Understanding AI speech text colors

Ever wonder what all those colors mean with your AI speaker text? We uncover the mysteries so you can be informed.

Text-to-speech text colors and what to do

Light blue text

Text has been added to a composition, but no AI speaker has been assigned. You will also see this color text if an AI speech has been assigned, but write mode is currently enabled.

What to do: Assign an AI speaker if needed or disable Write mode to generate speech.

Light blue text is placeholder text or generated AI speech that is being edited.

Pulsing dark blue text

AI speech is currently being generated and will appear soon.

What to do: Wait for the generation process to complete.

Pulsing dark blue text is AI speech that is currently being generated.

Dark blue text

AI speech has been generated, and Write mode is currently disabled; the AI speech has not yet been converted to audio. 

What to do: Enable Write mode or play the script to convert it to audio.

Dark blue text is AI speech that has been generated, but not converted to audio.

Black text

AI speech that has been converted to audio.

What to do: No action needed.

Black text is AI speech that has been converted to audio.

Black text with an orange dotted underline

AI speech has failed to generate, typically from a faulty internet connection interrupting the generation process.

What to do: Ensure a stable internet connection and retry generating AI speech.

Black text with an orange underline is AI speech that has failed to generate.

Grey text with a strikeout

This is what your transcript looks like as you make your Regenerate edits.

What to do: Continue editing until satisfied.

Grey pulsing text with a grey dotted underline

Regenerate speech is currently being generated and will appear soon.

What to do: Wait for the process to complete.

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Black text with grey dotted underline

Regenerate speech has been generated but has yet to be converted to audio.

What to do: Play the script to convert it to audio.

Yellow / Gold text with a grey dotted underline

The AI speech cannot be generated because the legacy AI Speaker being used lacks consent or valid training audio.

What to do: Try creating a new AI speaker and then apply the new AI speaker to the project or section. 

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Black Regenerate text

Regenerated text that has been converted to audio will be black. This will match all your other non-Regenerated script content. 

What to do: No action needed.