Hausa text to speech for customers in Kano, Kaduna and beyond

Writing a script for Hausa text to speech

Write in standard Hausa spelling in the Latin alphabet, with the hooked letters ɓ, ɗ and ƙ and the 'y where they belong. These are separate sounds, not decoration, and the voice reads what you write. If your phone keyboard does not have them, install a Hausa keyboard or write the script in English and use Translate my script.

Keep sentences short and warm. Hausa audiences value respectful greetings, so open properly: 'Assalamu alaikum' or 'Sannu da zuwa' set the right tone before you get to the offer. For prices, many listeners are used to hearing naira amounts in Hausa, so write them out in words if you want them said the local way.

Four Hausa voices

Play each sample and choose the one that fits the message and the listener.

• A warm, gentle Hausa woman from Kano, calm and welcoming: family, food, health, greetings
• A deep, authoritative Hausa man, like a radio presenter in Kano: announcements, property, agriculture, finance
• A bright, energetic young Hausa woman: fashion, beauty, events
• A lively, energetic young Hausa man: promos, sales, phones and gadgets

When a Hausa voiceover pays off

Ramadan and both Sallah celebrations are the big moments. A short Hausa greeting from your business, posted on Status and played on a speaker at your shop, feels personal in a way an English flyer does not. Pair it with a Sallah flyer and a broadcast message, or use the Festive sale Playbook, which builds a sale flyer, a Status video and a broadcast for Sallah in one go.

Year round, Hausa voiceovers work for farm inputs, phone and POS shops, pharmacies, transport companies, schools and clinics. A business in Abuja or Lagos selling to the North can run the same ad in English and Hausa, and simply post each one to the right audience.

• Sallah and Ramadan greetings from your business
• Radio style ads for shops in Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Katsina, Bauchi and Maiduguri
• Health and safety messages for staff and customers
• A Hausa version of an English ad you already have

Check with a native speaker

Hausa voices on Kreyta are marked Beta, and translations are a draft until a person checks them. Ask a fluent Hausa speaker to listen before you publish, especially for religious greetings, where getting a word wrong matters. Save names, such as your business and your area, in Pronunciations so they are always said the same way. Voiceovers are priced per started minute of speech, shown before you make one.

How it works

1. Write or translate

   Write in Hausa with the hooked letters, or write English and press Translate my script (free).

2. Pick Hausa and a voice

   Listen to the four samples and pick the right one.

3. Add pauses and names

   Use / and // for pauses and add pronunciations for names.

4. Make, check, download

   Make the take, let a Hausa speaker listen, then download or add it to a video.

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