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Arabic news anchor AI voice for bulletins and recaps

Write the story and hear it in a composed newsreading style: clear articulation, a steady rhythm and pauses in the right places. This page is for news channels on YouTube and social platforms, producers of sports and economy recaps, and school radio supervisors who need a bulletin ready every morning.

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The stories below are invented for practice and contain no real names. Replace the details with your own news, and try the first one in the demo.

  • Bulletin opening

    Modern Standard Arabic

    أهلًا بكم في موجز المساء. في العناوين: ارتفاع أسعار النفط للجلسة الثالثة على التوالي، وانطلاق معرض الكتاب بمشاركة أربعمئة دار نشر، ومنتخبنا يتأهّل إلى الدور نصف النهائي.

    What it says: Welcome to the evening brief. In the headlines: oil prices rise for a third straight session, the book fair opens with four hundred publishers taking part, and our national team reaches the semi-finals.

    0:15

    MazenModern Standard · Male

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  • Economy story

    Modern Standard Arabic

    أغلقت السوق المالية تعاملات اليوم على ارتفاع بنسبة سبعة أعشار في المئة، بدعم من قطاعي المصارف والطاقة. وبلغت قيمة التداولات ستة مليارات ريال، فيما ارتفعت أسهم مئة وعشرين شركة وتراجعت أسهم ثمانين.

    What it says: The stock market closed today's session up seven tenths of a percent, supported by the banking and energy sectors. Turnover reached six billion riyals, with shares in one hundred and twenty companies rising and eighty falling. (Figures are written as words so they are read the way a presenter would read them.)

    0:18

    SafaaModern Standard · Female

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  • Sports recap for social platforms

    Saudi Arabic

    وش صار في الجولة أمس؟ المتصدر تعثّر بالتعادل، والوصيف استغل الفرصة وفاز بثلاثية. الحين الفارق نقطة وحدة بس، والدوري مرة ولّع. خلّونا نشوف الأهداف.

    What it says: What happened in yesterday's round? The leaders slipped to a draw, and the runners-up took the chance and won by three. Now the gap is just one point and the league is really on fire. Let's look at the goals. (Dialect suits light recaps; the bulletin itself stays in Modern Standard Arabic.)

    0:13

    NouraSaudi · Female

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Hear an Arabic voice-over inside a finished video

This is a real Vocla Video: its voice-over is a Vocla library voice, and the scenes, burned-in captions and music were added in the same tool. The audio you generate from this page goes under your own footage the same way.

Documentary narration in Modern Standard Arabic, YouTube 16:9 — Made with Vocla Video

Voice-over dialect: Modern Standard

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The problem

News does not wait, and recording takes time

A news channel lives on speed.

  1. A story published three hours late has lost much of its value, and someone working alone cannot write, record and edit five times a day. Recording it yourself is hard too, because newsreading is a skill: correct case endings, controlled breathing and a neutral tone that neither tires nor gets carried away.

  2. Any tashkeel mistake is heard at once in this kind of content. A single vowel changes who announced what, and the names of cities, officials and foreign clubs are read differently from one presenter to the next. Listeners forgive a creator who speaks off the cuff; they do not forgive a bulletin that gets a name wrong.

  3. School radio has a different problem. The news segment is prepared at the last minute, and the supervising teacher wants an audio model the students can practise against, or a ready clip to play when needed.

Why Vocla

What makes Vocla suitable for newsreading

  • Modern Standard Arabic with clear articulation

    Male and female voices in Modern Standard Arabic from the narrative, documentary and corporate categories, suited to a bulletin, a report or a brief. Choose one of them to be your channel's voice in every episode.

  • One-click tashkeel, with review

    Add tashkeel to the whole story or just the word endings that change the meaning, and review each mark before accepting it. For a word with two readings, listen to the alternatives and pick. Tashkeel does not count toward credits.

  • A pronunciation dictionary for recurring names

    Capitals, clubs, companies and indices come up every day. Enter them once with the pronunciation your newsroom has settled on, and they are read that way in every bulletin.

  • A measured rhythm you control

    High stability and low expressiveness give a news item the neutrality it needs, and pauses separate one story from the next. For sport, raise expressiveness slightly without changing the voice.

  • From story to file in minutes

    A five-story bulletin is generated in one go within the 10,000-character limit per generation, and editing one story does not mean redoing the rest.

How it works

How to prepare an audio news bulletin

  1. Step 1

    Write for radio, not for print

    A spoken news sentence is shorter than a written one and carries one piece of information. Avoid long parenthetical clauses and brackets, and put the source of the story before its details.

  2. Step 2

    Turn numbers and abbreviations into words

    Write percentages, years and amounts out in words, and write the names of organisations the way they are said. That guarantees one reading instead of a guess.

  3. Step 3

    Add tashkeel where meaning changes, and names to the dictionary

    There is no need to mark every letter. Concentrate on verb endings, passive forms and foreign names.

  4. Step 4

    Separate stories with a pause, then generate

    Give each story its own paragraph and add a pause between paragraphs. Generate the bulletin, then listen to it once all the way through before publishing.

  5. Step 5

    Add the audio and disclose it

    Download the file and add it to the video in your editor. If the platform you publish on asks for disclosure of AI-generated content, switch that option on.

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Voices that fit this job

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

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  • Tariq
    ArabicModern StandardMale · Documentary
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    ArabicPalestinianMale · Documentary
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    ArabicSudaneseMale · Documentary
  • Reem
    ArabicSaudiFemale · Documentary
  • Mutlaq
    ArabicSaudiMale · Documentary
  • Nasser
    ArabicKuwaitiMale · Documentary

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Cost

What a daily bulletin costs

A bulletin is counted by its characters: a two-minute brief is about two thousand characters, and every 1,000 characters uses between 800 and 1,200 credits depending on the model. Multiply that by the number of bulletins a month to find the right plan. The Free plan, with ⁠500͏⁠ credits a month, is enough for trials and personal use.

A channel that earns income or publishes under a media outlet's name needs commercial usage rights, from Starter at $4.99 a month. Anyone publishing daily will find Professional a better fit, with 80,000 credits a month and three seats for the editorial team.

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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

How do I make a news anchor voice with AI in Arabic?

Write the story in short sentences in Modern Standard Arabic, choose a formal voice from the documentary or narrative category, raise stability and lower expressiveness, add pauses between stories, then generate. You can try the first 200 characters on this page with no sign-up.

Can I imitate a famous anchor or a well-known channel?

No. Vocla does not let you imitate a real presenter's voice or clone it without their written permission, and we advise against copying an existing channel's identity or audio signature. What you need is the newsreading style, clear Modern Standard Arabic at a measured pace, and the library voices provide that. Build a voice that belongs to your own channel.

Do I have to say the voice is AI-generated?

Some platforms require disclosure of AI-generated or altered content, particularly when it looks realistic and covers real events. Check the policy of the platform you publish on and follow it. In any case, being open with your audience in news content protects your channel's credibility.

Is it suitable for school radio?

Yes. A teacher can generate the news segment or the programme opening in Modern Standard Arabic so students hear a model of pronunciation and pausing before reading it in their own voices, or to play it when needed. You can start by trying it on the Free plan.

Does it read foreign names and numbers correctly?

English words inside Arabic text are read, but Arabised names vary in how they are said, so add them to the pronunciation dictionary in the form you use. Write numbers, percentages and dates as words: that makes sure they are read as a presenter would read them and settles the grammar around them.

Should news use Modern Standard Arabic or a dialect?

Modern Standard Arabic is the language of bulletins; news audiences expect it and understand it in every Arab country. A dialect is acceptable in light recaps and sports commentary on social platforms when you are addressing one country. Do not mix the two in a single clip.

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