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title: "Text to Speech"
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updated: 2026-07-23T10:06:43Z
published: 2026-07-23T10:06:43Z
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# Text to Speech

The IVR engine now converts text to speech using the Say object. The Say object relays static free text or dynamic value of a variable (phone number, queue position) to the caller. These text to speech announcements can play dynamic or static data in multiple languages.

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### Features

- Convert static text or dynamic value of a variable to speech using the Say object in IVR.
- Announce text to speech in multiple languages.
- Offer basic and prime text to speech services.

**8x8 Contact Center** offers two levels of Text to Speech service with the following options:

- Basic Text to Speech
- Prime Text to Speech

| Text to Speech Options | Basic | Prime |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Languages | English (US), French, Italian, German, Spanish | 40+ For a list of language supported, [click here](/documentation/docs/text-to-speech#ttslanguages). |
| Voices | 1 | 60+ |
| Datatype | Not supported | digit, number, phone, currency, date, time |
| Character limit | 130 | 210 |
| Number of Say instances allowed in IVR | unlimited | unlimited |

**Languages Supported in Prime**

- Arabic
- Bahasa
- Basque
- Cantonese
- Catalan
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- English (AU)
- English (GB)
- English (India)
- English (Ireland)
- English (Scotland)
- English (South Africa)
- English (US)
- Finnish
- French (Canada)
- Galician
- German
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Mandarin (China)
- Mandarin (Taiwan)
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portugese (Brazil)
- Portugese (Portugal)
- Romanian
- Russian
- Slovak
- Spanish (Castillan)
- Spanish (Columbia)
- Spanish (Mexico)
- Swedish
- Thai
- Turkish
- Valencian