Ever wondered how to get a pronunciation just right in the WellSaid Studio? Or wondered about which voice avatar to use?
In our Creative Session on February 10, we dug deep into Studio with one of our Customer Success Managers, Marta Mueller. You won’t want to miss all the best practices for everything from acronyms to avatars!
Read More
We are always excited when we release new voice avatars, but this edition is especially exciting. Introducing 9 brand new voice avatars, including all new accents. Additionally, we have added new voice styles to existing voice avatars that you already know and use regularly. Read on to hear samples and learn all about these new options.
Users all over the world have been asking us to add more accents to our catalog of voices. In our last voice avatar release, we added a South African and more British accents. This release, we are thrilled to add our first Australian English accent. Check out Jarvis, Theo, and James!
Read More
The voiceover industry is booming, thanks in part to a 42% increase in audiobook consumption in 2020 and a forecasted 21% growth in eLearning (valued around $250 billion in 2020). Voiceovers sound off across video marketing, advertisements, voice assistants, corporate training content, and more. A high-quality voiceover leads to more sales, a more professional brand image, and more memorable marketing materials. But technology is changing quickly and voiceovers must keep up to be heard and be effective.
In this blog post, learn the myriad channels voiceovers appear in, the essential elements of a high-quality voiceover, who makes voiceovers in today’s marketing landscape, and how voiceovers are recorded—from traditional methods to the latest technology.
Read More
Among the most sophisticated AI voice over platforms, voice overs sound completely natural. So lifelike, in fact, that listeners can’t tell the difference between an AI text to voice generator and a human actor. These text-to-speech platforms offer APIs where product developers and engineers can seamlessly integrate a voice over API into their existing technology stack. The possibilities are endless. This creates natural-sounding voice overs for podcast episodes, articles, videos, and more.
In this blog post, we talk more about voice over APIs. This includes what they are, how brands and content creators can use them, and the unique benefits they offer.
Read More
We are so excited to introduce you to our seven new friends. Technically, they are avatar voices, but we know you’ll like them. While we often add new voice options to the WSL Studio, we are extra excited about this group. Let’s meet the new options for your next voice over project and learn a bit about the process.
Read More
At WellSaid Labs, we’re always listening to our clients and creator community to develop features that help create text-to-speech voiceovers more easily, efficiently, and effectively. One of the most requested features is Render by Paragraph, which is a functionality that enables you to automatically render a separate audio file for each paragraph of your script. In this article, we share the benefits of Render by Paragraph, how to use it in WellSaid Studio, and examples of Render by Paragraph in action.
Read More
Natural voice overs are one of the most in-demand ways to bring videos to life. That’s true whether you’re creating learning and development content, training videos, YouTube videos or any other type of video marketing.
You probably relied on agencies, voice actors, or even internal employees to create your voice overs in the past. However, with today’s technology, it’s never been easier, more cost-effective, or efficient to generate natural voice overs for your videos.
In this article, we guide you through what to look for when creating natural voice overs.
Read More
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most cost-effective, streamlined, resource-efficient ways to create voiceovers for learning and development content, online courses, training videos, podcasts, audiobooks and more. But you may be wondering… how exactly does the process work? In this article, we help to demystify the process, walking you through the steps involved so you can see how simple, efficient and effective making AI voiceovers can be.
Read More
There are many benefits to text-to-speech, from time-savings, workflow efficiencies, and budget optimizations. But none of it matters unless the text-to-speech sounds realistic. In this article, we address why realistic, human-sounding text-to-speech is essential and how to find the most realistic text-to-speech engine for your content.
Read More
Depending on whether you’re an eLearning Developer looking to record a new-hire training video, an entertainment company wanting to narrate its next blockbuster, or a wellness guru composing a new meditation video, you likely have different needs when it comes to voiceovers. In this article, we break down the most popular voiceover styles and how to locate the right one for your next project.
Read Moread advertising AI aiethics aiforgood aioice aivoice aivoicover api artificial speech audiobranding audio editing casestudy corporate training creativity customerexperience eLearning featureupgrade generativeAI instructional design instructional design models marketing media podcast product productivity remote work security sonicbrand storytelling studio text-to-speech texttospeech tts videoavatar video production voice-over voice actor voiceactor voiceavatar voice narration voiceover voice over webinar workflow
© WellSaid Labs, Inc. 2023
All rights reserved
Made with
in Seattle, WA
