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# Adding a voiceover

## Create the perfect voiceover with VideoScribe's AI generator, record audio directly into your project or import your own MP3

The voiceover is an important part of most videos. VideoScribe provides you with several options allowing you to create the voiceover best suited to your project.

### Voiceover options

Click the '**Voiceover**' ![Voice](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/Voice.svg) button to access your voiceover options in the **left-hand panel**:

- **[Generate with AI](https://help.videoscribe.co/knowledge/adding-a-voiceover#ai-gen)** - generate a voiceover from a script
- **[Record](https://help.videoscribe.co/knowledge/adding-a-voiceover#record)** - record your own voiceover in VideoScribe
- [**Import**](https://help.videoscribe.co/knowledge/adding-a-voiceover#import-vo) - add a voiceover from your files or upload your own MP3 track
- [**Voiceovers in this project**](https://help.videoscribe.co/knowledge/adding-a-voiceover#project-vo) - manage the voiceover tracks in your project

### **Generating a voiceover with AI**

Turn your text into life-like speech with VideoScribe's AI Voiceover tool:

1. Click the '**Generate with AI**' ![ICONS - Ai](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/ICONS%20-%20Ai.svg) button
2. If you have already created a script for this project you can select '**Use an existing script**' 
     - Click '**Continue**' and then choose a script you wish to use
3. Or you can select '**Write new script**' and click '**Continue**' 
     - Give your new script a '**Name**' and type or paste your script into the '**Your script**' area
     - Alternatively you can use VideoScribe's AI Script tool to help generate a script for your project - see '[Creating a script for your project](https://help.videoscribe.co/knowledge/ai-script-generation?hsLang=en)' for more details
4. Once you have finished editing your script select '**Generate a voiceover**'
5. Choose a '**Language**' from the drop-down list and then select a '**Region**' to best suit the content of your video
6. Next preview and choose a voice from the options available  
     - Click the '**Play**' ![play](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/play.svg) button to preview a voice
     - Select the voice you want to use
7. Click the '**Generate voiceover**' ![ICONS - Ai](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/ICONS%20-%20Ai.svg) button when you're ready

Your remaining voiceover generation minutes will be shown below this button.

#### **Using your voiceover**

Once your voiceover has been generated you can use the following options:

- Click the '**Play**'![play all-1](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/play%20all-1.svg)button to preview your new voiceover
- Then click the ‘**Add to video**’ button to add the voiceover to your project - you’ll have two options when adding your voiceover: 
    - **Scene audio** - add your voiceover to the selected scene
    - **Project audio** - add your voiceover as project audio, which will play throughout the entire project

**Top tip:** All your AI-generated voiceovers will be stored in '**Your voiceover files**'. Select the ‘**Import**’ button to open the '**Your voiceover files**' screen. You can filter or sort on '**Audio Source**' to easily find these.

### Recording your voiceover

You also have the option to record your voiceover directly into VideoScribe - either using a script, or not.

- Select the '**Record**' ![Voice](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/Voice.svg) button from the **left-hand voiceover panel** to start the process
- Next select from one of the following options: 
    - **Use an existing script** - click '**Continue**' and then choose a script you wish to use
    - **Write new script** - click '**Continue**' and give your new script a '**Name**' and type or paste your script into the '**Your script**' area (you can also use the [AI Script tool)](https://help.videoscribe.co/knowledge/creating-a-script?hsLang=en), then click the '**Record it yourself**' ![Voice](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/Voice.svg) button.
    - **No script** - click '**Continue**' to record your voiceover without using a script
- By default, your project visuals will play back as you record. If you do not need to see your project as you record, untick the ‘**Play back my project as I record**’ option.

**Please note:** VideoScribe will record your voiceover using whichever recording device you have set as your default in your internet browser.

- Click the '**Start recording**' ![Voice](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/Voice.svg) button 
    - If prompted to give permission to access your microphone, click '**Allow**'
- VideoScribe will then count you down to begin recording
- Once the recording has started, the record button will display a pause symbol. Use this to pause the recording. To continue recording, click the record button again.
- To stop recording, click the ‘**Done**’ button and you will be prompted to give the new track a '**Name**' and a '**Description**'
- You can then either save the track to your files **(Save only)** or you can add it directly to your project as one of the following:

- - **Scene audio** - audio added to the selected scene
    - **Project audio** - audio that plays throughout the entire project

Be sure to preview your project to make sure you’re happy with the voiceover. 

![](https://help.videoscribe.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Record%20a%20voiceover-gif.gif?width=670&height=377&name=Record%20a%20voiceover-gif.gif)

After adding the voiceover to your project, it will appear in the **left-hand voiceover panel**, with the waveform displayed in the advanced timeline. If you need to make any adjustments, you can easily edit your voiceover. For detailed instructions on trimming, splitting, and editing your audio, refer to our [Editing audio in VideoScribe](https://help.videoscribe.co/knowledge/audio-editing?hsLang=en) article.

**Top tip:** Check out our blog post about [recording the ultimate voiceover](https://blog.videoscribe.co/the-ultimate-guide-to-voice-over-perfect-voice-over-checklist?hsLang=en). You can also view our free webinar [Enhancing your storytelling through voiceovers](https://bit.ly/3rfSWR5).

### **Importing a voiceover**

Select the ‘**Import**’ button to open the '**Your voiceover files**' screen. Here you can see all your voiceover tracks, including your AI generated tracks and tracks you've uploaded or recording

- Use the search bar to find a track within your files
- You can also filter or sort on '**Audio Source**' to easily find the different types of tracks
- Click the '**Delete**' ![delete](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/delete.svg) icon next to the track to remove it - this will delete the track from your files, but it will still be available in any projects already using the track
- Click the '**Upload**' button to upload your own MP3 file:
  
    - After selecting the file from your machine, you can give the track a '**Name**' and a '**Description**'
    - Next, either click ‘**Add**’ to add the track to your project as '**Scene audio**' or '**Project audio**' or alternatively, click ‘**Save only**’ to save it to your files, without using it right away

![](https://help.videoscribe.co/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Nov-09-2026-03-24-55-9130-PM.png?width=482&height=266&name=image-png-Nov-09-2026-03-24-55-9130-PM.png)

**Top tip:** Some audio programs create MP3 files with extra data used by their software which unfortunately is not compatible with VideoScribe.

Ensure you have a clean render of your MP3 file using software such as [Audio Converter](https://audio.online-convert.com/) (free to use).

### Voiceovers in this project

When you add a voiceover track, it will appear in the **left-hand voiceover panel**.

- Audio tracks are split into two sections:
  
    - **Scene audio** - tracks added specifically to the selected scene
    - **Project audio** - tracks that play throughout the entire project
- Select a track to highlight it in the advanced timeline: 
    - You may need to switch to the advanced timeline to see this
    - The advanced timeline will scroll to display the audio track
- Click the '**Delete**' ![delete](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/delete.svg) icon next to the track to remove it - this will delete the track from the project, but uploaded audio will still be available from your files

**Please note:** You can have up to 50 audio tracks per project, with a total file size limit of 300MB. Audio limitations are displayed in real-time at the bottom of the right-hand panel.

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