Some creators love the camera but hate the mic — room echo, traffic noise, retakes. AI voice-over removes the recording step entirely: write the script, pick a voice, get a finished video. Here's how to do it well, what it costs, and the mistakes that make TTS sound cheap.
What you're actually buying
A Video Studio voice-over job is one finished video for ₹39: your uploaded clip + generated speech mixed professionally (original audio ducked underneath), delivered after processing. No subscription, no per-minute metering — the job price is the price.
Writing scripts that don't sound like a robot
- Write how you talk. “Here's the thing about Jaipur's blue streets” beats “This document concerns the cerulean architecture of Jaipur.”
- One idea per sentence. TTS handles short sentences far better than nested clauses.
- Use punctuation as direction: commas for breaths, ellipses for dramatic pauses, exclamation marks sparingly.
- Read it aloud once yourself. If you stumble, the AI will too — rewrite the line.
- Match vibe to content: Warm for stories and testimonials, Energetic for launches, Calm for explainers, Bold for trailers.
Voice-over vs recording yourself
| AI voice-over (₹39/job) | Record yourself | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | None — script in, video out | Mic, quiet room, retakes |
| Consistency | Identical delivery every take | Varies with energy and day |
| Languages/accents | Depends on available voices | Only your own |
| Authenticity | Good, but listeners can tell | Unmistakably you |
| Best for | Faceless channels, ads, explainers | Personal brand, vlogs |
The workflow, step by step
- Upload your clip (or your generated one) in Video Studio.
- Paste your script — up to 2000 characters — and pick a voice vibe.
- Start the job (₹39 flat) and wait for processing.
- Preview the result. The voice sits over your video with the original audio lowered beneath it.
Where voice-over fits in your content stack
Voice-over is one step in a pipeline. The typical stack: generate or shoot the visual (an AI image from ₹19 on the create page, or a 5-second AI clip at ₹89), add the voice-over, then captions. Each step is priced separately on the pricing page — which means you only pay for the steps you need. A talking-head video you shot yourself skips straight to captions; a faceless explainer uses the full stack.
Batch your scripts. Writing four scripts in one sitting and running four voice-over jobs is far more efficient than context-switching weekly — and because there's no subscription clock ticking, batching whenever suits you costs exactly the same as spreading it out.
Pair it with captions
Most reel viewers watch muted first. A voice-over plus burned-in captions covers both audiences — sound-on gets the narration, sound-off gets the text. Etch's Video Studio also does auto-captioning at the same ₹39 per finished video, and you can combine voice-over and captions across jobs for a fully finished reel.
Add a voice-over for ₹39
Script in, finished video out. Four voice vibes to choose from.
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