Paragraphs
We recommend using paragraphs while creating your script. To start a new paragraph, press Enter.
Breaks
You may use the forward slash / menu to add breaks between any words or sentences. Simply type / click on Break and select the duration.
✏️ You can edit the duration of the break by clicking the pencil icon
🗑️ You can delete the break by using the bin icon
💡 Pro tip: You can add up to 5000 characters to the script per scene with all our paid plans (Starter, Pro and Enterprise). With our free trial, this limit is 1000 characters per scene.
Voice emotions
To make your script more human-like, we recommend using voice emotions. You can filter for voices that support this feature in the voice selector by selecting Other - Voice emotion support.
To add emotions click on the emotion icon in the script editor. To remove the emotion, click the emoji and select Clear emotion. If you need multiple emotions in the same scene, create multiple paragraphs.
Emphasis
1. Periods (.) will add a long break and downward inflection; this makes them great for ending scenes or chapters.
2. Commas (,) will add shorter breaks than a period. Use commas when you want to emphasize a specific word or part of the sentence without adding too much length or inflection.
3. Quotation marks ("") will add emphasis to a specific word or part of the sentence. The quotation marks can be used when you want to highlight a specific part of your script.
💡 Pro tip: If your sentence ends with a number make sure to spell the number out to avoid an upward inflection. 1990 ➡️ nineteen ninety
Animations
Add animation markers to mark the points in the script where you want something to appear or disappear.
To add an animation marker you may use the forward slash / menu. Type / click on Animation marker. You can move this marker anywhere in the script. You can delete the animation marker by placing the cursor behind it and pressing the Backspace button.
[BETA] Hand gestures
You can now make your videos more dynamic by adding gestures to your script. This feature is released as BETA , and currently works for the following avatars:
Isabella
Nina
Owen
Select one of the AI avatars that support gestures
Add the "👋" symbol from the bottom script menu to the part of your script where you want your gesture to happen
Make sure there is enough space between each gesture — they can't be too close to one another.
Generate your video
❗️Important:
Hand gestures only work for some avatars — as we continue to develop this feature, we'll be adding this capability to more and more avatars
Hand gestures only work in shoulder and bubble views
Hand gestures are not available for custom avatars
Hand gestures are not visible in Preview, only in the generated video
Script audio upload
Make sure your audio upload file is in any of the supported languages
Navigate to the Script tab
Select "Upload audio"
Upload your audio file
The system will automatically identify the language uploaded
Choose Narration only if you are doing a voice-over scene
Assign the avatar from the scene to the audio file
Preview your video to check for errors
Generate your video to see the result
Narration only or avatar lip sync
You can mix avatars and voiceovers in the same scene.
Create multiple paragraphs in your script using the Enter key
Use the + icon at the beginning of the paragraph to assign a voice
Select Narration only for voiceovers or assign an avatar
Check the Preview!
Voice and Language
The default voice of your draft or an Avatar may not be the voice that you want to use or that best fits the topic of your video. This can easily be changed so that a different voice is used. You can change the voice per paragraph. per scene, or for the whole draft. Please keep in mind that the voice is connected to the person speaking. The person may be an avatar, but it could be the narrator. As such choosing to change the voice for the whole draft, will change the voice in all the places where that particular person is speaking.
If you need to create the same video in a different language you can do so with our Automatic Translation. This will change the voice of your Avatars to better match the different languages that you are translating to.
You can mix languages in a single video or even a single scene. Perhaps you would like to even have the same Avatar speak a different language for a mixed audience.
⚠️Using the Automatic Translation will create a translated variant of your whole draft and cannot be used for translating individual sections.
Preview
We recommend checking your script to make sure that the Voice will match your expectations before generating a video. For this we have our Preview features. You can preview a section of your script either by using the paragraph preview button, or by selecting the section that you want to hear and previewing only that section.
Uploaded audio will be the same as when you uploaded it, but you can preview this. Often this is useful if you made the recording and now need to make sure that it will fit in your video with the tone and speed of any speaking sections before or after it.
Pronunciation
If you want to change the pronunciation of a particular word without changing how it's written or displayed in subtitles you can use the pronunciation feature. This feature will change how a word is pronounced every time it is written. By selecting a single word you can use the popup menu to start the pronunciation, or by clicking the pronunciation button at the bottom of the script.
With pronunciation, you can also set the voice for a particular pronunciation. That voice may be different from the one for the section of the script that the chosen word.
Edit with AI
You can use the Edit with AI feature if you need help with your script. Either select a section of text or click the AI Assistant button at the bottom of the Script and start using it.
