Artificial intelligence voiceover technologies have become indispensable in video and content production today. In particular, AI voice solutions provide great advantages to brands, educators and content producers by offering natural and realistic voices.
AI Voiceover and the Evolution of Voice Technology with Vyond
The first AI voiceover generators were exciting, but they had a robotic and artificial tone. They were not realistic enough to replace the human voice.
Today, AI voices are modeled after recordings of real voice artists. This makes them sound much more natural and fluent, and almost impossible to distinguish from the human voice.
This development offers huge benefits for businesses, educators and content creators.
Because audio is the key to connecting and engaging with the viewer in content, whether it’s educational, marketing or sales videos.
Advantages of Using AI Voiceover
Vyond offers its users a wide range of AI voice options. WellSaid’s high-quality voices come integrated into Vyond’s Enterprise and Agency plans and are one of the most appreciated features by users.
The advantages of using AI voiceover are:
- Time savings (no need to wait for editing or shooting schedule)
- Multi-language support and unlimited editing flexibility
- Consistency and scalability across all projects
Challenges When Using AI Voice Over
As advanced as AI voice generators are, there can be some challenges:
- Flat or lifeless tone on the first recording
- Incorrect or awkward pronunciation of some words
- Speech speed being faster or slower than desired
The good news is that these challenges can be solved. A good understanding of some of the tools’ features can help make AI voice-over results more natural from the start.
6 Expert Tips for the Best AI Voiceover Results
6 Expert Tips from Vyond and WellSaid
1. Choose the Best AI Voice for Your Needs
Different projects require different tones and styles. Different AI voices can be chosen for speech, training, promotion or storytelling.
- You can first analyze the voice style and decide.
- Or you can test and try it out in a section of your text.
- Remember: You have unlimited trials.
WellSaid’s Ava, Wade or Alana characters are popular choices.
You can learn more about the AI voice styles in Vyond here.
2. Structure Your Script Clearly
- Short sentences make for more fluent and understandable voice-over.
- Use punctuation such as commas strategically for pause and emphasis.
- Set the rhythm with ellipses (…) or line breaks.
3. Fine-tune Pronunciation
While AI voice-over tools have a large vocabulary, proper nouns or terms can be mispronounced.
- Determine emphasis with quotation marks (e.g. “pro ”duce).
- Get the correct pronunciation with phonetic spelling (e.g. Saskatchewan → “sask-ACH-oo-when”).
4. Pay Attention to Acronyms and Numbers
Acronyms and numbers can be challenging for AI voices.
- Spell or phonetically write acronyms (e.g. “L&D” → “Ellen Dee”).
- Format numbers meaningfully (“2025” → “two thousand twenty-five”).
5. Set Human-Like Intonation and Stops and Starts
Human speech varies in speed, pitch, and pauses.
- Create natural sound effects by playing with speed, pitch and pauses.
- Specify pause durations with commas, periods or line breaks (use commas for short pauses, periods or line breaks for longer pauses).
6. Work in Short Chunks for Better Control
- Instead of uploading all text at once, break it up into chunks. This way you can more easily adjust your content.
- Working on small sections makes it easier to catch errors and edit.
- This is especially important with long or complex texts.
Tips to Improve AI Voice Over Results
These six tips will help you achieve better results from the start and solve any problems you may encounter.
One of the biggest advantages of AI voice solutions is that voice actors don’t get tired or sick and there are unlimited repetition possibilities.
Frequently Asked Questions: Voice Over with WellSaid on Vyond
1-Which WellSaid AI Voices are available on Vyond?
A total of 121 WellSaid voices are available in 9 languages and 18 accents.
2-Which Vyond Plans Offer WellSaid Voices?
Enterprise and Agency plans have WellSaid’s high-quality voices integrated.
3-How WellSaid Creates AI Voices
WellSaid ethically collects data by paying voice actors and obtaining their explicit consent.
To learn more about AI Voiceover, read “6 Tips for Creating the Best AI Voiceovers: Advice from WellSaid and Vyond” blog content can be found here.
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