AI Speakers overview

For now, AI Speakers are only available in English.

AI Speakers lets you create and edit content using an AI model of your voice or one from our ultra-realistic AI stock voices. Descript makes correcting your recordings or generating text to speech as simple as typing. This article will introduce you to all the things you can do with AI Speakers in Descript.

Create a custom AI Speaker

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You can create an AI Speaker from your own voice in Descript. Training an AI Speakers only requires about 30 seconds of audio and you'll be editing and generating audio with your AI voice in under a minute. Learn how to create a custom AI Speaker

Generate text-to-speech

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Descript's AI Speakers let you create a text-to-speech model of your voice or select one from our ultra-realistic stock voices. Learn how to generate text-to-speech

Overdub existing audio

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You can use your custom AI voice to overdub recorded audio simply by typing, without having to go back into the recording studio and record your voiceovers. Learn how to overdub audio in a project

Not available for stock voices

Our stock voices are not available for overdubbing purposes. If you would like to overdub audio, you'll first need to create a custom AI speaker.

Regenerate

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Correct mismatched tone, enhance lackluster dialogue, or remove annoying background noise from your recordings. Regenerate makes impossible edits possible — with one click. Learn how to use Regenerate

Overdub vs. Regenerate: Which Should You Use?

If using Overdub speeds up your audio too much, consider using Regenerate. Overdub is ideal for quick edits to specific words or phrases, while Regenerate is better for changing the entire delivery of speech. Remember, Regenerate refines existing audio without needing re-recording, making it perfect for adjusting tone and pacing.

Adjust and fine tune AI audio

Convert AI voice clips into audio 

AI generated audio works differently than recorded audio in the script. You can't adjust the word boundaries speed, or use a Timeline tool on sections of AI audio. You'll need to first convert the AI voice clip into audio that you can edit.  
  1. Hover over an AI audio clip in the Timeline at the bottom of your editor.
  2. Select convert to audio.
If you're only seeing the wordbar, you'll need to expand the Timeline.

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Change clip speed

After converting an AI voice clip to audio, you can speed up or slow down the clips from the sidebar.

  1. In the timeline, select the clip you want to adjust.
  2. In the playback section of the Layer Panel, click and drag the speed value or type in a value.

Screenshot: Properties panel with red arrow pointing where to adjust clip speed

These adjustments are different from adjusting your composition's playback speed:

  • Clip speed changes will be included when you publish or export your composition.
  • Playback speed does not affect your published or exported content and only changes the speed during playback within the Descript project.

Add fades

After converting AI voice clip to audio, You can quickly create audio fades and crossfades by dragging a transition handle in the Timeline.

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You can also adjust and apply fades or crossfades by clicking on the transition handle of your clip.

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