Get a realistic voice-over from plain text with Text to Speech (TTS). Simply add your text, and Powtoon will generate a superb, high-quality voice-over, with a huge selection of voices, and languages.
In this article, we will go over how to create a Text to Speech voiceover, how to add it to the slide, and more!
In this article, we will go over how to create a Text to Speech voiceover, how to add it to the slide, and more!
This feature requires a Corporate or Enterprise License.
Opening the Text to Speech module
- Click on the Audio button (
) on the from the library menu on the right side of the screen.
- Click on Text to speech
Adding Text to Speech to the Timeline
Once you have opened the Text to speech module, you can add the text you want to convert into a voiceover, select the language, the voice style, and preview the audio.
- Add your text to the main text box.
- Select the voice actors accent you want.
- Select the voice actor you wish to use.
- Click Let's hear to preview your audio file.
Once the voiceover is finished generating, it will automatically begin to play. You can continue to add or remove text, change the language and voice actor. Keep in mind that you will need to generate a new voiceover after each change you make.
If you are satisfied with your voiceover, follow these next steps to apply the voiceover to your Powtoon.
- Change the name of the audio file. The default name will always be the first few words of your text. In the example below, we have changed the file name to Intro voiceover by clicking existing text, and writing the desired name.
- Select Apply.
Using Text to Speech for Lip-Sync
- Select a lip-sync supported Character, and click on the voice button (
).
- Select Text to Speech from the drop down menu.
- Add your text to the main text box
- Select the voice actors accent you want.
- Select the voice actor you wish to use.
- Click Let's hear to preview your audio file.
Once the voiceover is finished generating, it will automatically begin to play. You can continue to add or remove text, change the language and voice actor.
Keep in mind that you will need to generate a new voiceover after each change you make.
If you are satisfied with your voiceover, follow these next steps to apply the voiceover to your Powtoon.
- Change the name of the audio file. The default name will always be the first few words of your text. In the example below, we have changed the file name to Intro voiceover by clicking existing text, and writing the desired name.
- Select Apply.
The voiceover will begin to sync with the character, so that the lip movement matches the audio file. This may take a few minutes, depending on the size of the voiceover.
Text to speech languages and accents
- English
- (United States)
- (Australian)
- (British)
- (Indian)
- (New Zealand)
- (South African)
- (Welsh)
- Spanish
- (United States)
- (European)
- (Mexico)
- Catalan
- Chinese, Mandarin
- Danish
- Dutch
- French
- (French Canadian)
- German
- (Austrian)
- Hindi
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- (Brazil)
- (European)
- Romanian
- Russian
- Swedish
- Welsh
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