Catalan Text to Speech
Generate natural Catalan speech with Notevibes AI. Premium neural voices with authentic pronunciation, proper diacritical support, and delivery you can direct in plain words for every project.
Achernar
Bright & expressive · Female Catalan voice
Achird
Deep & assured · Male Catalan voice
Aoede
Warm & conversational · Female Catalan voice
Algenib
Crisp & energetic · Male Catalan voice
Every preview reads this sentence
Benvingut a Notevibes. Soc aquí per donar vida a les teves paraules amb una veu natural i expressiva. Sigui un pòdcast, un vídeo o un audiollibre, jo me n'encarrego.
From Catalan script to finished audio
- 1
Paste Catalan text, or drop a file
Paste straight into the chat, or drop a PDF, EPUB, Word file, PowerPoint or a link. Català script is handled natively — numbers, dates and abbreviations are read the Catalan way.
- 2
Noty proposes before anything runs
You see the voice Noty picked and why, how long the audio will be, what it costs in credits, and one Generate button. Change the voice or the scope first — nothing runs or bills until you tap.
- 3
Listen, direct, export
Say how a passage should sound and only that part regenerates and re-bills. Export MP3 or WAV; long documents come as one merged file per chapter.
Direct it in plain words
Natural voices are expressive out of the box. When a passage needs something else, say it in the chat — Noty writes the direction and leaves your words alone.
Per passage
A direction attaches to the passage you point at, not to the whole file.
At the beat you name
Sound moments — a sigh, a pause, a scream — land exactly where you ask for them.
One narrator, whole book
A persona line keeps a narrator consistent from the first chapter to the last.
All 30 Catalan voices
These are our multilingual voices, and every one of them speaks Catalan. Tap any voice for a short preview. Every one of them takes direction in plain words.
About Catalan
- Native name
- Català
- Locale codes
ca-ES- Speakers worldwide
- 10M+
- Accents
- 3
Related: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese
Catalan accents & regional voices
Central Catalan
The prestige variety based on the Barcelona dialect, used in media and standard education.
Valencian
The southern variety spoken in the Valencian Community with distinctive vowel reduction and vocabulary.
Balearic
The island variety spoken in Mallorca, Menorca, and Ibiza with archaic features and unique intonation.
Accent is part of the direction on Natural voices — name the region in the chat and the voice follows, the 30 multilingual voices included.
What people make in Catalan
The most common things people make with Notevibes speech.
Most common across Notevibes
You
Reads it as lesson material, picks a clear teaching voice, and turns a timed script into a deck, one slide per block, headings never read aloud.
You
“Slower on the definitions, and pause before each example.”
Those paragraphs get the direction; the rest keeps its audio and costs nothing again.
You get
A narrated lesson as audio, or a narrated deck you can present or export.
Speak Catalan in your own voice
- 1Record or upload 10–30 seconds in any supported language
- 2Read one consent sentence aloud
- 3Pick it from Your voices in the picker
Where it works
Included on every paid plan.
Clone your voiceWhat you get
Voices
- 30 multilingual voices that speak Catalan
- Your own cloned voice
- 2,000+ in the library
Direction
- Plain words, per passage
- Sound moments at the beat you name
- Persona line for narrators
Long content
- Overnight lane, a third of the price
- Only changed paragraphs regenerate
- Price shown before anything runs
Decks & formats
- Narrated PowerPoint decks
- MP3 or WAV
- One merged file per chapter
Rights
- Commercial license on paid plans
- Downloads are yours to publish
API
- Any library or cloned voice by id
GET /api/tts/voiceslists them
Catalan text to speech that treats Catalan as its own language
Catalan is a Romance language in its own right, spoken by more than 10 million people across Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencia, Andorra, a strip of southern France, and the Sardinian city of Alghero. It is the sole official language of Andorra and co-official across several Spanish communities. The most common mistake in Catalan text to speech is treating it as a flavour of Spanish — a shortcut that Catalan speakers hear instantly, because the two languages simply don’t sound alike.
Notevibes generates Catalan in ca-ES with neural voices tuned to the features that set it apart. The biggest is vowel reduction: in Central Catalan, unstressed a and e collapse toward a neutral schwa and unstressed o shifts toward u, so the same vowel letter is voiced differently depending on stress. Catalan also carries sounds Spanish lacks — a true voiced z and zh, final consonant clusters, and the geminate l·l marked by that raised dot — and a voice that ignores them lands squarely in the uncanny valley.
Central, Valencian, or Balearic
Central Catalan, based on Barcelona speech, is the prestige variety used in broadcasting and standard education — the natural default for most content aimed at Catalonia. Valencian, spoken in the Valencian Community, keeps clearer unstressed vowels and its own vocabulary, and audiences there expect it. Balearic, from Mallorca, Menorca, and Ibiza, has archaic features and a distinct intonation. Picking the variety the audience speaks does more for authenticity than any amount of polish on the wrong one.
Getting the accents and diacritics right
Catalan orthography leans on its diacritics: the grave and acute accents mark not just stress but open versus closed vowels, and the ç, the ï, and the ü all change how a word is voiced. A model that reads them correctly gets stress and vowel quality right in the same pass, which is exactly where a Spanish-trained voice tends to slip.
Plain-words direction in the chat and a persona line let you shape delivery for the format at hand — an unhurried museum guide, a brisk news read — while MP3 and WAV export with a commercial license cover publishing.
A language with real commercial weight
Catalan sits in one of Europe’s most economically active regions, with its own strong media, publishing, and public-institution presence. That makes native-quality TTS useful for e-learning, government and accessibility services, tourism content, and brands that want to address Catalan speakers in their own language rather than defaulting to Castilian.
Try Catalan text to speech free
Join thousands of creators using Notevibes for Catalan voiceovers — 30 Catalan voices, 2,600+ across all languages, or clone your own.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How natural does Notevibes Catalan text-to-speech sound?
Extremely natural. Notevibes Catalan voices deliver studio-quality speech with natural intonation, correct stress patterns, and human-like pacing — virtually indistinguishable from a native speaker. To change the delivery, just say how a passage should sound — "warmer", "whisper this", "faster at the end" — and Noty directs it.
How many Catalan voices does Notevibes offer?
30 — multilingual voices across genders, ages and styles, and every one of them speaks Catalan and takes direction in plain words. You can clone your own voice too.
Can I use Catalan TTS for commercial projects?
Yes — every paid plan includes a full commercial license. Use generated audio in YouTube videos, ads, e-learning courses, podcasts, apps, and more — no additional royalties.
Is there a free Catalan text-to-speech option?
Yes. Notevibes provides free Catalan voices you can try instantly — no sign-up required. The free tier lets you hear any voice read your own text before upgrading.
What audio formats are supported for Catalan TTS?
Notevibes exports Catalan speech as MP3 or WAV files. Long documents come back as one merged file; chapters and paragraphs can be exported on their own.
How many people speak Catalan worldwide?
Catalan is spoken by approximately 10 million people worldwide, making it one of the most important languages for global content creators and businesses.
What Catalan accents does Notevibes support?
Notevibes supports 3 distinct Catalan accents: Central Catalan, Valencian, Balearic. Each accent captures authentic regional pronunciation and intonation for natural-sounding results.
Can I use my own voice for Catalan text to speech?
Yes. Open the voice picker, choose Add your voice, record or upload 10–30 seconds in any supported language, then read one short consent sentence aloud. Your voice appears under Your voices and reads your Catalan script like any Natural voice, and takes the same plain-words directions. Voice cloning is included on every paid plan.