1voicetap a preset to hear it
built-in is a synthesizer: instant, every slider works, and it uses your recordings. natural is a neural voice (Piper, public-domain voices) that reads your language's sounds with a light English accent. It downloads once (63 MB), then works offline. Growl and breathiness only change the built-in voice.
fine-tune the voice
2sound inventorytap to add or remove
Green = in your language. The big letter is how it’s written, and the key it sits on in your font. ▶ plays it, rec and file replace it with your own voice.
3your own voiceoptional
Say every sound below in order, with about half a second of silence between each. Xenoglot cuts the take into single sounds. If your browser blocks the microphone here, record on your phone and use upload a take.
4how many sounds?english uses 44
Each distinct sound is a phoneme. English has about 24 consonants and 20 vowel sounds. The smallest known language, Rotokas, works with 11. Most use 20 to 40. Fewer sounds just means longer words.
the 44 sounds of english
1word shapehow syllables are built
Every English word gets a permanent new word made from your sounds. Grammar stays English: same word order, and endings like plural, past tense and -ing become fixed endings.
2grammar endingsadded to the word
3dictionarytype over any word
1english in
the voice speeds up or slows down to fit, between half and double speed so it still sounds natural.
2your language outhover a word for the english
1drop a trackenglish speech
Xenoglot reads the track’s phrases, syllable rhythm and melody, then re-voices it in your language with the same timing.
2what is saidoptional
Paste the words for a true translation. Leave it empty and you get speech in your language that follows the track’s rhythm.
3new tracksame timing
1alphabet
style, pen and weirdness
Style and weirdness redraw every letter from this alphabet’s seed, replacing hand-drawn ones.
2draw a letterpick one above
Drag to draw. Snap joins strokes to the grid for a clean, consistent look.
3fonttype it anywhere
Each letter sits on the key shown in the written text, so typing that text in this font shows your script.