Oromo Text to Speech
Turn Afaan Oromoo text into natural, expressive speech that reads Qubee spelling the way it is written, long vowels and doubled consonants included. Direct the delivery in plain words and download the audio in minutes.
Achernar
Bright & expressive · Female Oromo voice
Achird
Deep & assured · Male Oromo voice
Aoede
Warm & conversational · Female Oromo voice
Algenib
Crisp & energetic · Male Oromo voice
Every preview reads this sentence
Hunda keessaniyyuu simannaa jaalalaa isiniif dhiyeessina. Tasgabbaa'aa taa'aa seenaawwan bareedoo kana caqasaa bohaaraa.
From Oromo script to finished audio
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Paste Oromo text, or drop a file
Paste straight into the chat, or drop a PDF, EPUB, Word file, PowerPoint or a link. Afaan Oromoo script is handled natively — numbers, dates and abbreviations are read the Oromo way.
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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.
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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 Oromo voices
These are our multilingual voices, and every one of them speaks Oromo. Tap any voice for a short preview. Every one of them takes direction in plain words.
About Oromo
- Native name
- Afaan Oromoo
- Locale codes
om-ET- Speakers worldwide
- 40M+
- Accents
- 3
Oromo accents & regional voices
Western Oromo
The varieties of Wallaga, Illubabor and Jimma in western Ethiopia, widely heard in regional media.
Eastern (Harar) Oromo
Spoken around Harar and the Hararghe highlands, with its own vocabulary and a distinct rhythm.
Borana
The southern variety of the Ethiopia–Kenya borderlands, used by pastoral communities on both sides of the border.
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 Oromo
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 Oromo 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 the Personal and Pro plans.
Clone your voiceWhat you get
Voices
- 30 multilingual voices that speak Oromo
- 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
Oromo text to speech that honours every doubled letter in Qubee
Oromo is the most widely spoken first language in Ethiopia and one of the largest languages in Africa, with about 40 million speakers. It belongs to the Cushitic family, alongside Somali and Afar, and it is spoken across the vast Oromia Region, from the western coffee highlands to the dry lowlands of the south, and by Borana communities over the border in northern Kenya. For most of the twentieth century it was kept out of schools and official life. Today it is taught, broadcast and published at scale, and it has been named among Ethiopia’s federal working languages.
Notevibes reads Afaan Oromoo in om-ET with voices that follow Qubee spelling closely. That matters more for Oromo than for many languages, because the written form carries most of the information a speaker needs: how long each vowel is, which consonants are held, and where the glottal stop falls. A voice that gets those right sounds like a native reader rather than a visitor sounding out letters.
An alphabet built to show length
Qubee is the Latin-based alphabet adopted officially for Oromo in the early 1990s. Its most important convention is doubling. A long vowel is written twice, so the difference between a short a and a long aa is visible on the page, and a doubled consonant is written twice as well. Both are meaningful: changing the length of a single vowel or consonant can produce a different word. Qubee also uses the apostrophe for the glottal stop and assigns letters to sounds English does not have, such as x for an ejective t, q for an ejective k, ph and ch for further ejectives, and dh for an implosive d.
For speech synthesis, this is a gift and a test at once. The information is there, but a model has to respect it consistently, holding long vowels for their full length and giving geminate consonants their extra weight, or the rhythm of the sentence collapses.
Where Oromo is read and heard
Oromo is the working language of the Oromia Region, used in regional government, courts and the school system, and it has a busy media scene of radio, television, news sites and social video. Regional varieties differ in vocabulary and rhythm. The western varieties of Wallaga, Illubabor and Jimma are widely heard in media, the eastern variety around Harar has its own words and cadence, and Borana in the south is spoken by pastoral communities in both Ethiopia and Kenya. A written text in standard Qubee reads naturally across all of them.
What Oromo narration needs
A large share of Oromo speakers are young and mobile-first, which makes audio an effective way to reach them with lessons, public information, news and stories. Good Oromo narration needs steady length contrasts, a clean glottal stop and ejectives that are crisp without sounding exaggerated. The voices are expressive from the first line, and when a passage needs a different feel you describe it in plain words in the chat; Noty writes the direction and leaves your words exactly as written. Long texts can be generated overnight at a third of the price, and finished audio exports as MP3 or WAV.
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Join thousands of creators using Notevibes for Oromo voiceovers — 30 Oromo voices, 2,600+ across all languages, or clone your own.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How natural does Notevibes Oromo text-to-speech sound?
Extremely natural. Notevibes Oromo 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 Oromo voices does Notevibes offer?
30 — multilingual voices across genders, ages and styles, and every one of them speaks Oromo and takes direction in plain words. You can clone your own voice too.
Can I use Oromo TTS for commercial projects?
Yes — with the Pro plan. The Pro 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 Oromo text-to-speech option?
Yes. Notevibes provides free Oromo 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 Oromo TTS?
Notevibes exports Oromo 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 Oromo worldwide?
Oromo is spoken by approximately 40 million people worldwide, making it one of the most important languages for global content creators and businesses.
What Oromo accents does Notevibes support?
Notevibes supports 3 distinct Oromo accents: Western Oromo, Eastern (Harar) Oromo, Borana. Each accent captures authentic regional pronunciation and intonation for natural-sounding results.
Can I use my own voice for Oromo 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 Oromo script like any Natural voice, and takes the same plain-words directions. Voice cloning is included on the Personal and Pro plans.