Accents Table

This table sorts readers by LOCATION. Please note that location does not always represent the reader's actual accent.

Note: Readers add their names to this list on a voluntary basis, and it is by no means a complete list of all the accents in the LibriVox catalog

UK

Reader	Location	Accent	Other Info	Sample
Quinkish (Rachel Lintern)	England > Bristol	Soft West Country accent
Stuart (Stuart Bell)	England > Cambridge	Neutral English accent
Jhiu	England > Durham	South Yorkshire overlaid with RP	precise, light voice but with some range; can read Latin and related languages
RuthieG (Ruth Golding)	England > Kent	RP/BBC English (no regional accent)	Mature voice, clear diction, character voices	Sample
earthcalling (David Barnes)	England > London	BBC English (no regional accent)	Reading style: slow and deliberate	Sample
Peter Why (Peter Yearsley)	England > London	South-east England, with some London colouring
russiandoll (Philippa)	England > London	RP, basically	occasional Essex colouring; some character voices/accents	Sample
Mango (Joe Pilsbury)	England > West Midlands		Can do a BBC Non-accent, Welsh, Gen Am, Scottish and Polish accents as well.
Cori (Cori Samuel)	Southern England	Home Counties	Warm, clear and friendly voice	Sample
Justin Brett	South East England	Conservative RP	(can also do Latin, lousy at accents...)	Sample
Mike001 (Michael Dalling)	South East England	South-East English accent (RP)
CarlManchester	Northern England	British, slightly northern English, slightly Welsh	Occasionally reads in French	Sample
paradise.camouflage (Andy)	Scotland (Argyll & Bute)	Scottish with slight Irish influences - rural: no whine/wine merger, no glottalisation	alters accent & vocal range for each character's dialogue - can do baritone to alto, & regional accents of Britain, North America and Europe.
Secrets (Sally Ann Cook)	South Wales	Welsh tonality & resonance (Richard Burton's Dialect)
Nicholas19 (Nicholas James Bridgewater)	England > London	Mid-Atlantic English accent, General American/Upstate New York

Canada

Reader	Location	Accent	Other Info	Sample
smijen (Sarah Jennings)	BC > Vancouver area	Ontarian
seanmhogan	Newfoundland & Labrador > St. John's	Fairly neutral Canadian (not much 'eh' :-))	Surprisingly bad NL accent!
Starlite (Esther)	Ontario > North of Toronto	Canadian éh
Tricia G	Ontario > Toronto area	Minnesotan turning to Ontarian
hugh (Hugh McGuire)	Qc > Montreal
Jc (Jc Guan)	Qc > Montreal	EN: Canadian FR: Québécois	Also reads in Spanish, Mandarin, and German (French accent).

US

Reader	Location	Accent	Other Info	Sample
Steampunk (Jim Christopher)	AZ	Gen Am	Generally non-accented. Quite dull, actually. Probably shouldn't be allowed within 50 yards of a live mic. Not recommended listening for those operating farm equipment or other heavy machinery.
bublsort (E. Tavano)	CA > LA	mild Northeast US
Kayray (Kara Shallenberg)	CA > SD
DeRamos (Ryan DeRamos)	CA	Late 20th Century, suburban Southern Californian (if such a designation exists)	Recording voice varies by character and content (results may vary).
BellonaTimes	FL
MaryAnnSpiegel	IL	Gen Am	From Western IL, the regional home of Gen Am. Limited to my native accent. Passable German pronunciations.
echobase77 (Anna Roberts)	IN	Clear Midwest accent ("no accent"?)	I speak some Spanish and can generally figure out Latin and Greek pronunciations.
DebraLynn	MI > LP	(no accent)
thistlechick (Betsie Bush)	MI > UP	Northern Midwest US	Occasional "Whistling S" =)
PersiaRose (Clara Snyder)	Midwest	Midwest accent (no accent)	Can stumble through German pronunciation.
Tulip27 (Michael Wolf)	MN	English: British RP, north Midlands, GenAm German: Northwestern (Northrhine-Westphalia) Dutch: Hollandic (Rotterdam)	Accent varies based on genre, text, setting, etc. Though now located in the US, I'm more confident with British varieties. I also speak German and Dutch and my French pronunciation is good enough to contribute short pieces in French	US UK GE FR
k-rin (Karen Keeney)	MS	Slight Southern, no drawl
Great Plains	New Hampshire	GenAm	Mild Oregon and Louisiana inflections.
chocoholic (Laurie Anne Walden)	North Carolina	Southern American (Carolinas)
Rick Rodstrom	NY > NYC	NY accent
SmokestackJones (Glen Hallstrom)	Oklahhoma City	None
SilverG (Greg Bowman)	TN	US Neutral		Sample
Jenny (Jenny Lundak)	TX	Gen Am	Grew up in Midwest (IL/OH), lived in CA, currently in TX. Like to play on variations of southern drawls.
JimTheActor (Jim Allman)	TX	Gen Am	No wine-whine merger
AmateurOzmologist (Miriam Esther Goldman)	TX > Houston		Sort of pan-american WWII era accent. Speaks Hebrew passably well, but in a painfully American accent.
gypsygirl (Karen Savage)	TX > Waco	British RP and GenAm; in Spanish, Mexican		UK US Spanish
Esky (Stephen Escalera)	VA

Australia & NZ

Reader	Location	Accent	Other Info	Sample
mockfrog (Matthew Ward)	Australia > NSW > Newcastle	Cultured or more working class Australian accents	can do various English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Russian, Spanish, German, French & Various American & Canadian
Aspergine		Australian	Can range from Sydney eastern-suburbs-tertiary-educated to colourful larrikin inflected.

Other Countries

Europe

Country	Reader	Location	Accent	Other Info	Sample
Austria	aravis (Elli)		in English: definitely German / In German: no regional accent
Belgium	Julila (Julie VW)	Ghent	Dutch (Standaard Nederlands met Vlaamse tongval); British English (RP with slight Flemish accent)	also reads in French, and a bit of German
Denmark	neckertb	Copenhagen	in English: a mixture of French, German and Danish; in French: no regional accent; in German: I believe a mixture between Danish and french; in Danish: German or French depending on whom I ask	very good at taking an extreme French accent in English
France	Lady Maria	Paris	French accent
Germany	Janie No. 5 (Stephanie König)	Bodensee	Swabian (slightly?)
Italy	daniele		Italian Accent		Sample
Italy	Riccardo (Riccardo Fasol)		Italian: No accent English: Italian accent
Italy > Rome	sirjoh (Sergio)		In Italian: very faint Tuscan accent In English: slight Italian accent; RP as model In French: very slight, undefinable accent; In German: Italian accent.	precise diction and light tenor voice
The Netherlands	anna (Ans Wink)	Maastricht	Heers/Maastrichts
The Netherlands	lezer (Anna Simon)	Gelderland	in English: Dutch; in Nederlands: ABN, met soms een hint Brabants
The Netherlands	bart (Bart de Leeuw)	Utrecht	in English: Dutch; in Nederlands: ABN, met een beetje een zachte g. Mijn r ligt achter in mijn mond en kan ik niet laten rollen

Asia

Country	Reader	Location	Accent	Other Info	Sample
India	neerajanagarajan (Neeru Iyer)	Chennai, South India	South-Indian Brahmin accent, I think (if such a thing exists)	Can do a little bit of German tolerably
Taiwan	Semantic Nuance

South America

Country	Reader	Location	Accent	Other Info	Sample
Brazil	Leni		In Portuguese: "carioca" (Rio de Janeiro)