8 native French voices · ElevenLabs · Qwen3
Paste French text and hear it read with natural liaison and rhythm — a warm narrator, a crisp newsreader, a casual YouTuber or a film lead.
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Kenerate AI's French text to speech reads French text in natural voices, for videos, lessons and audiobooks: 8 native French voices on MiniMax, plus French on ElevenLabs and Qwen3. It handles accents, liaison and elision, reads up to 10,000 characters per clip, and downloads as MP3, WAV or FLAC. Voices speak standard European-style French.
Listen first
Each card shows the exact French script with an English translation. The words light up as they're spoken.
MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD · MiniMax
Ce matin-là, la ville dormait encore. Seule la boulangerie du coin laissait échapper une douce odeur de pain chaud.
That morning the town was still asleep. Only the corner bakery let out a soft smell of warm bread.
MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD · MiniMax
Bonsoir. Ce soir, de fortes pluies sont attendues sur l'ouest du pays, avec des rafales de vent jusqu'à quatre-vingts kilomètres heure.
Good evening. Tonight heavy rain is expected in the west of the country, with gusts of up to eighty kilometres an hour.
MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD · MiniMax
Salut tout le monde ! Aujourd'hui, je vous montre trois astuces pour cuisiner plus vite en semaine.
Hi everyone! Today I'm showing you three tricks to cook faster during the week.
MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD · MiniMax
Tu crois vraiment que je vais partir sans savoir la vérité ? Pas cette fois.
You really think I'll leave without knowing the truth? Not this time.
ElevenLabs Eleven v3 · ElevenLabs
[excited]Bienvenue sur la chaîne ! Aujourd'hui, on teste la meilleure crêpe de Paris.
Welcome to the channel! Today we're testing the best crêpe in Paris.
How to
Step 1
Up to 10,000 characters per clip on MiniMax and ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 (5,000 on Eleven v3 and Qwen3).
Step 2
Filter the library by French to see the 8 native MiniMax voices, or pick an ElevenLabs or Qwen3 voice and write in French.
Step 3
Emotion, speed and pitch on MiniMax; stability and audio tags on ElevenLabs; a style prompt on Qwen3.
Step 4
MP3 (or WAV/FLAC on MiniMax), no watermark, saved to your history.
See it in the app
Open Voice Studio in Text to speech and type the words you want spoken, or start from a script template.
Text to speech, emotions & tags, Hindi, voice design, cloning & chat
Chapters
Use cases
Reach French speakers without booking a studio.
Publish a French version of every video with one consistent voice.
Model pronunciation for vocabulary, dialogues and listening practice.
French IVR prompts and greetings for your callers.
Narrators for French fiction, kids' tales and long reads.
French spots and demos for local campaigns.
Audio versions of French notices, articles and documents.
Engines
Facts from the Voice Studio's code. The maker's real model name is shown on every clip.
MiniMax
Most natural MiniMax voice; 7 emotions, (laughs)/(sighs) interjections, pronunciation dictionary
Open MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD
ElevenLabs
Most expressive; audio tags like [whispers], [laughs], [excited]
Open ElevenLabs Eleven v3
ElevenLabs
Lifelike and consistent over long reads
Open ElevenLabs Multilingual v2
Alibaba Qwen
9 characterful voices plus a free-text style prompt
Open Qwen3 TTSControls
The same controls work in every language.
MiniMax voices. 1× is the natural pace; 0.85–0.95× suits narration and learners, 1.1–1.2× suits ads and recaps.
MiniMax voices, in semitones. A few steps down sounds bigger and older; a few up sounds lighter and younger.
MiniMax: neutral, happy, sad, angry, fearful, disgusted, surprised — the same words, a different read.
MiniMax 2.8 reads 13 cues like (laughs), (sighs), (breath); ElevenLabs Eleven v3 reads audio tags like [whispers], [excited], [sarcastic].
ElevenLabs. Lower = more expressive and varied between takes; higher = steadier and more even.
MiniMax lets you pick the format and sample rate (16–44.1 kHz); every clip downloads without a watermark.
Scripts
French scripts to audition voices with — open any in the studio.
Publicité
Cette semaine seulement : moins vingt pour cent sur toute la collection. Rendez-vous en magasin ou sur notre site.
This week only: twenty percent off the whole collection. Visit us in store or online.
Méditation
Fermez les yeux. Inspirez lentement… et expirez. Laissez vos épaules se détendre.
Close your eyes. Breathe in slowly… and out. Let your shoulders relax.
Tutoriel
Ouvrez les paramètres, touchez « Confidentialité », puis désactivez cette option. C'est tout !
Open settings, tap “Privacy”, then turn this option off. That's it!
Conte
Il était une fois un petit renard qui collectionnait les étoiles tombées du ciel.
Once upon a time there was a little fox who collected stars that had fallen from the sky.
Tips
Accents and punctuation do most of the work.
Keep every accent: “a” and “à”, “ou” and “où” are different words.
Use French punctuation spacing or not — the voice reads both the same — but don't drop apostrophes (l'école, j'ai).
Write numbers as words when the reading could vary (quatre-vingt-dix, soixante-dix).
Liaison follows the text: “les amis” is read with the z-sound linking automatically.
For a Canadian audience, write in Québécois vocabulary; the accent of the voice itself stays standard.
Try the same line on MiniMax and ElevenLabs — their French rhythm differs.
Example uses
Illustrative examples of typical workflows, not customer reviews.
A French course creator can narrate grammar lessons, such as the passé composé and the imparfait, in a clear native voice and update single lessons when they change.
An audiobook publisher can audition a native French narrator and a multilingual voice on the same rainy opening chapter and keep the more natural rhythm.
A small office can record a French voicemail greeting and a bilingual phone menu in the same calm voice.
FAQ
7 questions
Try a native French MiniMax voice (Speech 2.8 HD) and ElevenLabs Eleven v3 on the same script — Kenerate's free credits cover both, with no watermark.
Link to this answerYes — the MiniMax French Male Narrator and Casual Man voices, plus male ElevenLabs and Qwen3 voices that read French.
Link to this answerThe studio has no voice labelled as Québécois; the native voices speak standard French. You can describe a Québécois speaker in Voice Design, but results vary.
Link to this answerYes, as long as the text is spelled correctly with its accents and apostrophes. Neural voices apply liaison and elision from the spelling.
Link to this answerNo, it reads the French text you paste. Translate first, then paste the French.
Link to this answerUp to 10,000 characters per clip on MiniMax and ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, 5,000 on Eleven v3 and Qwen3.
Link to this answerOui : un compte Kenerate gratuit démarre avec des crédits gratuits, sans filigrane. Collez votre texte en français dans le Voice Studio, choisissez l'une des 8 voix françaises natives de MiniMax ou une voix ElevenLabs ou Qwen3, puis générez et téléchargez le fichier en MP3, WAV ou FLAC. Chaque clip accepte jusqu'à 10 000 caractères, avec la liaison et les accents bien lus.
Link to this answerIn depth
What works, what to avoid, and how the pieces fit.
French is an official language in more than two dozen countries, with clear accent differences between France, Belgium, Switzerland, Québec and West Africa [1]. Québec French in particular has its own vowels and vocabulary [2]. Pick a voice whose sound suits your audience and write in the vocabulary they use.
Three things give a French voice away when they go wrong:
Native French voices sound the most natural for French-only content. Multilingual voices (ElevenLabs, Qwen3) let one voice speak French and English, which is useful for bilingual channels and courses — and an instant clone can speak French from an English sample.
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