Voiceover
Where Video editor › Voiceover, or Home › Open a tool: VoiceoverCost 20 credits a minute of speech
Voiceover records the words you write in a voice you choose, saves the recording to your media, and places it on a track of its own. Music under the edit is lowered so the voice sits clearly on top.
To record your own voice with a microphone instead, see Record your voice.
Add a voiceover
Section titled “Add a voiceover”In AI mode, ask: “Add a voiceover that says…”, or “Read the captions aloud in a calm voice.”
In manual mode:
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Press Voiceover in the tool row.
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Write the words in What it says, exactly as they should be spoken. Up to 1,200 characters, about a minute and a half of speech.
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Choose a Voice.
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Choose Where it starts: At the playhead or At the start of the edit.
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Check the price line, then press Generate.
When it’s done, the panel says where it went and how long it is, for example Added at 0:00 on a layer of its own: Sarah, 14.2 s. Undo takes it out again, along with the music change.
Voices
Section titled “Voices”All 20 voices speak English. The default is Sarah.
| Group | Voices |
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| Lifelike | Sarah (warm, clear, reassuring), Brian (deep, resonant), George (a warm British storyteller), Alice (clear, engaging, British) |
| Natural read | Hannah, Cole, Sienna, Cliff, Heather, Miles, and the British Colin and Gemma |
| More voices | Athena, Hera, Thalia, Cora, Apollo, Arcas, Hermes, and the British Draco |
If a Lifelike voice isn’t available, the closest Natural read voice of the same kind reads instead, and the panel tells you which.
A voiceover costs 20 credits for every minute of speech started, counted at 150 words a minute. Up to about 150 words is 20 credits. Recording the same words in the same voice again is free, and a recording that fails isn’t charged.
A voiceover recorded by the editor’s AI is part of that request’s price. A film’s first narration is included in an AI Product Director film or AI Short.
Limits
Section titled “Limits”- Up to 1,200 characters per recording. For longer scripts, record in parts.
- One recording at a time.
Troubleshooting
Section titled “Troubleshooting”| You see | What to do |
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| Write the words the voice should say. | Add text in What it says. |
| A voiceover is recorded from up to 1,200 characters at a time. | Split the text into two recordings. |
| A voice is already being recorded. | Wait for it to finish. |
| This voiceover needs … credits. | You don’t have enough credits. Words already recorded in the same voice can still be added for free. |
| The connection to the app was lost while the voice was being recorded. | If the recording finished, it’s in your media and was charged once. Press Generate again with the same words and voice to add it without a new charge. |