How Telugu is written
Telugu is spoken in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India.
Telugu script is closely related to Kannada’s. Telugu words typically end in a vowel, which is why the language is sometimes called the Italian of the East.
What to upload
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EPUB, DOCX, TXT, HTML, RTF, MOBI, AZW3 or FB2 with real Telugu 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 Telugu 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 Telugu 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 Telugu as the book’s language in the app.
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Pick a narrator. Premium voices read Telugu: 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 Telugu
Telugu 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 Telugu sounds right to you.
Keep your Telugu audiobook
Choose Download audiobook and get one file with chapters, cover and book details, as M4B, MP3, Opus or WAV. Telugu 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 Telugu aloud?
Yes. Telugu 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 Telugu narration free?
You can try it free: the Free plan includes 10 minutes of Premium voices, enough to hear your Telugu book. After that, Telugu 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 Telugu book is detected as another language?
Choose Telugu as the book’s language in the app, and the narrator reads it as Telugu.
Can I download a Telugu 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.