How Tulu is written
Tulu is spoken in coastal Karnataka and northern Kerala, India.
Tulu is a Dravidian language spoken around Mangaluru and Udupi, usually written in the Kannada script today, so a Tulu book can open as Kannada. Its own Tigalari script is being revived.
What to upload
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EPUB, DOCX, TXT, HTML, RTF, MOBI, AZW3 or FB2 with real Tulu 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 Tulu 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 Tulu 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 Tulu can look like Kannada. If the book opens with the wrong language, choose Tulu as the book’s language in the app.
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Pick a narrator. Premium voices read Tulu: 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 Tulu
Tulu 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 Tulu book.
Keep your Tulu audiobook
Choose Download audiobook and get one file with chapters, cover and book details, as M4B, MP3, Opus or WAV. Tulu 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 Tulu aloud?
Yes, as an Experimental language. Premium voices read Tulu as a best effort, and quality can vary widely, so listen to a few minutes of your book first.
Is Tulu narration free?
You can try it free: the Free plan includes 10 minutes of Premium voices, enough to hear your Tulu book. After that, Tulu 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 Tulu book is detected as another language?
Choose Tulu as the book’s language in the app, and the narrator reads it as Tulu. It can happen when a passage looks like Kannada.
Can I download a Tulu 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 Tulu script can I use?
Tulu is written in the Kannada script and the Tulu (Tigalari) 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.