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Arabic AI voice-over generator for any video

Paste the video script, choose an Arabic voice from the library and get a voice-over ready for the edit in minutes. The Vocla generator is for anyone who needs narration for a video and has no time to hire a voice artist: a shop owner, a marketer, a motion designer or a solo creator.

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  • Modern Standard Arabic + 18 dialects
  • 100 library voices
  • Live demo, no sign-up

Free plan: ⁠500͏⁠ credits a month, MP3, personal use. Commercial rights from Starter.

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The demo reads up to 200 characters with no sign-up. Paste one of the scripts below to hear it.

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Voice-over scripts ready to try

Three short scripts for three kinds of video. Copy one and swap the names, or paste it into the demo at the top of the page to hear it straight away.

  • Service explainer

    Modern Standard Arabic

    هل تضيّع ساعات كل أسبوع في متابعة الفواتير؟ مع تطبيق «دفتر» تصدر الفاتورة في دقيقة، وتتابع المدفوعات من هاتفك، وتعرف من سدّد ومن تأخّر دون أن تفتح جدولًا واحدًا.

    What it says: Do you lose hours every week chasing invoices? With the Daftar app you issue an invoice in a minute, track payments from your phone, and know who has paid and who is late without opening a single spreadsheet.

    0:15

    ReemModern Standard · Female

    Vocla recording of this script
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  • Store offer ad

    Saudi Arabic

    تبغى قهوة مختصة توصلك لين باب البيت؟ اطلب الحين من محمصة الديرة، والتوصيل علينا داخل الرياض. العرض مرة محدود، لا يفوتك.

    What it says: Want specialty coffee delivered right to your door? Order now from Al-Deera Roastery, and delivery inside Riyadh is on us. The offer is very limited, don't miss it.

    0:08

    YusufSaudi · Male

    Vocla recording of this script
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  • Short social clip

    Egyptian Arabic

    عايز تعرف إزاي تصوّر منتجك بالموبايل وكأنه في استوديو؟ دلوقتي هقولك تلات حاجات بسيطة، مش هتاخد منك أكتر من خمس دقايق.

    What it says: Want to know how to shoot your product on a phone so it looks like a studio shot? I'm about to give you three simple things that won't take more than five minutes.

    0:09

    SalmaEgyptian · Female

    Vocla recording of this script
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Every recording is real Vocla output in a public library voice, published unedited.

Real renderOne script, seven dialects

Same ad. Seven Arabic dialects.

Switch the dialect while it plays: the scenes stay, the voice and the captions change. Every version is a real Vocla Video render.

Saudi, Emirati, Kuwaiti, Egyptian, Levantine, Moroccan and Modern Standard Arabic.

Keyboard: space plays or pauses, M turns sound on or off, F is full screen, left and right arrows skip 5 seconds.
Made with Vocla Video · Saudi voice
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The problem

The video is done and the voice-over is holding it up

You know the scene: the edit is finished, the music is in place, and only the narration is missing.

  1. You look for a voice artist, wait for samples, agree a fee, and days later the recording arrives with one word mispronounced or a line that runs longer than the shot. Every fix is another round of messages.

  2. The alternative is to record it yourself, which works if you have a quiet room, a passable microphone and patience for retakes. Most people who try find that one clean minute takes an hour, and that their recorded voice sounds nothing like they imagined.

  3. Then there is the problem specific to Arabic. Many reading tools take text without tashkeel and confuse words that are spelled alike, stumble on the first English word, and only know a stiff formal Arabic that sounds nothing like your audience in Riyadh or Cairo.

Why Vocla

What sets the Vocla voice-over generator apart

  • Modern Standard Arabic and 18 dialects

    Saudi, Emirati, Kuwaiti, Qatari, Bahraini, Omani, Yemeni, Iraqi, Egyptian, Jordanian, Lebanese, Moroccan and Algerian, alongside Modern Standard Arabic. Write the script in a dialect and it is read in that dialect, not in formal Arabic wearing a costume.

  • A voice library organised by job

    Browse voices by dialect, gender and style: narrative for stories and documentaries, advertising for offers, conversational for clips that should feel close. You hear each voice's sample before spending any credits.

  • One-click tashkeel and a pronunciation dictionary

    Add tashkeel to the script or a selection and review every change, listen to alternative readings of an ambiguous word and pick one. Your brand name goes into the pronunciation dictionary once. Tashkeel marks are never deducted from your credits.

  • Control over the delivery, not only the voice

    Speed, stability, expressiveness, clarity and the pauses between sentences. The same script comes out calm for an explainer or energetic for a weekend offer by changing two settings.

  • You see the cost before you generate

    The deduction is shown before you press the button, and everything you generate is kept in your history to download later. MP3 download is on every plan, WAV from Starter.

How it works

From script to an audio file ready for the edit

  1. Step 1

    Match the script length to the video length

    About 1,000 characters make one spoken minute. A thirty-second video needs roughly five hundred characters; anything more forces you to speed up the read or trim shots.

  2. Step 2

    Write for the ear

    Short sentences, numbers written as words, punctuation wherever you want the voice to breathe. Read the script aloud once: where you stumble, the voice will too.

  3. Step 3

    Audition two voices on the first sentence

    Do not generate the whole script on the first try. Take the opening line, run it through two or three voices, then pick one and carry on.

  4. Step 4

    Generate, listen, and fix the word, not the script

    If the voice gets a word wrong, add tashkeel to it or put it in the pronunciation dictionary, then regenerate that paragraph alone.

  5. Step 5

    Download the file and drop it into your editor

    There is no direct link to video editors. You download the file, drag it onto the timeline, then cut the shots to the voice or the other way round.

Listen to the voices

Voices that fit this job

Public voices from the library whose style suits this work. Play a sample or open a voice for details.

Browse the full voice library
  • Safaa
    ArabicModern StandardFemale · Narrative
  • Mazen
    ArabicModern StandardMale · Narrative
  • Amani
    ArabicModern StandardFemale · Narrative
  • Adel
    ArabicModern StandardMale · Narrative
  • Layla
    ArabicModern StandardFemale · Narrative
  • Salma
    ArabicLibyanFemale · Narrative

Text to speech in the matching dialects

Cost

What does a voice-over for one video cost?

It is counted in characters: every 1,000 characters, about one spoken minute, uses between 800 and 1,200 credits depending on the model you choose. The Free plan includes ⁠500͏⁠ credits a month for personal use, which is enough to try the generator on your real scripts before committing to anything.

A voice-over that will appear in an ad, on a business account or in a client delivery needs commercial usage rights, which start with Starter at $4.99 a month, with 5,000 credits and WAV export. Regenerating one paragraph is charged for that paragraph's characters only.

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The numbers

Quick maths

Worked example: a 2-minute script is about 1,600 to 2,400 credits.

  • Free plan: ⁠500͏⁠ credits a month for text to speech, with MP3 downloads, for personal use only.
  • Text to speech uses 800 to 1,200 credits per 1,000 characters, depending on the model. 1,000 characters is about one spoken minute, and tashkeel marks are never counted.
  • Commercial usage rights and WAV export start with Starter: $4.99 a month with 5,000 credits.

Figures use the current plans and default credit rates. The exact cost is always shown in the app before you confirm.

Questions people ask

Is there a free Arabic AI voice-over generator?

Yes. The demo here reads up to 200 characters with no account, and the Free plan gives you ⁠500͏⁠ credits a month with MP3 download. That plan is for personal use only; a voice-over for an ad or a client video needs Starter or higher.

Does an AI Arabic voice-over sound robotic?

That depends on the script and the settings more than anything else. A script written in short sentences, with tashkeel where a word is ambiguous and a voice that suits the subject, sounds natural in most uses. Listen to the whole result before publishing and regenerate any sentence you do not like.

How long does a voice-over for a two-minute video take?

Generation itself is quick; the real time goes into writing the script, then listening and correcting. A two-minute video is about two thousand characters, which fits in a single generation because the limit is 10,000 characters at a time. Plan at least one full listen before you edit.

Can I use the voice-over in a paid ad?

Yes, on Starter and above, which is where commercial usage rights begin. You download the file and upload it with the video to the ad platform yourself; there is no direct link to ad managers. The Free plan does not cover commercial use.

Should a voice-over use Modern Standard Arabic or a dialect?

Modern Standard Arabic reaches every Arab country and suits formal, explanatory and documentary content. A dialect feels closer to the viewer and works better for local ads and short clips. If your audience is in one country, start with its dialect; if it is spread out, choose Modern Standard Arabic or a widely understood dialect such as Egyptian.

Does it pronounce product names and English words correctly?

English words inside an Arabic sentence are read. For unfamiliar brand names, add the pronunciation you want to the pronunciation dictionary, and it is applied to every script you generate afterwards without retyping it.

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