How Lao is written
Lao is spoken in Laos.
Lao has its own script, related to Thai’s, and like Thai it doesn’t put spaces between words, only between phrases. Lao and Thai are partly mutually intelligible but spelled differently.
What to upload
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EPUB, DOCX, TXT, HTML, RTF, MOBI, AZW3 or FB2 with real Lao 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 Lao 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 Lao 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 Lao can look like Thai. If the book opens with the wrong language, choose Lao as the book’s language in the app.
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Pick a narrator. Premium voices read Lao: 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 Beta means for Lao
Lao is one of our Beta languages. Premium voices read it well, but the sound varies more from one narrator to the next than in our 42 main languages.
So play a sample with two or three narrators before you start a long book, and keep the one whose Lao sounds right to you.
Keep your Lao audiobook
Choose Download audiobook and get one file with chapters, cover and book details, as M4B, MP3, Opus or WAV. Lao 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 Lao aloud?
Yes. Lao is a Beta language: Premium voices read it, and quality varies more by voice than in our 42 main languages. Drop a book and hear it in seconds.
Is Lao narration free?
You can try it free: the Free plan includes 10 minutes of Premium voices, enough to hear your Lao book. After that, Lao 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 Lao book is detected as another language?
Choose Lao as the book’s language in the app, and the narrator reads it as Lao. It can happen when a passage looks like Thai.
Can I download a Lao 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.