3 voices · Parisian · Québécois (Montréal) · 48 kHz
French text to speech
Three French voices, from Paris and Montréal: a chic Parisian voice for lifestyle and advertising, a friendly Québécois radio host, and a refined, formal presenter. Pick the French your audience speaks and hear your script read with natural liaison and rhythm. Both accents read standard French spelling exactly as you write it.
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Every French voice
Camille
Female · young adult · Parisian
“Ce matin, on file au marché, on prend un café en terrasse, et on profite de la lumière. Paris en automne, c'est vraiment magique.”
This morning we’re off to the market, stopping for a coffee on a café terrace and enjoying the light. Paris in autumn is truly magical.
- lifestyle
- advertising
- chic
Étienne
Male · adult · Québécois (Montréal)
“Bonjour tout le monde! Ce matin, il fait frette en titi, alors habillez-vous chaudement avant d'aller magasiner.”
Good morning, everyone! It’s freezing cold this morning, so dress warmly before you head out shopping.
- radio
- friendly
- humorous
Mathis
Male · adult
“Bonjour, et bienvenue dans cette présentation.”
Hello, and welcome to this presentation.
- french
- refined
- formal
About French in Voxmint
French in France and French in Québec sound, and often read, very differently. Camille speaks the light, polished French of Paris, ideal for fashion, food and lifestyle brands. Étienne is pure Montréal radio: warm, funny and unmistakably Québécois. Mathis is formal and refined, a good fit for presentations, corporate video and anything that needs a touch of ceremony.
The accent comes from the voice; the vocabulary comes from your script. Étienne’s sample above says “il fait frette” and “magasiner”, everyday Québec French that a Parisian voice would never use, and that wording is a large part of why he sounds local. Write “magasiner”, “char” and “fin de semaine” for Québec, and “faire du shopping”, “voiture” and “week-end” for France.
Keep all accents and the cedilla in your text. They change pronunciation, and a correctly spelled script reads noticeably better. Liaisons, like the “z” sound in “les amis”, are handled the way a native speaker would, but if one lands where you do not want it, rephrasing is quicker than fighting it. Write numbers, dates and amounts out when there is any doubt, for example “le quinze mars” rather than 15/03, and remember that Belgian and Swiss French count differently (“septante”, “nonante”), so spell those out if your audience expects them.
Punctuation controls the pacing. A comma gives a breath, a full stop a pause, and the space before “?” and “!” in French typography does no harm. Short sentences make any voice sound more relaxed.
Casting is mostly about audience and tone. For France, Camille sells and seduces while Mathis informs and reassures; together they cover most brand and corporate work. For Québec, Étienne carries the everyday warmth that makes local ads and radio spots land. For another francophone audience, such as Belgium, Switzerland, West Africa or the Maghreb, describe the speaker you need in the studio, including the city and tone, and keep the take that sounds right to local ears.
Design or clone a French voice
Describe the voice you want, for example:
A warm Belgian man in his fifties with a deep, gentle voice and a slow, friendly pace, like a storyteller on a Brussels radio station.
Or clone one from a few seconds of your own recording.
Use cases
What people make with French voices
Lifestyle and luxury brands
Camille’s chic Parisian delivery suits fashion, beauty, food and travel content that needs to sound effortlessly French.
Québec marketing and radio
Étienne gives Québec audiences a voice that sounds like home, for radio spots, local ads and social video.
Corporate and institutional video
Mathis’s formal register fits presentations, investor videos, museums and public-sector communication.
E-learning and French lessons
Clear Parisian and Québécois voices let learners hear both major varieties of French in listening exercises and courses.
Podcasts and audiobooks
Mathis reads long texts with calm authority, while Camille and Étienne bring personality to podcast intros, trailers and chapters for younger listeners.
Questions
- Parisian or Québécois French: which should I use?
- Match your audience. Listeners in Québec immediately notice a Parisian accent and vocabulary, and the reverse is just as true, so use Étienne for Québec and Camille or Mathis for France.
- Can it do Belgian, Swiss or African French?
- There are no ready-made voices for those yet. You can describe the speaker in the studio and compare a few takes; accents without a ready-made voice vary more between takes.
- Does it handle liaison correctly?
- Yes, liaison follows normal French usage. If a liaison sounds wrong in a particular sentence, rephrasing it is the quickest fix.
- Can I clone a French voice?
- Yes. Upload or record a few seconds of clear speech in your own voice, or in a voice you have permission to use, and new French lines will be spoken in that timbre. Adding the transcript of the clip gives the closest match.
- Should I write tu or vous?
- Follow your audience and brand. The voice follows the register you write, so “vous” keeps things polite and formal, while “tu” makes Camille or Étienne sound close and casual.
- How are English brand names read in a French script?
- Short brand names and loanwords usually read naturally. If you want a word said the French way or the English way, spell it that way phonetically in the script.