How Sundanese is written
Sundanese is spoken in West Java, Indonesia.
Sundanese is written in the Latin alphabet, with eu and é for vowels Indonesian doesn’t have; its own Sundanese script appears on signs and in schools. Like Javanese, it has polite and familiar speech levels.
What to upload
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EPUB, DOCX, TXT, HTML, RTF, MOBI, AZW3 or FB2 with real Sundanese 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 Sundanese 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 Sundanese 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 Sundanese can look like Indonesian or Javanese. If the book opens with the wrong language, choose Sundanese as the book’s language in the app.
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Pick a narrator. Premium voices read Sundanese: 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 Sundanese
Sundanese 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 Sundanese book.
Keep your Sundanese audiobook
Choose Download audiobook and get one file with chapters, cover and book details, as M4B, MP3, Opus or WAV. Sundanese 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 Sundanese aloud?
Yes, as an Experimental language. Premium voices read Sundanese as a best effort, and quality can vary widely, so listen to a few minutes of your book first.
Is Sundanese narration free?
You can try it free: the Free plan includes 10 minutes of Premium voices, enough to hear your Sundanese book. After that, Sundanese 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 Sundanese book is detected as another language?
Choose Sundanese as the book’s language in the app, and the narrator reads it as Sundanese. It can happen when a passage looks like Indonesian or Javanese.
Can I download a Sundanese 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 Sundanese script can I use?
Sundanese is written in the Latin alphabet and the Sundanese script. 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.