Text to speech · کٲشُر
Pāṇini TTS reads Kashmiri written in Perso-Arabic script, the form used in Kashmiri schools, newspapers and official notices.
تُہٕنز appointment چھےٚ پگاہ صُبحٕ دٔہن بجے ڈاکٹر صابس سٕتۍ پکٕے گژھمٕژ۔ اَسۍ سوزو تۄہہِ اکھ دۄہ برونٹھ SMS پیٹھ reminder، تہٕ وقتس پیٹھ یِیِو۔
Voices
Free to play in your browser without an account, up to 220 characters at a time. To save the audio as a file, sign up free for 10,000 characters and one voice clone, no card required: the dashboard saves WAV and the API returns MP3.
Making a video? See AI voice-over for YouTube and Reels. The audio is yours to use on monetised channels.
Last verified 24 October 2026
There is no native Kashmiri platform voice yet, so the playground uses Alok, a voice recorded in another language: the Kashmiri text is read correctly, in that voice's accent. For a local accent, clone a native Kashmiri speaker from a 10-second recording and use that voice for every clip.
Sign up free, then send Kashmiri text to the API with "output_format": "mp3" and save the file, or generate clips in the dashboard and download them. Scripts longer than the playground's 220 characters work the same way.
About Kashmiri
Kashmiri has vowels that neither Urdu nor Hindi has, and its Perso-Arabic spelling marks them with extra signs, as in کٲشُر, the language's own name. In everyday typing those marks are often dropped, and a word without them can be read more than one way. For speech that ambiguity is the main risk: the clearer the vowel marks in your text, the closer the audio is to what a Kashmiri listener expects.
Kashmiri politeness is built into address: تُہی for the respectful "you" and a greeting like آداب on a call. Customer text also borrows from Urdu and English freely. There is no dedicated Kashmiri platform voice yet: Alok, a Hindi voice, reads the samples on this page. For a Valley accent, clone a voice from 10 seconds of a native Kashmiri speaker.
Use cases
Scheme, health and utility reminders for households that speak Kashmiri at home.
Order, booking and payment calls for the Valley's artisans, houseboats and travel operators.
Narration for stories, poetry and lessons in the language, read from Perso-Arabic text.
Commercial use
The full wording is in our terms of service.
YouTube
Yes, AI voices are allowed. What YouTube limits is mass-produced, repetitive content: videos made from a template with little original work. Its July 2025 update renamed that rule from “repetitious” to “inauthentic” content (YouTube’s monetisation policies).
Write your own script, add your own research or editing, and keep one consistent voice for the channel. Where a realistic AI voice could mislead viewers, use YouTube’s altered or synthetic content label. The monetisation decision is always YouTube’s.
Voice cloning
Clone your voice from a 10-second recording. Your clone speaks Kashmiri, and every other language Pāṇini supports, in your own voice. The language comes from the text you type, so a clone recorded in English or Hindi can read a Kashmiri script.
Your accent comes with it: a clone sounds like you speaking Kashmiri, not like a different native speaker. Every free account includes one voice clone. Clone only your own voice, or a voice whose owner has agreed.
API
One request returns Kashmiri audio as MP3. The language is detected from the text, so no language setting is needed. Pāṇini TTS starts streaming audio in under 200 ms (time to first byte).
1curl https://api.sonexlabs.com/v1/speech \2 --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \3 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \4 --data '{"text": "تُہٕنز appointment چھےٚ پگاہ صُبحٕ دٔہن بجے ڈاکٹر صابس سٕتۍ پکٕے گژھمٕژ۔ اَسۍ سوزو تۄہہِ اکھ دۄہ برونٹھ SMS پیٹھ reminder، تہٕ وقتس پیٹھ یِیِو۔", "output_format": "mp3"}' \5 --output kashmiri.mp3FAQ
Yes. The playground on this page reads up to 220 characters of Kashmiri at a time with no account. Sign up free for 10,000 characters and one voice clone, no card; after that it costs $0.03125 per 1,000 characters.
Yes, after free sign-up. The playground on this page plays audio in your browser only, up to 220 characters at a time, so you can check the voice first. Sign up free (10,000 characters and one voice clone, no card): the dashboard saves each clip as a WAV file with Download audio, and the API returns MP3 when you set "output_format": "mp3".
Alok, a Hindi voice, reads these samples. Any Sonex Labs voice can speak Kashmiri, and you can clone a native Kashmiri speaker's voice from 10 seconds.
Perso-Arabic is the official and most widely used script, and the one used on this page. Include Kashmiri vowel marks where possible.
Yes. Borrowed words inside a Kashmiri sentence are read in the same voice.
$0.03125 per 1,000 characters, the same as every language.
Yes. Audio you generate, on the free tier or with paid credits, can be used on monetised YouTube channels, Shorts, Reels and in ads, with no attribution. YouTube limits mass-produced, repetitive videos, not AI voices, so write your own script and keep your edits original. The monetisation decision is YouTube's.
The audio you generate is yours to use, including commercially, with no attribution and no royalties to Sonex Labs. You are responsible for the script itself: if you read someone else's text, you need their permission.
Yes. A Sonex voice clone is not tied to the language it was recorded in. Type a Kashmiri script and your clone reads it in your own voice, with Kashmiri pronunciation. Your natural accent carries over, so it sounds like you speaking Kashmiri.
More languages
See text to speech in every language, the full list of 250+ languages, pricing, the Pāṇini TTS API, or transcribe Kashmiri audio with Valmiki speech to text.
10,000 free text-to-speech characters and one free voice clone that speaks every language, no card required. Every language is billed at the same rate.