Banking
Banking alert
Isilumkiso sokhuseleko: Isixhobo esitsha singene kwi-akhawunti yakho. Ukuba bekungeyiwe nguwe, nceda uqhagamshelane ngokukhawuleza nesebe lethu lokuthintela ubuqhophololo ku-0800 555 012.
Languages & voices
IsiXhosa text to speech voices
2 ReadSpeaker text to speech voices in IsiXhosa (xh-ZA): 1 female and 1 male, from 1 voice provider.
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2 voices in IsiXhosa
1 voice provider for IsiXhosa
The catalogue
IsiXhosa voices
Listen to every IsiXhosa voice before you choose one. All 2 speak the same IsiXhosa sample sentence.
Technical details of every IsiXhosa voice
| Voice | Gender | Technology | Provider | Available in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vuyo | Male | - | CSIR/Qfrency | Cloud |
| Zoleka | Female | - | CSIR/Qfrency | Cloud |
Cloud voices are available in ReadSpeaker’s online products; Licensing voices are available for on-premises and embedded deployments.
19 million
IsiXhosa speakers worldwide.
Every one of them is a potential listener. ReadSpeaker gives your content a IsiXhosa voice, in the IsiXhosa they hear every day, on the web, in your documents, in your apps and on your devices.
Source
- Wikipedia. Languages of South Africa. Retrieved 2026-08-26. Open the source
Use cases
What IsiXhosa voices are used for
Three of the places an IsiXhosa voice goes to work. Each one is read here by a different voice, drawn from the 2 IsiXhosa voices in the catalogue.
Transportation
Train announcement
Nceda uhoye. Ngenxa yokutshintshwa kweplatfomu, uloliwe olandelayo oya eMonti uza kusuka kwiplatfomu yesi-2 endaweni yeplatfomu yesi-3.
Publishing
Audiobook
Isahluko sokuqala. Kwakusuku olubandayo nolukhanyayo lwenyanga ka-Apreli, kwaye iwotshi yayibetha ilikhulu linantathu. UThando Nkosi, esophule isilevu esifubeni, wangena ngokukhawuleza emnyango weglasi.
Sample
What you hear in IsiXhosa
Molo, ndingomnye wamazwi onokuwasebenzisa ukuvula iwebhusayithi yakho ngentetho. Xa ndifunda umbhalo wakho uvakala ngolu hlobo.Custom Voice
An IsiXhosa voice that is yours alone
Vuyo speaks IsiXhosa 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 an IsiXhosa speaker you choose, or work from recordings you already own.
Your sound
The way your speaker says IsiXhosa 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
IsiXhosa text to speech, answered
ReadSpeaker offers 2 IsiXhosa text to speech voices, 1 female and 1 male. Every IsiXhosa voice speaks IsiXhosa (xh-ZA), and each one can be played on this page before you choose.
19 million IsiXhosa speakers worldwide, according to Languages of South Africa on Wikipedia. IsiXhosa text to speech lets you reach them in IsiXhosa, the language they hear every day.
Not today. Of the 2 IsiXhosa voices, 2 in ReadSpeaker's online products. Licensed IsiXhosa voices run inside your own infrastructure, so no text ever leaves it.
The IsiXhosa catalogue is built with 1 voice provider: CSIR/Qfrency. ReadSpeaker selects and tunes each IsiXhosa voice, and serves them all through one interface.
Yes. ReadSpeaker Custom Voice builds a IsiXhosa voice that belongs to your brand alone, trained on a speaker you choose, speaking the same IsiXhosa you hear from Vuyo on this page. It is then delivered through the same products as every catalogue voice.