South African accent English Language SAPI 5 text-to-speech voices 

The South African coat of arms, introduced in 2000, features stacked oval shapes representing infinity. Its core elements include two Khoisan human figures facing each other to symbolize common humanity, a golden shield for spiritual defense, and a Secretary Bird with outstretched wings representing national ascension and protection. End of description.

 

One of the Below high quality South African English text-to-speech voices can be used with applications in Windows 11 which offer text-to-speech accessibility and which detect any SAPI 5 text-to-speech voices that have been installed in Windows 11. They work in Windows applications such as Lexima's alinea Suite, JAWS, Everway Read&Write, ClaroRead, and many others.

Other South African text-to-speech voices here are part of either Lexima's alinea Online or ReadSpeaker's TextAid web application, both of which provide remarkable reading and writing support without the need to install software or text-to-speech voices.

Lime Assistive Technology Ltd UK offers a 30 day trial copy of Lexima's alinea Online, ReadSpeaker's TextAid, and any voices that we sell, as we do with

None of the voices that we sell can be used publicly for purposes such as YouTube voice overs, DAISY talking book production or telephony messages etc.

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Alyssa - female South African English

ReadSpeakerTextAid text-to-speech voice		This is a wide rectangular image with the description starting from the top left corner. The ReadSpeaker text-to-speech logo is above the top left of the South African flag. Moving down and back to the left is the text South African English Alyssa adult female ReadSpeaker TextAid text-to-speech voice. Beneath that is the Lime Assistive Technology Ltd logo, a green representation of a keyboard. Moving up and right is a picture not photograph representing Alyssa, the ReadSpeaker TextAid South African text-to-speech voice. Alyssa is a a mixed race woman in her early thirtees. She has long but fine afro hair tied up on top of her head with some hair surrounding her face, and fine curls hanging down. Her head is tilted to the left, giving her a very friendly look. . Alyssa is smiling and is a tight fitting square neck long sleeved black top. She is also wearing a gold chain with a small square piece of gold hanging from it. Alyssa is leaning towards the right as if posing for a photograph, and is visible to just beneath her shoulders. To the right beneath Alyssa is the word Lime in uppercase and a very large font. Beneath that is Assistive, then technology limited each on a separate line in smaller black text. End of description.

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Tessa - female Nuance South African English

Alinea Online text-to-speech voice 		To the left of the image is the South African flag which is gold, green, white, red and blue. It has a green Y-shaped band that is one fifth as wide as the flag. The centre lines of the band start in the top and bottom corners next to the flag post, converge in the centre of the flag, and continue horizontally to the middle of the free edge. To the right of the flag is an avatar of a mixed race woman. She has a very modern hairstyle with wisps of hair on her forehead and beneath her ears. Her hair is brown. She is wearing an olive green top with white blouse collars showing. She is visible to just beneath her shoulders. End of description.
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Tessa - female Nuance South African English

SAPI 5 text-to-speech voice for Windows installation

This is a wide rectangular image with the description starting from the left. There is a blue square logo consisting of two small squares above two other perfectly aligned squares. None of the squares meet, so they have a very small white gap between each one, looking like a white cross. To the right of the Windows logo is the text Windows 11 which are the same blue as the squares, Only the initial letter W is in uppercase. End of description.

To the left of the image is the South African flag which is gold, green, white, red and blue. It has a green Y-shaped band that is one fifth as wide as the flag. The centre lines of the band start in the top and bottom corners next to the flag post, converge in the centre of the flag, and continue horizontally to the middle of the free edge. To the right of the flag is an avatar of a mixed race woman. She has a very modern hairstyle with wisps of hair on her forehead and beneath her ears. Her hair is brown. She is wearing an olive green top with white blouse collars showing. She is visible to just beneath her shoulders. End of description.
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Last updated: 20 July 2026