, in the Frisian they hear every day, on the web, in your documents, in your apps and on your devices.
Source
- Wikipedia. West Frisian language. Retrieved 2026-08-26. Open the source
Use cases
What Frisian voices are used for
Three of the places a Frisian voice goes to work. Each one is read here by a different voice, drawn from the 3 Frisian voices in the catalogue.
Healthcare
Healthcare reminder
Dit is in freonlike herinnering fan it MCL. Jo jierlikse sûnenskontrôle is pland foar oankommende tiisdei om 10 oere. Bring jo soarchpas en legitimaasje mei.
Transportation
Train announcement
Tink derom. Fanwegen in spoarwiziging fertekt de folgjende trein nei Ljouwert fan spoar 2 yn stee fan spoar 3.
Sample
What you hear in Frisian
Goeie, ik bin ien fan 'e stimme dy't jo brûke kin om jo webside fan spraak te foarsjen. As ik jo tekst foarlês, is dit wat jo heart.Custom Voice
A Frisian voice that is yours alone
Linze speaks Frisian for everyone. A Custom Voice speaks it only for you: your own speaker, your own sound, trained into a voice no competitor can use.
Your speaker
We record a Frisian speaker you choose, or work from recordings you already own.
Your sound
The way your speaker says Frisian is kept, not smoothed into a neutral read.
Your products
The finished voice is delivered through the same products as every catalogue voice.
The whole catalogue
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FAQ
Frisian text to speech, answered
ReadSpeaker offers 3 Frisian text to speech voices, 1 female and 2 male. Every Frisian voice speaks Frisian (fy-NL), and each one can be played on this page before you choose.
470000 Frisian speakers worldwide, according to West Frisian language on Wikipedia. Frisian text to speech lets you reach them in Frisian, the language they hear every day.
Not today. Of the 3 Frisian voices, 3 in ReadSpeaker's online products. Licensed Frisian voices run inside your own infrastructure, so no text ever leaves it.
The Frisian catalogue is built with 1 voice provider: Fluency. ReadSpeaker selects and tunes each Frisian voice, and serves them all through one interface.
Yes. ReadSpeaker Custom Voice builds a Frisian voice that belongs to your brand alone, trained on a speaker you choose, speaking the same Frisian you hear from Linze on this page. It is then delivered through the same products as every catalogue voice.