How Ilocano is written
Ilocano is spoken in northern Luzon, Philippines, and Filipino communities in Hawaii.
Ilocano is the main language of northern Luzon. It has been written in the Latin alphabet since Spanish times, and modern spelling uses k where older texts wrote c and qu.
What to upload
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EPUB, DOCX, TXT, HTML, RTF, MOBI, AZW3 or FB2 with real Ilocano 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 Ilocano 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 Ilocano 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. A short or mixed text in Ilocano can look like Filipino. If the book opens with the wrong language, choose Ilocano as the book’s language in the app.
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Pick a narrator. Premium voices read Ilocano: 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 Ilocano
Ilocano 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 Ilocano book.
Keep your Ilocano audiobook
Choose Download audiobook and get one file with chapters, cover and book details, as M4B, MP3, Opus or WAV. Ilocano 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 Ilocano aloud?
Yes, as an Experimental language. Premium voices read Ilocano as a best effort, and quality can vary widely, so listen to a few minutes of your book first.
Is Ilocano narration free?
You can try it free: the Free plan includes 10 minutes of Premium voices, enough to hear your Ilocano book. After that, Ilocano 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 Ilocano book is detected as another language?
Choose Ilocano as the book’s language in the app, and the narrator reads it as Ilocano. It can happen when a passage looks like Filipino.
Can I download an Ilocano 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.