Accents Table
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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 | ||
| CliveCatterall | England > Hereford | South-East England. More specifically Guildford. More specifically still about 2/3 of the way up the High Street in the pub behind the Holy Trinity Church | ||
| 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 | RP (via an Estuary.) | 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
Australia & NZ
| 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. | |
| Algy Pug Amy | ME > Northern | Mainly a South of Boston Massachusetts accent with a Northern Maine influence (twenty years in both). | ||
| GayleCato | MI | (May not be a typical MI accent ... ) | ||
| 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) |
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 |
| 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 | |
| Bill Mosley | TX > Central TX | Raised in a suburb of Houston, studied Spanish and Greek, can translate southern drawl. | ||
| 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 | |||
| lharri (Laura Harrington) | Northeastern USA | |||
| Samanem (Dennis Smith) | USA > Southeast | Gen Am | Bass/Baritone |
| 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 | mgt (Maria Grazia Tundo) | Bari | English | ||
| Italy | Riccardo (Riccardo Fasol) | Italian: No accent English: Italian accent |
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| 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 | ||
| Sweden | rowland (Lars Rolander) | Linkoping | in English: Fairly neutral, like to play with voices though: in German: Maybe a bit influenced by Hessen, but fairly neutral: in Swedish: No particular accent, but can do several dialects |
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 | AnaESL | In Portuguese: Paulistana (São Paulo capital) | |||
| Brazil | Leni | In Portuguese: "carioca" (Rio de Janeiro) |
