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Sidaamu Afoo
Sidama voices and speech-to-text
Addis AI speaks and understands Sidama (Sidaamu Afoo). Turn Sidama text into natural speech with 5 voices, and turn Sidama audio into text with Addis Scribe, from uploaded files or live audio.
What you can use today
- Voices
- 5 voices
- Real-time voice
- Streaming and real-time API
- Addis Scribe
- Uploads and live audio
- Speaker labels
- Yes
- Captions
- Word timestamps, SRT and VTT
- Language code
- sid
Sidama voices
Each preview is a clip generated by the voice.
TigistDefault
A clear, confident female voice with a broadcast delivery.
sid-tigist
Desta
A clear, steady male voice with a calm news delivery.
sid-desta
Bereket
A full, even male voice suited to narration.
sid-bereket
Selam
A warm female voice with an engaging presenter tone.
sid-selam
Alemu
A deep, measured male voice with a formal pace.
sid-alemu
Questions about Sidama
- Does Addis AI have Sidama text-to-speech voices?
- Yes. 5 Sidama voices are available through the Addis AI API, and Tigist is the default voice. You can play a preview of each voice on this page.
- Can Addis Scribe transcribe Sidama?
- Yes. Addis Scribe turns Sidama speech into text from uploaded files and live audio (language code "sid"), with word timestamps and SRT or VTT captions. It can also label who is speaking.
- Is real-time Sidama voice available?
- Yes. Sidama works with streaming text-to-speech and with the real-time voice API.