How Gambian Wolof is written
Gambian Wolof is spoken in the Gambia.
Gambian Wolof is close to the Wolof of Senegal but borrows more from English than from French. It is written in the Latin alphabet, with ë, ñ and ŋ, and in Wolofal, an Arabic script.
What to upload
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EPUB, DOCX, TXT, HTML, RTF, MOBI, AZW3 or FB2 with real Gambian Wolof text, up to 10 MB and DRM-free.
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PDFs need a text layer: a scan of printed pages without one has no text to read. Try selecting a line of Gambian Wolof in the PDF: if you can copy it, there is text to read.
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Keep the text as Unicode, as modern ebooks and word processors save it.
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No file? Paste a link to a web article and it becomes a book too.
From Gambian Wolof book to audiobook
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Drop your file above, or choose it. It opens in seconds.
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Book2Speech detects the book’s language from its text. If the book opens with the wrong language, for example because it starts with a long introduction in another language, choose Gambian Wolof as the book’s language in the app.
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Pick a narrator. Premium voices read Gambian Wolof: play a few samples and choose the one that suits the book.
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Press play. Chapters, read-along text, speed, a sleep timer and your place synced between devices work as in every other language.
What Experimental means for Gambian Wolof
Gambian Wolof is one of our Experimental languages: we narrate it as a best effort. Quality can vary widely, from book to book and from narrator to narrator, and some words may come out with an accent or the wrong stress.
Listen to the first few minutes before you settle in, and try another narrator if one doesn’t suit your Gambian Wolof book.
Keep your Gambian Wolof audiobook
Choose Download audiobook and get one file with chapters, cover and book details, as M4B, MP3, Opus or WAV. Gambian Wolof books are narrated with Premium voices, so a download uses your plan’s Premium hours. Play it in Apple Books, any audiobook app or the car, offline.
Questions people ask
Can Book2Speech read Gambian Wolof aloud?
Yes, as an Experimental language. Premium voices read Gambian Wolof as a best effort, and quality can vary widely, so listen to a few minutes of your book first.
Is Gambian Wolof narration free?
You can try it free: the Free plan includes 10 minutes of Premium voices, enough to hear your Gambian Wolof book. After that, Gambian Wolof needs a paid plan, from Listener at $4.99/month or $49.90/year. Standard voices, unlimited on every plan, read English only.
What if my Gambian Wolof book is detected as another language?
Choose Gambian Wolof as the book’s language in the app, and the narrator reads it as Gambian Wolof.
Can I download a Gambian Wolof audiobook?
Yes. Download audiobook makes one file with chapters, cover and book details (M4B, MP3, Opus or WAV), narrated with Premium voices from your plan’s Premium hours. Listen to a chapter first to be sure you like it.
Which Gambian Wolof script can I use?
Gambian Wolof is written in the Latin alphabet and the Arabic script (Wolofal). Upload the book as Unicode text in the script it was published in, and listen to a chapter first: results can vary from one script to another.