Add Text-to-Speech

Add text-to-speech to any video online

Make videos more engaging with text-to-speech

Adding a voiceover to make your videos more accessible and engaging can sometimes be a hassle. You no longer need to create a voice over or import text to speech from a different application. Kapwing streamlines this process so you have an all-in-one workspace to edit and add text-to-speech files to videos. With Kapwing’s Text-to-Speech tool, it takes just a few clicks to automatically generate voiceovers. Simply type out your text and a realistic-sounding AI voice will read it out for you.

How to Add Text-to-Speech Voiceovers to Video

Upload your video
Start by uploading your video directly from your computer or by pasting a video URL link.
Convert Text to Speech
Add text to your video and click the Text to Speech button, then choose your narrator. This will add an automated voiceover to your video.
Export and Share
After you’re done editing, export your video and share with the world! You can download a file of your project or share directly to social media on TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, and more.

Make your videos more accessible with Text-to-Speech. In one click.

Picture this: you’re scrolling through TikTok or Instagram Reels on your phone and come across a video with a Reddit story. These stories on Reddit are usually blocks and blocks of text. You’re bound to scroll right past it, right? So, how do you get people to watch your video and read this 500-word Reddit thread?

Here’s the secret: they don’t read. That’s where text-to-speech comes in.

An AI voice generator, without the complicated stuff

Text-to-Speech (TTS) is a type of assistive technology that reads digital text aloud, so that the user can understand and enjoy the content they’re watching regardless of any visual impairments. You may know this text-to-speech technology by other terms like “text-to-voice” or “read aloud technology.” You can find a text-to-speech feature on word- processing or presentation softwares such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Docs, and more.

Using text-to-speech features shouldn’t be difficult or confusing. Sometimes, we as creators don’t want to use our own voice in a voiceover narration, or we want to make sure our content is accessible to everyone who lays their eyes on it. That’s why we’ve developed this feature to make it easy for anyone to add text-to-speech to any video.

Today, most content creators use text-to-speech on TikTok or YouTube for “storytimes” or “How-to” video tutorials. You can use text-to-speech to add an AI-generated voiceover to any video while also selecting the type of voice you want to use. With Kapwing’s Text-to-Speech feature, the only thing you need to do is click the “Text-to-Speech” button. Let the voice generator do the rest of the talking.

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Work with your team directly in Kapwing. Create and edit content, then send it to share and collaborate with your teammates. Make team workspaces, comment in the editor, and work on videos together in real time or asynchronously.

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Browse hundreds of royalty-free images, GIFs, videos, sound effects, and music clips directly in our editor. Curate assets that will bring your project to life, then edit them the way you want to all in one place.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I add text to speech to video?

You can add text to speech to video by using a text-to-speech generator or a video editor that offers a text-to-speech feature. Kapwing has a Text-to-Speech Video Maker that you can use easily online. Because of its intuitive interface, you can add text to speech to your video in just a few clicks.

Can I use text to speech voices for my YouTube videos?

You can easily use text-to-speech voices for your YouTube videos by adding the audio files to your video during the editing process. Kapwing is an online video editor that allows you to generate text-to-speech and add it to your video in one place. Once you’re finished editing in Kapwing, you can post the video to social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok.

How do I add a voiceover to a recorded video?

To add a voiceover to a recorded video, you can either record your own voice first as the narration to your video, or you can use a text-to-speech feature to generate an automated voiceover for you. Once you have the voiceover audio, you would upload that audio into your video editor to overlay it on top of your video. In Kapwing’s online video editor, you can record your own voiceover or auto-generate one place.

What's different about Kapwing?

Easy

Start creating immediately with thousands of templates and copyright free videos, images, music, and GIFs. Repurpose content from the internet by pasting a link.

Free

Kapwing is completely free to start. Just upload a video and start editing. Supercharge your editing workflow with our powerful online tools.

Accessible

Automatically subtitle and translate videos with our AI-powered Subtitler tool. Caption your videos in seconds, so that no viewers get left behind.

Online

Kapwing is cloud based, which means your videos are wherever you are. Use it on any device and access your content anywhere in the world.

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