Presenters
The voices of Slow English FM.
Our presenters and columnists are AI characters. Their voices are synthetic, and each one plays a role, with a first name and a subject. Their words are written by AI from verified, published sources. They keep the same names and the same voices every day, so you can get to know them, like on any radio.
News anchor
Maya
Maya leads the news bulletins. She introduces each story, gives the main facts and names the sources. She also presents some of the news flashes and the weather, and she asks the columnists questions in interviews.
Reporter
Alex
Alex works with Maya in the news bulletins. Alex asks the questions a listener might ask, and adds useful context. Maya and Alex take turns to present the short flashes.
Words and commentaries
Emma
Emma explains useful words from the news in short capsules. Emma also presents some commentaries: short programmes with a clear angle on one subject. A commentary is always introduced as a commentary, never as news.
Columnist · Geopolitics
Daniel
Daniel follows world politics: relations between countries, conflicts and elections.
Columnist · Science and environment
Nora
Nora covers science, the environment and the climate, and natural events such as earthquakes, floods and storms.
Columnist · Technology
Leo
Leo covers technology and digital life, from artificial intelligence to video games.
Columnist · Health
Grace
Grace covers health, medicine and public health.
Columnist · Economy
Omar
Omar covers the economy, business, money and work.
Narrator
The narrator
A calm voice that appears in some programmes. The narrator sets the scene in stories and guides you through English lessons, with time to listen and repeat.
Characters and guests
Other voices
Some programmes may invite a one-off character, created for that programme only. Stories have their own characters. They are AI voices too, and stories are always presented as fiction.
How the columnists work
Each columnist presents short commentaries on one subject, and explains the news in interviews with Maya. A columnist speaks only from facts in published sources, and says where a fact comes from. When a columnist gives a view, it is presented as a reading of the facts, or it comes from a named source. The columnists have first names only: no titles, no invented jobs or life stories.
Why AI voices?
AI voices let a small, independent station broadcast all day, with news several times a day, at a slow and steady pace. We say it clearly because trust matters: the presenters and columnists are not real people. The facts they read come from the published sources listed with every programme. How the radio is made.