Text to Speech

Generate speech audio from subtitle text using various TTS engines.

• Menu: Video → Text to speech...
• Shortcut: Configurable

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How to Use

1. Open Video → Text to speech...
2. Select a TTS engine from the dropdown
3. Select a language and voice
4. Optionally enable Review audio clips to review each generated clip
5. Optionally enable Generate video file to create a video with the audio
6. Click Generate to start

Supported Engines

• Piper — Local, open-source TTS
• AllTalk — Local TTS server
• ElevenLabs — Cloud-based, high-quality voices (requires API key)
• Azure Cognitive Services — Microsoft cloud TTS (requires API key and region)
• Google Cloud — Google cloud TTS (requires key file)
• Murf.ai — Cloud TTS (requires API key)

Engine Settings

Some engines require additional configuration:

• API Key — Enter your API key for cloud-based engines
• Region — Select the Azure region (for Azure engine)
• Model — Select the voice model
• Key file — Browse for Google Cloud service account key file

Review Audio Clips

When enabled, each generated audio clip is played back for review before proceeding to the next subtitle line. This lets you verify quality and re-generate if needed.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Key	Action
Escape	Close / Cancel
F1	Open help