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Pāṇini TTS reads Malayalam in its own script with a native Malayalam voice, Vani, for calls and content aimed at Kerala and Malayalis abroad.
നിങ്ങളുടെ ഗ്യാസ് booking ഓക്കെ ആയി, നാളെ രാവിലെ പത്തിനും പന്ത്രണ്ടിനും ഇടയിൽ delivery ഉണ്ടാകും. ബില്ല് എണ്ണൂറ്റി അമ്പത് രൂപയാണ്, cash ആയോ UPI ആയോ കൊടുക്കാം.
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 Malayalam AI voice-over for YouTube and Reels. The audio is yours to use on monetised channels.
Last verified 24 October 2026
Vani, a native Malayalam platform voice, reads the playground above. Any Sonex Labs voice can also read Malayalam, keeping its own accent, and a voice cloned from a 10-second recording of a Malayalam speaker carries that speaker's accent.
Sign up free, then send Malayalam 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 Malayalam
Malayalam glues words together. "വരുന്നുണ്ടായിരുന്നു" (was coming) is a single word, and a sentence often has only four or five of them, so where a voice pauses and what it stresses decides whether the listener follows. The script adds its own detail: chillu letters such as ൻ, ൽ and ർ mark a consonant with no vowel after it, and the sound ഴ in മഴ (rain) and കോഴിക്കോട് (Kozhikode) has no match in most other Indian languages.
Malayalis also type their language in Roman letters, often called Manglish, on WhatsApp and SMS, and customer messages mix in English words with Malayalam endings, as in ഓർഡറിന്റെ (of the order). Large numbers of Keralites work in the Gulf, so a reminder or an announcement often has to reach families in Kerala and workers abroad alike. Vani, a native Malayalam platform voice, reads every sample on this page.
Use cases
Banks, exchange houses and travel firms reach Malayali customers in Kerala and the Gulf in their own language.
Kerala's hospitals and clinics confirm appointments and report updates in Malayalam.
Malayalam narration for explainers, audiobooks and learning apps, with one consistent narrator.
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 Malayalam, 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 Malayalam script.
Your accent comes with it: a clone sounds like you speaking Malayalam, 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 Malayalam 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": "നിങ്ങളുടെ ഗ്യാസ് booking ഓക്കെ ആയി, നാളെ രാവിലെ പത്തിനും പന്ത്രണ്ടിനും ഇടയിൽ delivery ഉണ്ടാകും. ബില്ല് എണ്ണൂറ്റി അമ്പത് രൂപയാണ്, cash ആയോ UPI ആയോ കൊടുക്കാം.", "output_format": "mp3"}' \5 --output malayalam.mp3FAQ
Yes. The playground on this page reads up to 220 characters of Malayalam 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".
Yes. Vani is a native Malayalam voice. Any Sonex Labs voice can also speak Malayalam, and you can clone your own from a 10-second sample.
Yes, including English words with Malayalam endings attached, in the same voice.
Yes. Pāṇini is trained on 8 kHz phone audio, so calls stay clear on ordinary phone lines, including international ones.
$0.03125 per 1,000 characters, the same as every language. The first 10,000 characters and one voice clone are free, with 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 Malayalam script and your clone reads it in your own voice, with Malayalam pronunciation. Your natural accent carries over, so it sounds like you speaking Malayalam.
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See text to speech in every language, the full list of 250+ languages, pricing, the Pāṇini TTS API, or transcribe Malayalam audio with Malayalam 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.