Text to speech
Arabic voice-over for radio ads, in the dialect of the station
Write the radio script and hear it in a clear Arabic voice within minutes, in Modern Standard Arabic or the dialect of the city it airs in. For business owners, ad agencies and marketers who need a 15, 30 or 60-second spot as a WAV for the station, with no studio booking.
- 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.
See the workflowThe demo reads up to 200 characters with no sign-up. Paste one of the scripts below to hear it.
Hear it yourself
Ready-to-use radio scripts
Copy a script, change the name, the offer and the number, then try it in the demo at the top of the page and time it.
15-second weekend offer
Saudi Arabicتبغى تغيّر كنب بيتك؟ الحين عندنا عرض نهاية الأسبوع: خصم على كل أطقم الجلوس، والتوصيل والتركيب علينا. معرض دار الأثاث، طريق الملك فهد. لا يفوتك، العرض لين السبت بس.
What it says: Want to change your sofas? Our weekend offer is on now: a discount on every seating set, with delivery and assembly on us. Dar Al-Athath showroom, King Fahd Road. Don't miss it, the offer runs until Saturday only.
30-second branch opening
Modern Standard Arabicخبرٌ سارّ لسكان حي الروضة: مركز العناية السريعة بالسيارات يفتتح فرعه الجديد يوم السبت القادم. تغيير زيت، فحص إطارات، وصيانة دورية في أقل من ساعة، مع فحص شامل بلا رسوم طوال شهر الافتتاح. احجز موعدك على الرقم تسعة، اثنان، صفر، صفر، واحد، واحد، خمسة. نكرر: تسعة، اثنان، صفر، صفر، واحد، واحد، خمسة. مركز العناية السريعة، سيارتك في أيدٍ أمينة.
What it says: Good news for residents of Al-Rawda: the Quick Care car centre opens its new branch next Saturday. Oil changes, tyre checks and routine servicing in under an hour, with a full inspection at no charge throughout the opening month. Book on nine, two, zero, zero, one, one, five. Again: nine, two, zero, zero, one, one, five. Quick Care, your car in safe hands.
Short seasonal spot
Egyptian Arabicرمضان قرّب، ومحلات بيت الهنا جهّزتلك كل حاجة: ياميش، مكسرات، وعصاير بأسعار مش هتلاقيها في حتة تانية. تعالى دلوقتي قبل الزحمة، فروعنا في مدينة نصر والمعادي. بيت الهنا، رمضان عندنا أحلى.
What it says: Ramadan is nearly here, and Beit El-Hana has everything ready for you: dried fruit, nuts and juices at prices you won't find anywhere else. Come now before the rush, at our branches in Nasr City and Maadi. Beit El-Hana, Ramadan is sweeter with us.
Every recording is real Vocla output in a public library voice, published unedited.
Made with Vocla VideoThe voice inside a video
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.
A luxury oud ad in a Najdi Saudi voice with bold Arabic captions — Made with Vocla Video
Voice-over dialect: Saudi
About Vocla Video
The problem
Radio is sold by the second, and studio recording is slow
The station sells you a slot of a fixed length: thirty seconds means thirty, not thirty-two.
The studio recording comes back two seconds long, so you cut a sentence and book another session, and the campaign starts on Thursday.
Radio has no picture to carry the script. The listener is driving and hears the phone number once; if it is rushed, or the voice stumbles on the name of the district, the spot is wasted. Then the offer changes mid-campaign and you need a new version in the same voice within hours, not a week.
One spot is rarely enough either. There is a short reminder, a weekend-offer version, and another in a different dialect for a station in a second city. With a voice artist, each one is a separate session and a separate invoice.
Why Vocla
Why Vocla for radio spots
The station's dialect, not a generic one
Modern Standard Arabic plus 18 dialects, including Saudi, Kuwaiti, Emirati, Egyptian and Lebanese. A spot airing in Riyadh is written and read the way people there speak, and the same script can be regenerated in another dialect for a station in another country.
Hit the length before you deliver
You control reading speed and pauses. If the take runs a second over the slot, raise the speed a notch or drop a word and generate again in moments, with no trip back to the studio.
WAV for the station, MP3 for approval
MP3 is on every plan and is enough to send a draft to the client. The uncompressed WAV that stations usually ask for is available from the Starter plan up, together with commercial usage rights.
Names and numbers said your way
Add tashkeel to the brand or district name in one click and review the change, listen to the possible readings of an ambiguous word and pick one, then save the name in the pronunciation dictionary so it is right in every version of the campaign. Tashkeel marks are never deducted from your credits.
Every version in one voice
The teaser, the offer spot and the last-day reminder come out with the same voice and settings, and stay in your history to download again whenever the station asks for the file a second time.
How it works
From script to a file ready for air
Step 1
Ask the station for its specs first
Find out the exact slot length, the file format, and whether the station wants the voice alone or mixed with music. Vocla has no relationship with any station, so booking and delivery stay between you and them.
Step 2
Write to a word count
Roughly 30 to 35 Arabic words for fifteen seconds, 65 to 75 for thirty seconds and 130 to 150 for a full minute. Leave room if there is a music intro or sting at the end.
Step 3
Spell out numbers and repeat what matters
Write the phone number, price and date the way you want them heard, and say the shop name or number twice in the longer versions. A listener cannot scroll back.
Step 4
Generate, then time it
Try two voices on the script, commit to one, then check the file's duration. Adjust speed or pauses until it fits the slot, and listen on a car stereo or a phone speaker, because that is where people will hear it.
Step 5
Download the WAV and add the music
Mix the file with a music bed in the audio editor you already use, or hand the station a dry voice track and let them mix it. Make sure you hold the rights to whatever music you choose.
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.
Text to speech in the matching dialects
Cost
What does a radio voice-over cost?
You pay by characters, and a thousand characters is about one spoken minute, so a thirty-second spot uses roughly half of what a minute does. The rate is between 800 and 1,200 credits per thousand characters depending on the model, and you see it before generating. Every retake to fix the length is charged the same way, so settle the script on the lighter model first.
A radio ad is commercial use, so it needs the Starter plan or higher: $4.99 a month with 5,000 credits and WAV export. The Free plan and its 500͏ credits a month are for auditioning voices and dialects on your script before you subscribe, not for broadcast.
Compare plansThe numbers
Quick maths
Worked example: a 30-second script is about 400 to 600 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.
Publishing this for a business?
The Free plan is for personal use and evaluation. Audio and video you publish for a brand, a client or a monetised channel need commercial usage rights, which start with the Starter plan.
Questions people ask
How many words fit in a 30-second Arabic radio ad?
Between 65 and 75 Arabic words at a comfortable pace, about 30 to 35 for fifteen seconds and 130 to 150 for sixty. These are approximations that shift with the voice's speed and the length of your words, so time the generated file and adjust the script or the speed.
Can I use the voice in a commercial radio ad?
Yes, provided you are on the Starter plan or higher, where commercial usage rights begin. The Free plan is for personal use only and does not cover radio broadcast or client advertising.
Do you work with radio stations or book airtime?
No. Vocla produces the voice-over file only. It has no relationship with any station and does not book ad slots. You download the file and you or your agency deliver it to the station according to its specifications.
Can I export the spot as a WAV file?
Yes. WAV export is available from the Starter plan, and MP3 is on every plan. Ask the station which format and specifications it accepts before you deliver; if it wants something particular, convert the file in your own audio editor.
Can I put music behind the voice-over?
The voice-over comes out clean, with no music, which many stations prefer because they do the mix themselves. If you want a mixed version, add the bed in your audio editor and use music you have commercial rights to.
Which Arabic dialect is best for a radio ad?
The dialect of the city the station broadcasts to. A local spot for a restaurant or a showroom lands closer in the listener's own dialect, while an ad running in several countries, or for an official body, suits Modern Standard Arabic. You can generate the script both ways and compare before booking.
Go deeper
- The tool: Text to speechTurn scripts into lifelike Arabic speech
- Plans and pricesWhat each plan includes, side by side
- Voice libraryPlay real samples by dialect
- How to Write a 30-Second Radio Ad Script in Arabic (With Examples)Read the guide
- How to Choose a Voice for Voiceover: A Practical Method for Ads and VideosRead the guide
- Voiceover Words per Minute: Arabic vs English, with 15, 30 and 60-Second Word CountsRead the guide
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