E mōhio ana ngā tohu ki te tauira i kōwhiria - ka kōwhiria kia whakawātea tētahi ki roto i tōna kupu i reira ka puta ai:
Ka pānui tēnei tauira i te kupu noa, nā reira ka whakakāhoretia ngā tohu ā-waitara. Mō te āhua o te tohu-taihi, ka huri ki tētahi tauira whakamārama pēnei i a Orpheus, Bark rānei.
Ko ngā tohu whakawhiwhinga reo māori. I whakawhiwhia e Qwen3-TTS i tēnei rā; Ka tae mai ētahi atu tauira whakamāramatanga.
Kāore tēnei tauira i te tautoko i ngā tohutohu kāhua — ka huri ki tētahi tauira e mahi ana (hei tauira, Qwen3-TTS).
Ka tautuhia ngā tohutohu ā-ringa (wāhi = tohutohu):
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Ka whakahaeretia te whakahuahua (0 = pūmau, 1 = tino whakahuahua)
Te taumahatanga tohu whakawātea-whakahaere (nui ake = nui ake te whakahau-whakahaere)
E whakaahua ana i te kāhua reo i roto i te reo māori (ka whakamahia e te Pāpāho tēnei i te wāhi o ngā reo i whakaritea i mua)
He pūāhua taupānga te taupānga taupānga: Ka whakamahia ngā tohu [S1] me [S2] hei tohu i ngā kaikōrero rerekē. Hei tauira: [S1] Hei hei! [S2] Hei, he pēhea koe?
Tamil poses a synthesis challenge unlike any other Indian language because of its diglossia: the formal literary variety (செந்தமிழ்) used in writing and news differs markedly from everyday spoken Tamil, and a voice has to choose a register and stay consistent rather than drifting between them. The Tamil script is also unusually economical with consonants — it has no separate letters for voiced or aspirated stops, so a single glyph covers k, g and h and the voicing is decided entirely by position within the word. That makes context-based allophony, not a lookup table, the core of correct Tamil pronunciation: the same letter is read as hard 'k' at the start of a word and soft 'g' between vowels. Tamil adds the special aytham character ஃ, a full set of retroflex consonants, and a contrast between alveolar and retroflex sounds that a naive voice tends to flatten. Being agglutinative, Tamil piles case, tense and honorific suffixes onto roots, so long word forms must be segmented for natural phrasing. Real demand comes from the Kollywood film industry, Tamil Nadu's aggressive push for Tamil-first digital public services, and Tamil news and devotional media consumed across Sri Lanka, Singapore and the diaspora.
Hei tauira — தமிழ்
“வணக்கம், இன்று காலை நல்ல வெயில் இருக்கிறது; அனைவரும் நலமாக இருக்க வேண்டும் என்று வாழ்த்துகிறேன்.”
Rāhua taketake
தமிழ்
Kaipāpāho
Around 79 million native speakers, one of the world’s oldest living literary languages
Te whānau reo
Southern branch of the Dravidian languages
Script
Tamil (a Brahmic abugida)
I kōrerotia
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, plus official status in Sri Lanka and Singapore and a large diaspora in Malaysia and the Gulf
Ko te mea e whakamahia ana e te tangata Tamil Huinga ki te kōrero mo
Kollywood and Tamil short-video dubbing and voiceover
Tamil-first e-governance and public-service audio for Tamil Nadu
Narration for Tamil news, education and devotional content
IVR and app prompts for Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia Tamil markets
Accessibility and screen-reader narration for Tamil speakers
Tamil Huinga ki te kōrero - FAQ
Tamil has no separate letters for voiced or aspirated stops, so one glyph covers k, g and h. The engine uses position within the word to voice it correctly — hard at the start, softer between vowels — which is exactly how Tamil speakers read it.
The voice reads the register you write. Formal literary Tamil (used in news and writing) and colloquial spoken Tamil differ significantly, so the output follows your text rather than converting between the two varieties on its own.
Yes. Tamil contrasts retroflex and alveolar sounds and includes the special aytham (ஃ). The voice keeps these distinctions rather than flattening them, which is essential for words to be understood correctly.
No. Although all three are Dravidian, Tamil has its own script, its distinctive lack of separate voiced letters, and its own phonology. A Telugu or Malayalam voice would mispronounce Tamil, so use the Tamil voice for Tamil text.
E tāuru ana i tōna mairā hei haere tonu i te whakaputa kōrero mō te wāteatanga, hei whakaingoatanga rānei mō ngā pūāhua tāpiri 15,000.
Kāore he kupu whakarongo e hiahiatia ana — ka tukuna mai e tātau he pātahitanga ki te tautuhi i tētahi i muri ake nei.
Kua tae te tepe taumata wātea
Kua whakamahia e koe ōna pūāhua wātea 5,000 i ia rā. Whakatū i tētahi kāwanatanga wātea kia whiwhi ai ki ngā pūāhua tāpiri 15,000 tae atu ki ngā pūāhua wātea 10,000 i ia marama.
