- Language
- French (Français)
- Accent
- France
- Gender
- Male
- Voice type
- Audiobook styled voice
- Delivery
- Warm and intimate, made for long listening without fatigue
- Price
- Free to use, no sign-up
About Hugo
Hugo is a styled voice made on Speechma's own AI voice models for one job: audiobook. The character is built into the voice, so every line comes out in that style without any extra settings or tags.
Accent: Standard French from France, the accent of French national media.
Creators usually choose Hugo for audiobooks and long chapters, short stories and fiction and article read-alouds. The voice stays pleasant and consistent across hours of listening.
What Hugo is best for
- Audiobooks and long chaptersThe voice stays pleasant and consistent across hours of listening.
- Short stories and fictionGentle expression brings characters and scenes to life.
- Article read-aloudsTurns blog posts and newsletters into easy listening.
Try Hugo with this text
This line is already in the tool above. Press Generate to hear Hugo read it, or replace it with your own text:
Vous écoutez Speechma. Cette voix peut raconter vos vidéos, lire vos livres audio et donner vie à chaque histoire avec un son naturel, de qualité studio. How to get the best results with Hugo
- Put dialogue in quotation marks so it is read with a different colour.
- Split long chapters into parts of a few thousand characters.
- Keep all accents (é, è, ê, à, ç); they change both the sound and the meaning.
- Use the French typographic space before ? ! : ; or simply write normally; both are read correctly.
- Write "M." or "Monsieur" carefully; the full word is always read correctly.
How to use Hugo
- Open Text to SpeechHugo is already selected in the voice list at the top of this page. Press "Use this voice" to jump straight to it.
- Type or paste your textUp to 1,000 characters per conversion, written in French.
- Adjust the deliveryChange the speed or pitch if you need to, and use punctuation to control the pauses.
- Generate and downloadPress Generate, listen to the result and download your MP3.
Hugo compared with similar voices
Not sure Hugo is the one? These voices are the closest in language, accent, type and style:
| Voice | Gender | Accent | Type | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo (this voice) | Male | France | Audiobook styled voice | Audiobooks and long chapters |
| Margaux Vincent | Female | France | Audiobook styled voice | Audiobooks and long chapters |
| Nicolas Rousseau | Male | Belgium | Audiobook styled voice | Audiobooks and long chapters |
| Léa | Female | Belgium | Audiobook styled voice | Audiobooks and long chapters |
| Nicolas | Male | France | YouTube styled voice | YouTube voiceovers |
| Hugo Lefebvre | Male | France | Luxury Brand styled voice | Premium brand ads |
About the French language
French is spoken on five continents and is an official language of 29 countries, including France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland and much of West and Central Africa. Its smooth flow comes from liaison, where a silent final consonant is pronounced before a word that starts with a vowel.
French is spoken by about 310 million people and belongs to the Indo-European, Romance language family. Speechma has 89 French voices, and you can also use Voice Cloning, Voice Changer, Voice Design, Speech to Text, AI Dubbing in French.
