Type whose alarm it is and pick a character, from a drill sergeant to a very polite butler.
2. The AI records it
We write a wake-up line with the name in it, and an AI voice reads it, right in your browser.
3. Download and set
The voice plays twice over an alarm sound. Save the file and pick it as your alarm.
Funny voice alarms: 6 talking alarm characters
Every character is an AI voice alarm with its own style and alarm sound. Sample lines are for someone called Sam; the tool writes new ones every time.
🪖Drill sergeant alarm: a military wake-up call
The classic boot-camp wake-up: loud, fast and zero patience, with a reveille bugle underneath. It's the closest thing to a real drill instructor at your bedroom door.
“Sam! Up! Right now! The sun is up, and so are you. Go, go, go!”
Warm, a little disappointed, and impossible to ignore. In a Nationwide Children's Hospital study, kids woke up far more often to a recording of their mom's voice than to a standard smoke-alarm beep.
“Good morning, Sam, sweetheart. Breakfast is getting cold, and so is my patience. Love you. Now get up.”
A motivational wake-up call for big days. Instead of a long speech, you get a hype man and an air horn, which is faster and much harder to sleep through.
“Let's go, Sam! Let's go! Today is your day, and the bed can't handle you. Feet on the floor, hands in the air!”
For people who hate being yelled at. A calm British voice over a soft harp, with just enough sarcasm to get you moving. The gentlest voice alarm of the six.
“Good morning, Sam. Pardon the intrusion. Your coffee is prepared. Your excuses are not. At your earliest convenience. Which is now.”
Best for: People who hate being yelled at
Alarm sound: Harp glissando
🎬Movie trailer voice alarm: an epic wake-up call
The deep “in a world…” voice turns your morning into a blockbuster. Over the top on purpose, and great to send to a friend.
“In a world... where alarms ring... one person refused to wake up. Their name... is Sam. Sam: Wake Up. Now in bedrooms everywhere.”
Best for: Dramatic mornings and group chats
Alarm sound: 1920s klaxon horn
How to set a custom voice alarm on your phone
Android
Open Clock, tap your alarm’s sound, then Add new (Google Clock) or + (Samsung) and pick the downloaded file from Downloads.
iPhone
iPhone alarms only play ringtones, so add the file as a ringtone with GarageBand first. Our alarms stay under 40 seconds, the iPhone limit. Step by step →
Use it as a ringtone too: a name ringtone in one click
The file you download is a normal sound file, so it works as a ringtone as well. Your phone rings, and a drill sergeant yells your name.
Android ringtone
Open Settings → Sound → Phone ringtone, tap + or My sounds, and pick the file from Downloads. Most phones also let you give one contact their own ringtone.
iPhone ringtone
Add it with GarageBand, the same way as an alarm. Then pick it under Settings → Sounds & Haptics → Ringtone. Our files stay under 40 seconds, so they fit. How to add it →
Why an alarm that says your name works
Your brain keeps listening for your own name, even when you’re asleep. Sleep researchers found it still reacts more strongly to the sleeper’s own name than to other names (Perrin et al., Clinical Neurophysiology, 1999). A beep is easy to tune out after a few weeks; someone calling you by name, with a joke you haven’t heard yet, is harder to ignore. That’s why the tool writes a new line every time.
Yes. No sign-up, no watermark, no limit. Make as many alarms as you like and keep the files.
Is it really AI?
The voice is. It comes from Kokoro, an open-source AI text-to-speech model that runs right in your browser. The lines are written by us and mixed at random, so every alarm sounds a bit different.
Is my name or my voice uploaded anywhere?
No. The voice model, the recording and the mixing all run on your own phone or computer. Your name and your recording never leave your device.
Why does the first alarm take a while?
The first time, your browser downloads the AI voice (about 90 MB). After that it is saved in your browser, so the next alarms take a few seconds. On mobile data, use Wi-Fi for the first one.
Can my iPhone alarm say my name?
The iPhone Clock app can't speak, but it can play a ringtone. Download your alarm here, then add it as a ringtone with GarageBand (our guide shows how). Samsung phones can also read an alarm's label aloud: turn on "Read time and alarm name aloud" in the alarm sound settings.
Can I make a ringtone with my name?
Yes. Make an alarm with your name, download it and set it as your ringtone instead. It is a normal WAV file under 40 seconds, so it works for calls on Android and, after GarageBand, on iPhone.
Can I use my own voice or a friend’s voice?
Yes. Tap "Use your own voice instead", record up to 10 seconds, and we put an alarm sound around it.