Descript's English Text to Speech tool transforms written content into natural-sounding speech. Perfect for creating voiceovers, audiobooks, and more, it offers a seamless way to bring your text to life with high-quality, customizable voices.
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Create a New Project and Upload Your File
Sign up for Descript, then create a new project. Upload your file by dragging and dropping it into the project. Descript will automatically process it, making it ready for text-to-speech conversion.
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Translate and Dub Your Script to English
Once transcription is complete, click on 'Underlord', type 'Translate' into the search bar, and use the dropdown to select English as the translation language. Toggle 'Dub speech' to translate the script into English speech. This feature ensures your text is seamlessly converted into natural-sounding English audio.
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Publish and Export Your Speech File
Click "Publish" and navigate to the "Export" tab. Choose your desired file type, configure the necessary settings, and click "Export" to save your file. This straightforward process ensures your text-to-speech project is ready for use in just a few clicks.

Instant narration with AI voices & voice cloning
Transform your text into lifelike speech instantly with Descript's AI voices and voice cloning. Whether you're creating podcasts, videos, or audiobooks, this feature ensures your content sounds natural and engaging, saving you time and effort in narration.
Text-to-speech baked into a powerful video editor
Descript's text-to-speech feature, integrated into a robust video editor, allows you to seamlessly convert English text into natural-sounding speech. Perfect for creating engaging video content, this tool helps you update and refine your videos effortlessly, ensuring your message is always clear and up-to-date without the need for re-recording.
AI voice overs and script writing assistant
Transform your text into engaging audio with Descript's AI voice overs and script writing assistant. Seamlessly convert English text to speech, ensuring your content is both dynamic and professional. Perfect for creating polished presentations, podcasts, or training materials without the hassle of traditional recording methods.
Descript is an AI-powered audio and video editing tool that lets you edit podcasts and videos like a doc.
AI voices
Leverage Descript's AI voices to transform English text into natural-sounding speech, enhancing your content's accessibility and engagement.
Text-to-speech
Effortlessly convert written English text into natural-sounding speech, enhancing your content creation and accessibility with Descript's Text-to-Speech feature.
Overdub
With Overdub, effortlessly convert English text to speech, creating realistic voiceovers for your projects with unmatched accuracy and ease.
Captions & subtitles
Generate accurate captions and subtitles effortlessly, enhancing accessibility and engagement for your English text-to-speech projects.
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Free
per person / month
Start your journey with text-based editing
1 media hour / month
100 AI credits / month
Export 720p, watermark-free
Limited use of Underlord, our agentic video co-editor and AI tools
Limited trial of AI Speech
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per person / month
1 person included
Elevate your projects, watermark-free
10 media hours / month
400 AI credits / month
Export 1080p, watermark-free
Access to Underlord, our AI video co-editor
AI tools including Studio Sound, Remove Filler Words, Create Clips, and more
AI Speech with custom voice clones and video regenerate
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per person / month
Scale to a team of 3 (billed separately)
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30 media hours / month
+5 bonus hours
800 AI credits / month
+500 bonus credits
Export 4k, watermark-free
Full access to Underlord, our AI video co-editor and 20+ more AI tools
Generate video with the latest AI models
Unlimited access to royalty-free stock media library
Access to top ups for more media hours and AI credits
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