Create TTS Voice
How to clone a voice and make a TTS Text to Speech
- Login or Create An Account
- Create TTS Voice Clone
- Upload a sound (or create a recording with your microphone) with around 10 seconds of clear speech.
- Click the "Create Voice Clone" button on the soundboard page
- Enjoy your new TTS voice!
Tips
- Trim clips
- Trim the clips to only contain speech. Use the button, or audio editing software like Audacity.
- 10 seconds is the sweet spot
- You only need around 10 seconds of audio, and a MINIMUM of 3 actual spoken words. Adding more audio does not improve quality - it can actually make cloning slower and produce worse results. Trim your clips to your best, clearest speech and aim for around a minute total. Use our free audio editor or software like Audacity.
- Got lots of samples? Make multiple voices
- If you have many clips of different expressions, consider splitting them into separate soundboards and cloning each one - e.g. a Normal voice, an Angry voice, a Surprised voice. Each will be a distinct, more consistent TTS voice.
- Words must be recognizable
- The voice cloning process recognizes the words spoken in your clips with speech-to-text. If they cannot be understood (e.g. mumbles, screaming), your voice will not be optimal.
- Use different intonations and emotions
- Use clips with different intonations and emotions to give the AI further information about your voice. If you want your voice to have a specific intonation or emotion, use clips consistently reflecting that style.
- Use different words and sentences
- Use clips with with a variety of words and sentences.
- Remove background music or sound effects
- Make sure the clips contain only speech, no background music or sound effects. MVSEP is a useful tool to separate voices from music.
Example sentences
Here are some example sentences you can use to create your TTS voice. You only need to say one. Don't forget to speak in the intonation and emotion you want in your TTS voice, or it may come out monotone. These are called the 'Harvard Sentences'.
- The birch canoe slid on the smooth planks.
- Glue the sheet to the dark blue background.
- It's easy to tell the depth of a well.
- These days a chicken leg is a rare dish.
- Rice is often served in round bowls.
- The juice of lemons makes fine punch.
- The box was thrown beside the parked truck.
- The hogs were fed chopped corn and garbage.
- Four hours of steady work faced us.
- A large size in stockings is hard to sell.