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# Speaker labels

> Add, move, rename, replace, and remove Speaker labels in your script.

At its simplest, a Speaker label is just a name in your transcript. Give that Speaker a voice or an avatar and the same label can generate speech or put a presenter on screen.

In this article, we’ll cover the mechanics of managing labels for Speakers in your script. For more info about the Speaker concept and related workflows, see our [Speakers](/script-editing/speakers) guide.

## Add a speaker label

Descript offers two ways to label speakers in your transcript:

### **Automatic Speaker detection**

When you upload a file, Descript automatically detects the distinct voices throughout and then prompts you to identify them. For those steps, see [Automatic speaker detection](/script-editing/speaker-detection).

### **Or, add a Speaker manually**

1. Open the Speaker menu: click **Add speaker** at the top of a paragraph, or place your cursor in the script and press `@`.
2. Start typing to create a new Speaker label, or pick one of the other options:
   * **In this project:** apply a label using a Speaker already created in this project.
   * **Add AI speaker to project:** apply a label using a Speaker saved to your Drive, but not yet in this project.
   * **Browse stock AI speakers:** choose from Descript's library of [stock voices](/ai-speech/stock-voices).
   * **Create a new speaker:** make a new [voice clone](https://help.descript.com/hc/en-us/articles/10119641262221).

You can also select a portion of the script to re-label, press `@`, and use the same steps to assign a Speaker to that selection.

## Manage Speaker labels

### **Move a Speaker**

1. Hover over the speaker label and click the reposition icon to its left.
2. Drag and drop it to a new spot in the script.

Words highlight as you drag. Drop on a word to place the label before it.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/descript-5bf56f3f/eVToikK5zDcyV1w7/images/speakerLabelMove.gif?s=93aefbfc18616fa2dce55210a6ec3d1c" alt="Speaker Label Move" width="604" height="331" data-path="images/speakerLabelMove.gif" />
</Frame>

### **Rename a Speaker**

1. Click any instance of the label.
2. Type the new name.
3. In the dropdown, click **Rename \[old name] to \[new name]**.

Renaming changes the Speaker within this project only.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/descript-5bf56f3f/eVToikK5zDcyV1w7/images/speakerLabelRename-1.gif?s=f85075ad0fd52bd652d84b7802917b85" alt="Speaker Label Rename 1" width="1512" height="828" data-path="images/speakerLabelRename-1.gif" />
</Frame>

### **Replace or merge a Speaker across a project**

1. Make sure the replacement speaker is already in the project.
2. Click any instance of the label you want to replace.
3. Click the speaker options button (⋯), select **Replace in project with…**, then choose the replacement.

### **Change label color**

Click any instance of the label, click the speaker options button (⋯), select **Change label color**, and pick a color.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/descript-5bf56f3f/eVToikK5zDcyV1w7/images/speakerLabelChangeColor.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=eVToikK5zDcyV1w7&q=85&s=289e5efdca7599b34cfe2d4034593b2b" alt="Speaker Label Change Color" width="3024" height="1656" data-path="images/speakerLabelChangeColor.png" />
</Frame>

### **Remove a Speaker from a project**

Click any instance of the label, click the speaker options button (⋯), and select **Remove from project**. Script sections assigned to it get attributed to the speaker above.