Add a voiceover to a chat video
Voiceover reads your conversation aloud in the exported video. It is a Creator plan feature. Choose between a voice for every message or one narrator, and write lines that sound good spoken.
Try it: start from this sample
Where are you? The film starts in ten minutes.
Stuck on the train. A cow is on the tracks.
A cow. Of course. I will save you a seat.
Two ways to be heard
Voiceover has two styles. In the first, every message is spoken by its own voice, so the video sounds like a small radio play. In the second, one narrator tells the story, reading the messages as part of a narration. Pick the first for comedy and dialogue, and the second when the chat is a clue inside a bigger story.
Voiceover is on the Creator plan and above. It belongs to the video export, so a still image or a silent GIF will not carry any spoken audio.
Voices, tones and languages
You can choose from about fifteen voices, described as male, female or neutral, and listen before you commit. A narrator can be set to a dramatic, neutral or casual tone. Languages are English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish and Hindi. Write the messages in the language you select, because a voice reading text in another language tends to sound wrong.
Writing text that sounds good aloud
Text that looks fine in a bubble can be awkward spoken. Spell out anything a voice may stumble over: write out numbers you want read as words, avoid long strings of capitals, and do not rely on emoji to carry a joke. Short sentences breathe better than long ones. Read each line out loud yourself first; if you trip, the voice may too.
Give the two speakers different rhythms. One can be brisk and the other hesitant, so listeners can tell who is talking even without the bubbles.
Before you export
Play the preview with headphones and listen for pauses between lines. Turn on the auto-generated captions if the video will be watched with the sound off. Remember to mention that the voices are simulated if the audio could pass for a real recording.
Tips
- Pick one narrator tone and stay with it for the whole video.
- Cut any message the audience can guess; spoken lines cost more time than read ones.
- Keep numbers and abbreviations rare, and spell out names that are hard to say.
- Listen once with the screen turned away to judge the audio alone.
Questions
Which plan includes voiceover?
Voiceover is available on the Creator plan and above. Free and Standard do not include it.
Which languages can the voices speak?
English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish and Hindi. Write your messages in the same language you choose.
Can each person in the chat have a different voice?
Yes. In the first style each message is spoken by its own voice. In the second, a single narrator reads the whole story in a dramatic, neutral or casual tone.
Does the voiceover work on a still image or a GIF?
No. Sound belongs to the video export. A GIF has no audio, and a PNG or JPG is a still image.
Should I say the voices are synthetic?
If listeners could take the audio for real people speaking, say plainly that the conversation and voices are simulated, in the caption or at the start.
Use it for simulated, labelled content. ChatsRat makes mock-ups and fictional conversations for creators, designers and teachers. Do not use it to pass off a made-up conversation as a real one, to impersonate a real person, or as proof of anything. See the Acceptable Use policy.
About the watermark. Exports on the Free plan carry a visible ChatsRat watermark, and every export carries an invisible mark that the verify page can read. Plans list what changes on paid plans.
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