Bengali Text to Speech
Convert Bengali script to natural voice — 4 native voices, free MP3.
4 Native Neural Voices — Eastern Nagari Script, Aspirated Stops & Conjuncts
Bengali is the seventh most-spoken language on earth — 300 million voices across Bangladesh, West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, and the global probashi diaspora. Paste any বাংলা text above — Nabanita or Pradeep will read it aloud in authentic Dhaka pronunciation, ready for an audiobook, a YouTube vlog, a corporate training module, or a voice message to family back home. Four native neural speakers handle Eastern Nagari fluently: aspirated stops (খ, ঘ, ছ, ঝ, ঠ, ঢ, থ, ধ, ফ, ভ), conjunct clusters (যুক্তবর্ণ: ক্ষ, জ্ঞ, ষ্ট), the chandrabindu nasal, and the inherent 'o' vowel that separates natural speech from robotic transliteration.
Whether you grew up hearing the language at home in London or Toronto, discovered it through Tagore's poetry, or travel to Dhaka and Kolkata for work — the editor above turns written বাংলা into a clean audio file in seconds. Choose a Bangladesh or West Bengal speaker, adjust speed and pitch, then download. Both standards are covered: Nabanita and Pradeep speak the Dhaka variant (bn-BD), while Bashkar and Tanishaa deliver the Kolkata register (bn-IN) — pick whichever matches your audience.
- 4 native Bengali voices — all Neural tier
- Two bn-BD (Dhaka) + two bn-IN (Kolkata)
- Male & female — Nabanita, Pradeep, Bashkar, Tanishaa
- Speed & pitch control, Eastern Nagari support
- Free — 1,000 chars, no signup
Bengali AI Voices — Nabanita, Pradeep, Bashkar & Tanishaa
Click to preview · 4 native speakers, Bangladesh & West Bengal
Nabanita (নবনীতা — "new butter / freshly churned") delivers a warm Dhaka tone, the most-used Bengali speaker on the service — well-suited for vlogs, audiobooks, and friendly narration.
Pradeep (প্রদীপ — "lamp, light") carries a clear, steady Bangladeshi male register, ideal for educational content, IVR menus, and announcements.
Bashkar (ভাস্কর — "the sun, radiant") brings a Kolkata broadcast tone for business presentations, corporate training, and longer-form narration in the West Bengal register.
Tanishaa (তনিষা — a classic Bengali name meaning "ambition") reads with the formal Calcutta cadence expected in news bulletins, literary programmes, and documentary voiceover.
These are the 4 featured native speakers. Cross-lingual voices that also speak Bengali can be previewed in the editor — filter by bn-BD for Bangladesh or bn-IN for West Bengal.
Bengali Pronunciation — Eastern Nagari Script, Conjuncts & Common Phrases
Bengali has sounds that do not exist in English. Click play to hear how the neural engine handles each one.
Use Cases: Bengali Voice in Action
Content Creation & YouTube Voiceover
Nabanita voices a walking tour through Old Dhaka — sampling street food, visiting a century-old mosque, inviting subscribers along. Creators paste the script, pick a speaker, export straight into Premiere, DaVinci, or CapCut. No microphone, no quiet room, no retakes.
Language Learning & Pronunciation Practice
Pradeep walks through basic greetings and polite phrases — listen, repeat, compare. Heritage speakers in the probashi diaspora can reconnect with pronunciation they heard at home, while new learners pick up conjunct clusters that textbooks struggle to explain. Slow playback to 0.75x for extra clarity.
Business, IVR & E-Learning
Bashkar reads an automated phone menu — account info, new-account opening, transfer to a representative — in the clear, measured tone callers expect from a bank or mobile-money service. The same voice works for onboarding modules, Dhaka and Kolkata corporate training, and educational platform narration.
Media, News & Podcast Narration
Tanishaa delivers a morning news bulletin in the formal Kolkata register — monsoon-season flooding in low-lying parts of both cities, the day's market index, a closing stay-with-us line. Radio stations, Bangla podcasters, and documentary producers use the same voice to keep narration broadcast-ready.
How It Works — 3 Steps
No software, no signup. Paste Eastern Nagari text and download the audio file.
Paste or type your text
Type directly in Eastern Nagari or paste up to a million characters. Upload DOCX, PDF, or SRT files. The editor accepts full বাংলা script — conjuncts, chandrabindu, hasant, and visarga all rendered correctly.
Pick a voice
Choose from 4 native speakers — two for Dhaka (bn-BD), two for Kolkata (bn-IN). Adjust speed and pitch, preview in the editor, then lock in your pick before generating.
Listen & download free
Click Convert to Speech, preview the result, download as an audio file. First 1,000 characters free — no account needed. No watermark on any plan.
Language Spotlight — Script, Numbers & Dialects
Three aspects of the language that the neural engine handles natively — and that matter when your script moves beyond basic sentences.
Bengali Numerals & Currency
Bengali digits (০ ১ ২ ৩ ৪ ৫ ৬ ৭ ৮ ৯) and Arabic digits both work. Counting follows the South Asian system: হাজার (hajar = 1,000), লাখ (lakh = 1,00,000), কোটি (koti = 1,00,00,000). Currency: টাকা (Taka, ৳) for Bangladesh, রুপি (Rupee, ₹) for India. Paste "৫ কোটি টাকা" and the voice reads "paanch koti taka" naturally.
Two Standards — Dhaka & Kolkata
Bangladesh (bn-BD) and West Bengal (bn-IN) share a written standard but diverge in vocabulary and cadence. Dhaka speakers lean on Muslim-heritage greetings and Persian-origin loanwords; Kolkata speakers favour a more Sanskritised register in literary and broadcast settings. Nabanita and Pradeep deliver bn-BD; Bashkar and Tanishaa deliver bn-IN.
Formality & Pronouns
Three registers: আপনি (apni — respectful, elders and strangers), তুমি (tumi — familiar, friends and siblings), তুই (tui — intimate, close family and childhood friends). Verb endings shift accordingly: "আপনি কেমন আছেন?" vs "তুমি কেমন আছো?" vs "তুই কেমন আছিস?" — the engine reads each naturally without extra tagging.
FAQ: Bengali Text to Speech
Yes. The first 1,000 characters are free — no account, no card, no watermark. Create a free account and get an additional 3,000 characters a day for seven days. Paid plans start at $4.99 and include commercial rights at every tier.
That depends on the register you need. For Dhaka-style vlogs and audiobooks, Nabanita is the most-used Bangla speaker on the service. For Kolkata news bulletins and literary narration, Tanishaa carries the formal West Bengal cadence. All four voices are free to preview before you generate.
The editor supports up to 30,000 characters per request. For longer manuscripts, split them into sections, generate each one, and merge the audio files in any editor. Long-form narration with Nabanita or Bashkar stays consistent across sections because the voice does not drift.
The engine reads Eastern Nagari script — paste বাংলা directly. If you write in Roman letters the output will sound like English, not the intended Bengali pronunciation. Use a free input tool like Avro Keyboard or Google Input Tools to convert Roman letters to Bangla before pasting.
bn-BD is the Bangladesh standard — think Dhaka news and everyday speech; Nabanita and Pradeep deliver this. bn-IN is the West Bengal standard — Kolkata broadcasting and literary readings; Bashkar and Tanishaa deliver this. The written script is shared, but vocabulary choices and cadence differ. Pick the one that matches your audience.
Download the file, then attach it as a voice note or document in any messenger. The output is a standard audio file that plays on every phone — no install needed on the recipient's side. Probashi families across the Gulf, the UK, and North America share recordings of festival greetings or bedtime stories this way.
Yes. The neural engine reads the full Bengali Unicode range: conjunct ligatures (যুক্তবর্ণ), hasant for dead consonants, chandrabindu and anusvara for nasals, visarga, and the ra-phola stroke. Paste well-formed বাংলা and the pronunciation follows — no pronunciation markup needed for ordinary text.
Yes. Download the voiceover, import it into Premiere, DaVinci, CapCut, or any editor. The commercial licence covers monetised content — videos, podcasts, social reels. Pick Nabanita for a friendly Dhaka vlog tone or Tanishaa for a formal Kolkata documentary feel.
Yes. The SpeechGen service accepts pronunciation markup (phonemes, pauses, prosody control) for fine-grained output — the same engine that powers the browser-based Bengali editor. Documentation is at speechgen.io/en/api/ — integrate it into a mobile app, an interactive course, or an automated phone system.