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Speaker Editor: Edit the AI Generated Voiceover or Record / Upload Your Own

You can fine-tune the transcript, choose from a range of AI voices, control speed and pronunciation or record/upload your own voiceover.

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  • Text-to-Voice AI Speaker is available on the Business and Enterprise Plans. More info here.



Getting Started with the Speaker Editor

1. To edit the AI-generated voiceover and transcript, open the relevant video and click "Edit Video". You can also access this option from the three-dot menu on the video preview in your Guidde homepage.

2. Click "Speaker" to open the speaker editor section on the left side panel.

  • Inside the Speaker Editor you'll find a panel with the step-by-step transcript for easy scrolling and editing. You can preview your transcript, control voice selection, adjust pronunciation, and more. Follow the next steps to learn how.

Speaker Navigation Menu

Use this menu to switch to the full screen speaker editor, search the transcript, or learn about editing shortcuts.

3. Clicking the full-screen icon will open the Speaker Editor in full-screen mode.

This gives you more space to focus on the transcript and preview changes.

4. Click any step to edit its text. Once edited, it will appear in draft mode. You can preview the voiceover by clicking Play in the upper right, or open advanced editing settings using the three-dot menu, available both in the main editor and in the full-screen Speaker Editor. We’ll cover all the editing options below.

5. To return to the main video editor, click "Continue Editing"

6. Easily find a word in your transcript by clicking the magnifying glass.

7. Click the arrow at the top right of the search panel to open the expanded Find and Replace tool. There, you’ll see how many times a word appears in your transcript and choose whether to replace it once or across the entire guidde.

8. Click the info icon to view editing shortcuts and speed up your workflow.

  • The full-screen Speaker Editor also includes quick access to the Search & Replace and Info options, located in the upper right corner.

Speaker Editing: Text and Voice

Edit the Voiceover Text

1. Open the Speaker Editor (as shown here). Browse the voiceover text for each step in the Speaker panel on the left. Click any step to jump directly to its transcript. A blue mark indicates where you are.

2. Edit the transcript by clicking within the text box and entering your changes.

To preview your voiceover edits, click the play button in the top right of the step.

3. Once you're happy with the text, click "Generate Speaker" to apply your changes.

4. Double-click a word or sentence to open the smart text menu where you can copy text, rephrase it with AI, or fix pronunciation.

5. Click the Copy icon to copy a word, sentence, or full step and paste it anywhere.

6. Use the AI Assistant to rephrase text, improve clarity, fix grammar, or adjust tone. When a text section is highlighted, click the AI Assistant icon to open the menu and explore your options.

7. You can refine word pronunciation:

Double-click a word, select "Pronunciation” from the upper tab, and enter an alternative spelling or a pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Click Play to preview how it sounds. You can apply the change once, across the entire Guidde, or save it to your workspace dictionary for consistent future use.

Edit the Speaker Voice

  • HQ/Premium voices are available only on the Enterprise Plan

  • One Speaker can be selected per video

1. To switch voices, scroll to the bottom of the Speaker Panel and click the pencil icon next to the name of the current speaker.

2. A popup with list of available voices will appear. Click the Play button to preview and select the one that best fits your preferences.

3. Use the filter menus at the top of the panel to narrow down your voice options by language or speaker gender.

4. Click “Select” in the bottom-right corner to finalize your choice and apply the voice to your Guidde.

5. To set a voice as the default for your future guiddes, toggle "Set as Default" at the bottom-left of the voice selection window.

A default voice will be applied to all new Guiddes. Existing Guiddes will retain their originally selected speaker voice.

Advanced Speaker Settings

1. Use the three-dot menu on the top right of each step, to open advanced controls.

In the full-screen Speaker Editor, you’ll find the three-dot menu to the right of each step - click it to access advanced settings.

2. Adjust the playback speed using the slider - to make the voiceover faster or slower. Apply it to just one step or to the entire guidde.

3. Sync Voiceover Text with Captions and document description. That way, everything stays aligned. For more information follow this link, or click the info icon in the relevant section in the editor.

Sync checkboxes are on by default.

You can uncheck the boxes if you don’t want the step’s text to sync with Captions or the Document.

Record Your Voice to a Step's Voiceover

1. From the advanced settings menu (opened by clicking the three dots on the upper right of each step), select "Record your voice".

2. If a step doesn’t have narration yet, you can click the microphone icon inside the text box to start recording.

  • When you choose to record your voice, a recording modal will appear.

3. Select your input device from the dropdown menu.

4. Select the language you'll be speaking. This will enable our AI assistant to accurately transcribe your narration.

5. When you are ready, click the microphone icon to start recording.

  • Note that you can record up to 60 seconds per step

6. As you speak, a timer shows your progress. When you're done, click 'Stop'.

7. After recording, you can listen to your playback, re-record, discard, or click Confirm to save it.

8. Once saved, your voiceover step shows an audio bar and allows you to manage the recording from the steps' three-dot menu.

9. From this dropdown, you can:

  • Switch your voice recording to an AI-generated speaker voice.

  • Review transcript and copy your voiceover text.

  • Re-record your voiceover.

  • Delete voiceover.

A transcript of your recording will be automatically added and can be easily copied to clipboard for ease of use, or edited if you're switching to an AI voiceover.

10. Your avatar image will appear on the step you narrated.

Click and drag to move, resize, or delete it. Note: Deleting it will remove the image from new steps and future Guiddes, unless you upload it again manually via the media editor.

preview

Upload Audio

1. To upload your audio, click the steps' three-dot menu and select "Upload audio".

2. You'll be prompted to select a file. Choose any mp3 or wav file from your computer and click confirm. Your audio file will be uploaded to the selected step.

Approve and save your changes by clicking "Generate Speaker".

  • You can upload mp3 or wav files up to 10MB per step


You now have full control over your speaker and voiceover! So your content sounds just right, every time.

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