This article will show you how to use an AI Speaker to generate text-to-speech in your project.
Before getting started
You can start writing your text at any time, but to generate the AI voice's audio, keep in mind:
- You need to be connected to the internet
- You will first need to create and select an AI speaker, use an existing one, or choose a stock voice.
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For optimal performance, keep paragraphs under 1800 characters. Shorter text generates speech faster, so breaking up longer sections is recommended. Learn more at AI Speaker usage guidelines.
How to generate text to speech
- Open or create a project.
- Start writing your script in Write mode. Simply start typing on any blank line in your project or click Start writing. You'll know Write mode is enabled when a blue border is around your script and "Write mode" is indicated at the top of the script editor. All text written in Write mode will be blue.
- Click Done writing to exit the text editing mode. You can enable this again later on to make corrections to your generated audio as long as it hasn't been converted to audio.
- Click Add speaker and choose an existing AI Speaker or an AI stock voice.
- And that’s it! You will see a loading icon next to the text, and once it is fully generated, you will see a green check mark.
Need to generate AI speech for just a specific section of your text?
If you want to generate audio for only part of your transcript, you can select the specific text and press the @ key to assign a speaker. This will create text-to-speech audio just for that selected portion, leaving the rest untouched.