Lesson 2 of 7 · 5 min

Write the script, or paste the exact words

You can generate a voiceover from a brief or from exact copy, and know which mode the verbatim toggle puts you in.

The single most important control in the voiceover tool is a small toggle labeled Speak exactly as written. Get it right and the tool does what you meant. Get it wrong and it either rewrites copy you wanted left alone, or reads your rough notes aloud word for word.

Brief mode versus verbatim mode

Leave the toggle off, which is the default, and the Script field is treated as a brief. The tool writes a clean, on-brand read from what you typed, then voices that. Type "30 second product intro for the website hero" and you get a scripted, spoken intro, not those eight words read back to you.

Turn it on when the Script field already holds the exact words you want spoken. Nothing gets rewritten. This is the mode for an approved ad read, a legal line, or copy that has to land to the letter. It ships off by default for a reason: a paste and a brief look identical to the tool, so reading a brief aloud would be the worse mistake to make silently.

Write for the ear

Either way, write the way people listen, not the way they read. Short sentences, one idea per line, a hook in the first line, one call to action at the end. Roughly 140 words fills about a minute. The field holds up to 5000 characters, so think short read, not full audiobook chapter.

One clip per run

Each run makes exactly one clip. Want a different take? Change the script or the delivery settings and run again. The clip saves to your Library, ready to drop into a video, a podcast, or an ad creative whenever you need it.

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