Voice over · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Punjabi AI voice over, free
Paste a script, pick a voice and play it. It is free to try with no account; sign up free to save the audio, which you can use on monetised YouTube channels. A native Punjabi voice for village vlogs, stories and explainers, in Gurmukhi.
ਸਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ ਜੀ! ਅੱਜ ਦੀ ਵੀਡੀਓ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੇਖੋ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਇੱਕ ਅਜਿਹੇ ਪਿੰਡ ਦੀ ਕਹਾਣੀ, ਜਿਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਘੱਟ ਲੋਕ ਜਾਣਦੇ ਨੇ। ਵੀਡੀਓ ਅਖੀਰ ਤੱਕ ਜ਼ਰੂਰ ਵੇਖਿਓ!
Voices
Free to play in your browser without an account, up to 220 characters at a time. To save audio files, sign up free for 10,000 characters and one voice clone, no card required: the dashboard saves WAV and the API returns MP3.
Last checked 26 October 2026
Sample scripts
Three Punjabi scripts to start from
Each one fits in a single play. Hear it, then copy it into the playground and change it to your own topic.
Shorts hook · 111 characters · about 7 s
Cut the winter gas bill
ਰੁਕੋ! ਸਰਦੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਗੈਸ ਦਾ ਖਰਚਾ ਘਟਾਉਣਾ ਹੈ? ਇਹ ਤਿੰਨ ਛੋਟੀਆਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਅੱਜ ਤੋਂ ਹੀ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰੋ, ਫ਼ਰਕ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਹੀ ਦਿਸੇਗਾ।
Stop! Want to cut your gas bill in winter? Start these three small things today, and you'll see the difference in the first month.
How to read it: Punjabi Shorts carry energy; an exclamation on the first word (ਰੁਕੋ!) and a question straight after does most of the work. Veer's warm read keeps it friendly rather than shouty.
Story narration · 143 characters · about 9 s
A lantern by the tubewell
ਉਸ ਰਾਤ ਪਿੰਡ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੜੀ ਧੁੰਦ ਸੀ। ਖੇਤਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਮੁੜਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਬਲਵੰਤ ਨੂੰ ਟਿਊਬਵੈੱਲ ਕੋਲ ਕਿਸੇ ਦੀ ਲਾਲਟੈਣ ਜਗਦੀ ਦਿਸੀ, ਪਰ ਜਦੋਂ ਉਹ ਨੇੜੇ ਗਿਆ ਤਾਂ ਉੱਥੇ ਕੋਈ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ।
There was thick fog in the village that night. Coming back from the fields, Balwant saw someone's lantern burning by the tubewell, but when he got close, nobody was there.
How to read it: Let the comma before ਪਰ (but) carry the turn. For horror, break the scene into short sentences and keep the final clause short.
Explainer · 150 characters · about 10 s
Study abroad: check before you pay an agent
ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ ਪੜ੍ਹਨ ਜਾਣ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਏਜੰਟ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ 'ਤੇ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਬੰਦ ਕਰਕੇ ਯਕੀਨ ਨਾ ਕਰੋ। ਕਾਲਜ ਦੀ ਵੈੱਬਸਾਈਟ ਆਪ ਚੈੱਕ ਕਰੋ, ਅਤੇ ਫ਼ੀਸ ਸਿਰਫ਼ ਕਾਲਜ ਦੇ ਅਧਿਕਾਰਤ ਖਾਤੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਭਰੋ।
Before going abroad to study, don't blindly trust what an agent says. Check the college website yourself, and pay fees only into the college's official account.
How to read it: Two instructions, two sentences. English words like website and check read well in Gurmukhi letters (ਵੈੱਬਸਾਈਟ, ਚੈੱਕ) or left in English.
More ready-made scripts, with timings, are in the voice-over script templates.
Instagram Reels
AI voice for Instagram Reels
Punjabi Reels run on energy: village life, farming, food, family comedy and study-abroad advice. Write in Gurmukhi; Shahmukhi has not been tested with this voice.
With Veer we measured about 910 characters a minute, so a 30-second Reel is about 460 characters and a 60-second one about 910.
Reel length and script size in Punjabi
- 15 seconds
- about 230 characters, 2 plays here
- 30 seconds
- about 460 characters, 3 plays here
- 60 seconds
- about 910 characters, 5 plays here
- 90 seconds
- about 1,370 characters, 7 plays here
With Veer at 910 characters per minute, measured on 24 October 2026 at speed 1.0 (normal speed). Another voice can run a little faster or slower.
A short recipe Reel · 167 characters · about 11 s
ਸਰ੍ਹੋਂ ਦਾ ਸਾਗ ਘਰੇ ਬਣਾਉਂਦੇ ਹੋ? ਕਾਹਲੀ ਨਾ ਕਰੋ, ਸਾਗ ਨੂੰ ਹੌਲੀ ਅੱਗ 'ਤੇ ਪੱਕਣ ਦਿਓ। ਅਖੀਰ 'ਚ ਥੋੜ੍ਹਾ ਮੱਕੀ ਦਾ ਆਟਾ ਪਾਓ, ਤੇ ਉੱਤੋਂ ਦੇਸੀ ਘਿਓ ਦਾ ਤੜਕਾ। ਸੁਆਦ ਨਾ ਆਇਆ ਤਾਂ ਕਮੈਂਟ ਕਰਕੇ ਦੱਸਿਓ!
Making sarson da saag at home? Don't rush it, let the saag cook on a low flame. Add a little maize flour at the end, then a tadka of desi ghee on top. If it doesn't taste great, tell us in the comments!
How to read it: The energy comes from the short commands and the exclamation at the end; Veer's warm read keeps it from turning into shouting.
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Save the audio
Play the Reel script here until the read is right, then sign up free, generate it in the dashboard and tap Download audio to save a WAV file. One clip per shot is easier to line up than one long file. - 2
Add it in Edits, VN or InShot
Import the saved file into VN, InShot or Instagram's Edits app:- Instagram's Edits app: open your project, tap Audio in the toolbar at the bottom, then tap the folder icon to import the file. To set how loud a layer is, tap it, then Volume. Instagram Help: Edit your video on Edits.
- VN: in the music library, open Yours, tap the ⋮ (More) menu and choose File App to import the file. Tap the music clip on the timeline to set its volume. VN Help: Import music and audio.
- InShot: add the file through InShot's music tools, which take music and voice-overs. InShot has no written help page for this, so the name of the import option can differ between versions. InShot on the App Store.
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Export and post it as a reel
Keep the project vertical (9:16) and export it. In Instagram, tap + (Create), choose Reel, pick the video from your camera roll, tap Next, then Share (Instagram Help). If you edited in Edits, its export screen can also share the video straight to Instagram as a reel (Edits help).
These steps follow each app's own pages as checked on 26 October 2026. Button names move between app versions and can differ between iPhone and Android, so if one is not where it says, the linked page has the current steps.
- Leave room for the music. If the Reel has music under the voice, keep the music lower than the voice. Edits and VN both let you set each layer's volume (step 2).
- End on the comments. A challenge to the viewer (ਸੁਆਦ ਨਾ ਆਇਆ ਤਾਂ ਦੱਸਿਓ!) is a natural last line for a food Reel.
More on short videos: AI voice for Reels.
Voices
Punjabi voices for creators
Punjabi has one native voice in the public catalogue, Veer. There is no native female Punjabi voice yet; any other voice can read Punjabi with its own accent, or clone your own from 10 seconds.
Male · Calling, Warm · Punjabi
Veer
Warm and friendly. Suits village vlogs, farming, stories, explainers and devotional channels.
How to
Make a Punjabi voice-over video in 5 steps
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Write the script
Write in Gurmukhi, the way you speak on camera, with the dot marks (ਫ਼, ਜ਼) where you want those sounds. English words can stay in English letters or go into Gurmukhi.
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Pick a voice
Play the same line in two or three of the voices on this page and keep the one that fits your channel. Use one voice for every video, so viewers learn to recognise it.
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Play it, then save the audio
Each play takes up to 220 characters, about 15 seconds of Punjabi, and plays in your browser only, so use it to check how the voice reads your lines. To save the audio, sign up free: the dashboard draws on your 10,000 free characters and saves each clip as a WAV file, and the API returns MP3 when you ask for "output_format": "mp3".
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Add it in your video editor
Import the saved WAV or MP3 files into VN, InShot or Instagram's Edits app as audio. Lay the clips on the audio track in order, trim the gaps, and line each sentence up with its shot.
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Upload
Export and upload to YouTube, Shorts, Instagram Reels or Facebook. If the voice is realistic enough that viewers could take it for a real person, tick YouTube's altered or synthetic content label. YouTube’s help page explains when it applies.
Commercial use
Use Punjabi AI voice-overs on monetised channels
- Use the audio in YouTube videos, Shorts, Instagram Reels, podcasts and ads, including on monetised channels.
- This applies to the free tier and to paid credits. No attribution to Sonex Labs is needed.
- You are responsible for your script, and for disclosing realistic synthetic content where a platform asks you to.
The full wording is in our terms of service.
YouTube
Can a channel with an AI voice be monetised?
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
Your own voice, speaking Punjabi
Clone your voice from a 10-second recording. Your clone speaks Punjabi, 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 Punjabi script.
Your accent comes with it: a clone sounds like you speaking Punjabi, 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.
Price
What a Punjabi voice-over costs
- Without an account
- 220 characters a play, in your browser only. Free.
- Free account
- 10,000 free text-to-speech characters and one free voice clone that speaks every language, no card required.
- After that
- $0.03125 per 1,000 characters: ₹2.97 in Indian rupees. The same rate for every language.
- What 10,000 characters make
- About 11.0 minutes of Punjabi with Veer (910 characters per minute, measured on 24 October 2026 at speed 1.0), worth $0.3125 or ₹29.69 at list price.
- One finished minute
- About $0.0284 (₹2.70) once the free characters are used.
Prices as on the pricing page; local amounts at exchange rates from open.er-api.com, 25 October 2026.
FAQ
Punjabi voice-over questions
Yes, to try. The playground on this page plays up to 220 characters at a time in your browser, with no account. A free account adds 10,000 characters and one voice clone, no card required, and lets you save the audio as a file. After that it is $0.03125 per 1,000 characters (about ₹2.97), the same rate for every language.
220 characters per play without an account, which is two or three sentences, about 15 seconds of Punjabi with Veer, enough to hear how a voice reads your lines. For a full video, sign up free, generate the script scene by scene in the dashboard with your 10,000 free characters, and join the clips in your editor.
Yes, after free sign-up. The playground on this page plays audio in your browser only, so use it to pick the voice. Once you sign up free, the dashboard saves each clip as a WAV file with Download audio, and the API returns MP3 when you set "output_format": "mp3". Then add the file in VN, InShot or Instagram's Edits app.
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.
The voices are expressive and follow your punctuation: a question mark lifts the line, an exclamation mark gives it energy, a full stop lets it settle and a comma adds a short pause. There are no emotion or style presets, so the script is where you shape the read. Developers can also set the pace with the API's speed parameter (0.5 to 2.0).
Yes. The page works in a phone browser: paste the script, pick a voice and play it to check the read. To save the audio, sign up free and use the dashboard in the same browser; it saves each clip as a WAV file you can add in VN, InShot or Instagram's Edits app. There is no app to install.
Yes. Record a 10-second sample and Pāṇini clones your voice; every free account includes one clone. Clone only your own voice, or a voice whose owner has agreed, and never a public figure.
Yes. A Sonex voice clone is not tied to the language it was recorded in. Type a Punjabi script and your clone reads it in your own voice, with Punjabi pronunciation. Your natural accent carries over, so it sounds like you speaking Punjabi.
The voice and the samples on this page were checked with Gurmukhi. Shahmukhi has not been tested, so play a line before you rely on it, or use Gurmukhi for the script.
Not a native one yet; Veer is male. Any other voice, such as the Hindi voice Priya, can read Punjabi with its own accent, or you can clone your own voice from a 10-second recording.
Related
More for Punjabi creators
- Punjabi text to speech
- Voice cloning
- Voice-over script templates
- AI voice for YouTube Shorts
- AI voice for Reels
- How to make an AI voice-over
- AI voice for creators
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Make your first Punjabi voice-over free
10,000 free text-to-speech characters and one free voice clone that speaks every language, no card required. Or play up to 220 characters at a time in your browser without an account.