Accessing the Pronunciation menu
The Pronunciation menu is located at the bottom of the script box. To access it, click on the Pronunciation menu icon and start using the tool.
💡 Important: Pronunciation entries are limited based on your Colossyan plan.
Free trial & Starter: 5 entries
Pro: 30 entries
Enterprise: unlimited
Specifying Pronunciations
With the Pronunciation Tool, you can specify how certain words in your script should be pronounced. This includes company names, technical terms, acronyms and any other expression that might be challenging for the AI to pronounce accurately.
Click on Add new word
Specify the Written form - how the expression should appear in your script and subtitles
Add Phonetic spelling - how the word should be pronounced
Select the voice that you would like to use
Listen to the pronunciation with the Play ▶️ button.
Click Save to save your changes
📍Important: Please avoid using special characters (. , : % ! etc.) in the Pronunciation tool.
Add a new pronunciation for the same word
With the plus + button you can add a new variant for the same word - this could be useful if you have multiple favourite voices or in case you have language variants.
Phonetic spelling of the English alphabet
💡 Important: Phonetic spelling is different for all languages. The phonetic spelling of the same word will be different when using English phonetic spelling or French phonetic spelling.
Letter | Phonetic Spelling | Alternatives |
A | ai | ah, ay, eigh |
B | bee | be, buh |
C | see | kuh, suh, cee |
D | dee | de |
E | ee | eh, eei |
F | ef | fuh |
G | jee | guh |
H | eitch | huh, (silent) |
I | eye | aiy, ah-ee |
J | jay | jai |
K | kay | kai |
L | el | ell |
M | em | em |
N | en | nuh |
O | oh | ah, oh, uh, oo |
P | pee | puh |
Q | cue | kwuh |
R | ah-r | arr, are |
S | ess | zuh |
T | tee | tuh, tea |
U | yoo | yew |
V | vee | vea, vuh |
W | double-you | double-yew, duboyoo |
X | ecks | exx |
Y | wah-ee | wye, wyie |
Z | zee | zea, zuh |
Editing Pronunciations
With the ✏️ pencil Icon you can edit the phonetic spelling and the pronunciation of a word.
