Text to speech · اللهجة الليبية
Pāṇini TTS reads Libyan Arabic in Arabic script; the samples on this page are read by Tariq, an Arabic voice.
الطلبية متاعكم طالعة توا مع المندوب، توصلكم بين الثلاثة والخمسة العشية، والدفع cash مية وعشرين دينار عند الـ delivery. لو مش موجودين، ابعثولنا SMS.
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 Libyan Arabic platform voice yet, so the playground uses Tariq, a voice recorded in another language: the Libyan Arabic text is read correctly, in that voice's accent. For a local accent, clone a native Libyan Arabic speaker from a 10-second recording and use that voice for every clip.
Sign up free, then send Libyan Arabic 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 Libyan Arabic
Libyan Arabic sits between the Maghreb and Egypt. Like Tunisian and Algerian it marks "I" with n-, as in "نبّي" (I want), but its everyday words are its own: "شن" (what), "شن حالك؟" (how are you?), "هلبا" (a lot), "توّا" (now) and "باهي" (fine, OK). ق is generally a hard g, as in Bedouin speech. Tripoli in the west and Benghazi in the east sound different enough that Libyans can place a speaker at once, and the south has its own varieties again.
Italian rule left a layer of Italian loanwords in Libyan speech, and customer messages today also borrow English: "الكارت", "الرصيد", "الأونلاين". Pāṇini reads Arabic mixed with English in one voice. Libyans hear a lot of Egyptian and Gulf Arabic on screen, but a call in their own dialect, opening with "مرحبتين" (a warm Libyan welcome), sounds like a local company rather than a distant one.
Use cases
Balance, recharge and bundle calls for Libya's mobile subscribers in Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata.
Card activation, payment and branch-appointment reminders as Libyan banks move customers to cards and apps.
Appointment reminders for private clinics and hospitals.
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 Libyan Arabic, 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 Libyan Arabic script.
Your accent comes with it: a clone sounds like you speaking Libyan Arabic, 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 Libyan Arabic 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": "الطلبية متاعكم طالعة توا مع المندوب، توصلكم بين الثلاثة والخمسة العشية، والدفع cash مية وعشرين دينار عند الـ delivery. لو مش موجودين، ابعثولنا SMS.", "output_format": "mp3"}' \5 --output libyan-arabic.mp3FAQ
Yes. The playground on this page reads up to 220 characters of Libyan Arabic 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".
Tariq, an Arabic voice, reads these samples; any voice can speak Libyan Arabic, and you can clone a native speaker's voice from 10 seconds.
Some words differ between Tripoli and Benghazi. Write the forms your callers use; Pāṇini reads what you send.
Yes. Pāṇini is trained on 8 kHz phone audio, so it stays clear on ordinary phone lines, and the first audio arrives in under 200 ms.
$0.03125 per 1,000 characters, the same as every language and dialect. 10,000 characters and one voice clone are free, no card.
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 Libyan Arabic script and your clone reads it in your own voice, with Libyan Arabic pronunciation. Your natural accent carries over, so it sounds like you speaking Libyan Arabic.
More languages
See text to speech in every language, the full list of 250+ languages, pricing, the Pāṇini TTS API, or transcribe Libyan Arabic 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.