Keep the meaning and choose the spoken form
Identify whether the number is a time, duration, amount, measurement, date or identifier. Keep its unit and context, then write out the Persian spoken form when you need a particular reading. Generate a short passage and check the number in the downloaded audio, not only in the editor.
A clock time is not a duration
The class starts at 8:30 a.m.
کلاس ساعت ۸:۳۰ صبح شروع می‌شود.
کلاس ساعت هشت و نیم صبح شروع می‌شود.
The exercise takes thirty minutes
این تمرین ۳۰ دقیقه طول می‌کشد.
این تمرین سی دقیقه طول می‌کشد.
The second sentence in each card is a narration copy with the number written out.هشت و نیم gives a familiar half-hour reading;سی دقیقه is a length of time. Keep “morning” in the first sentence so the listener knows which half of the day you mean.
Do not lose the unit when cleaning a price
قیمت کتاب ۱۲۵ هزار تومان است.
قیمت کتاب صد و بیست و پنج هزار تومان است.
A reading of “one hundred and twenty-five tomans” loses هزار, thousand. Writing out the digits while dropping that word would be a bad repair. Preserve the amount and the currency as supplied; do not silently convert a price or change tomans to rials. Check for هزار تومان in the audio as well as the digits.
A decimal can have a more comfortable spoken form
طول این نوار ۱٫۵ متر است.
طول این نوار یک و نیم متر است.
Here “one and a half metres” carries the same measurement. Use that wording for this script. For technical narration, agree on the required precision and wording first.
A room number and an order code need different decisions
Room 204
جلسه در اتاق ۲۰۴ برگزار می‌شود.
جلسه در اتاق دویست و چهار برگزار می‌شود.
A whole-number reading works for this example. A building may use a different naming convention.
Order code 0042
کد سفارش ۰۰۴۲ است.
کد سفارش صفر، صفر، چهار، دو است.
The zeros identify the code. Reading it as forty-two discards them.
Give a code enough space for the listener to write it down. If you need separate digits, put those digits into words in the source. A note saying “read numbers clearly” still leaves the voice to decide between an amount and a sequence.
Name the calendar before expanding a date
قرار ما ۱۴۰۵/۰۷/۱۲ است.
قرار ما دوازدهم مهر هزار و چهارصد و پنج است.
This example explicitly uses the Iranian solar calendar and year/month/day order: the twelfth of Mehr, 1405. Naming the month avoids making the listener decode a slash-separated string. It is not a conversion to a Gregorian date. If you receive a date without a known calendar or field order, ask what it means before expanding it.
Keep a narration copy, not a rewritten source document
Save the original digits in your invoice, lesson or article. Make the spoken-form changes in a separate narration copy. That way the onscreen price can remain compact while the voice reads the full amount. Before making captions, decide whether they should show the original figures or the spoken words; review both against the same recording.
In VowelMarks, paste the narration copy into Persian Speech. Use the text for the amount and its meaning, and the Studio for delivery. A director note can ask the narrator to give the code time, but it should not be your only record of the code's digits. The voice-direction guide explains that separation.
A small listening lesson you can reuse
Download the seven-sentence Persian script. It contains only the prepared narration, without question numbers or English instructions. Make a recording, listen to every line yourself, then play it for a learner without showing the text. Ask them to write down:
- The class start time and time of day.
- The exercise duration.
- The full book price, including its unit.
- The measurement.
- The room number and all four digits of the order code.
- The appointment date and calendar.
Check the answers and inspect the narration script
8:30 a.m.; thirty minutes; 125,000 tomans; 1.5 metres; room 204; code 0042; the twelfth of Mehr, 1405, in the Iranian solar calendar.
کلاس ساعت هشت و نیم صبح شروع می‌شود. این تمرین سی دقیقه طول می‌کشد. قیمت کتاب صد و بیست و پنج هزار تومان است. طول این نوار یک و نیم متر است. جلسه در اتاق دویست و چهار برگزار می‌شود. کد سفارش صفر، صفر، چهار، دو است. قرار ما دوازدهم مهر هزار و چهارصد و پنج است.
These are original teaching and narration examples, not results from a scored voice comparison. For the next lesson, change one amount or time and update its answer. The task is to catch the new detail, rather than remember the first recording's answers.
Before you publish the recording
Play the export once without reading the script. Can you write down the exact price and code from the audio? Then compare your notes with the source. Check again if you revise the words, change voices or edit the audio. A successful file download tells you the file arrived, not that its dates and numbers are right.
For a wider check, use the sixteen-sentence pronunciation test. Teachers can continue with the complete listening lesson and answer key; creators can follow the voiceover workflowor audio-and-caption export guide.
Frequently asked questions
Should I write Persian numbers as digits or words for text to speech?
Digits are useful in the source document. When you need one specific spoken form, write that form in Persian words in your narration copy and listen to the result. Keep the original document separately.
How can I make a Farsi voice read 8:30 as a clock time?
Supply the clock context, or write ساعت هشت و نیم. Keep صبح or عصر when the time of day matters. Do not rely on a colon alone to tell the voice what the number means.
Should a Persian order code be read like an ordinary number?
Not if its individual digits and leading zeros matter. Write the intended sequence, such as صفر، صفر، چهار، دو for 0042, and check every digit in the exported recording.
Can Director’s notes safely convert every date and price?
Use the Persian narration text to specify the amount, unit, calendar and date. Director’s notes shape delivery; they are not a substitute for resolving what a number means.
Sources and review notes
Sources are listed for the claims they support. Original practice examples are identified in the article. Product capabilities and access terms were checked on the review date and can change.
- University of Texas at Austin, Numbers. Persian digits and number vocabulary. The project sentences below are original examples, not quotations from this lesson.
- University of Texas at Austin, What Time Is It?. Examples of spoken clock times, including the half-hour form.
- University of Texas at Austin, Calendar. Iranian month names and the distinction between solar, lunar and Western calendars.
- VowelMarks Persian Speech. The editable Persian source and Basic/Premium recording workflow. These examples have not been presented as an acoustic benchmark.