BEFORE YOU START
Before you start
Open the project you want to work on. If you are new, start with the first-video guide before exploring these controls.
Screenshots show actual sample projects. Your interface may vary with your plan and updates. Instructions describe desktop browser operation; this guide can also be read on a phone.
Choose a speaker and voice, then add dialogue
Select the presenter’s speech track. Check the voice using the bottom voice button, enter a short line and choose Add.
- Enter Type a short line here.
- Action Click Add.
- Voice type
- Switches between synthesized speech, recording and external audio entry points. Check which methods are enabled in the current screen.
- Voice-name button
- Opens voice selection. Review the language and variation.
- Text input / Add
- Enter adds the line; Shift+Enter inserts a line break. With multiple presenters, verify the destination speaker each time.
Edit speech and separate its displayed wording
Select the speech clip to open Properties. After changing its text, check audio regeneration and the affected avatar’s generation state.
- Enter Edit the dialogue in the text field.
- Dialogue text
- Edits what is spoken. Pronunciation replacements can help with names.
- Add caption display text
- Separates spoken wording from displayed captions, for example to avoid displaying phonetic reading aids.
- Split into sentences
- Separates long dialogue by sentence. Review pauses and audio continuity afterwards.
Speech timing and surrounding pauses
Audio start/end can differ from the clip range including silence. If speech appears cut off, also check the presenter clip’s duration.
- Check Start and end of the spoken audio.
- Check Start and end of the clip including silence.
- Check Leading and trailing silence.
- Audio start / end
- Shows the range occupied by spoken audio.
- Clip start / end
- Shows the speech clip range including surrounding silence.
- Leading / trailing silence
- Adjusts natural pauses around mouth movement. Avoid extreme reductions and check playback.
Distinguish speech speed, pitch and volume
Scroll down Properties and review the controls available for the voice type. TTS speed and pitch depend on the supported voice/settings; imported recordings may not offer those controls. This example shows volume for imported audio. Clip volume affects playback and export, while preview volume controls listening during review.
- Check Check the voice type. This example uses imported audio.
- Check Volume for this clip.
- Action Preview listening volume is controlled here.
- Speech speed and pitch
- Opens adjustment controls. Audition the result and review regeneration/cost information before confirming.
- Automatic speech speed
- Helps fit speech to a target duration. Review the generated result for intelligibility.
- Speech audio level
- Adjusts speech level. Review the exported result and ensure music does not mask it.
- Regenerate audio
- Recreates audio with the updated settings. Check whether avatar lip-sync also needs generation.
BEFORE YOU FINISH
One final check.
After editing, check the intended presenter, clip and display language. Generate and play changes that require rendering, then check the saved status.