- Language
- German (Deutsch)
- Accent
- Switzerland
- Gender
- Female
- Voice type
- Storyteller styled voice
- Delivery
- Expressive and engaging, like someone telling a story by the fire
- Price
- Free to use, no sign-up
About Katharina
Katharina is a styled voice made on Speechma's own AI voice models for one job: storyteller. The character is built into the voice, so every line comes out in that style without any extra settings or tags.
Accent: Swiss Standard German, with a distinctive Swiss melody.
Creators usually choose Katharina for stories and fables, audio fiction and kids content. Brings plots and characters to life.
What Katharina is best for
- Stories and fablesBrings plots and characters to life.
- Audio fictionKeeps listeners hooked from scene to scene.
- Kids contentWarm, lively reading for young audiences.
Try Katharina with this text
This line is already in the tool above. Press Generate to hear Katharina read it, or replace it with your own text:
Sie hören Speechma. Diese Stimme kann Ihre Videos vertonen, Ihre Hörbücher lesen und jede Geschichte mit natürlichem Klang in Studioqualität zum Leben erwecken. How to get the best results with Katharina
- Use dialogue and vivid verbs.
- Paragraph breaks give natural scene changes.
- Write out abbreviations such as "z. B." as "zum Beispiel" for the most natural reading.
- Keep the umlauts (ä, ö, ü) and ß; replacing them with ae, oe, ue can change the pronunciation.
- Long compound words are fine, but very long ones read more clearly with a hyphen.
How to use Katharina
- Open Text to SpeechKatharina 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 German.
- 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.
Katharina compared with similar voices
Not sure Katharina is the one? These voices are the closest in language, accent, type and style:
| Voice | Gender | Accent | Type | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katharina (this voice) | Female | Switzerland | Storyteller styled voice | Stories and fables |
| Lena | Female | Switzerland | News Anchor styled voice | News recaps |
| Florian | Male | Austria | Storyteller styled voice | Stories and fables |
| Emma Hoffmann | Female | Switzerland | ASMR styled voice | ASMR and relaxing audio |
| Anna Zimmermann | Female | Switzerland | Commercial styled voice | Radio and video ads |
| Nina | Female | Switzerland | Documentary styled voice | Documentaries |
About the German language
German is the most widely spoken native language in the European Union and an official language of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. It is known for long compound words and clear, precise pronunciation, with regional accents in Austria and Switzerland.
German is spoken by about 135 million people and belongs to the Indo-European, Germanic language family. Speechma has 85 German voices, and you can also use Voice Cloning, Voice Changer, Voice Design, Speech to Text in German.
