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Adding a Voiceover to Your Powtoon

Daniel Schachter
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A voice-over is an audio narration or dialogue that you add to your video to explain concepts, tell a story, or enhance the overall viewing experience.
 
Tip!
Add the voiceover to your Powtoon before creating the scenes. It is easier to synchronize the objects on the slide to the voiceover than the other way around.
  • Adding music to the timeline requires a Pro+ or Agency plan
In the Powtoon Studio, you need to be working in Create mode in order to add a voiceover.
A voiceover can be added by any of the following methods:

Recording a voiceover in Powtoon

Notes:
1. You need to run Powtoon using the Chrome or Firefox browser in order to record
     a voiceover.
2. To ensure good sound quality, record your voiceover in a quiet room with a good quality 
    microphone.

 

  • In the right side of the studio, in the library, click Upload your Media and select Voiceover.
    upload media - voiceover.png
  • Click Record.
    record voiceover.png
Note:
At this stage you may be prompted with a message from your browser notifying you that Powtoon wants to use your microphone. Click Allow to enable your microphone.

  1. The Recording Module will now appear. Toggle whether the recording is for the entire Powtoon or for the current slide.
    recording module.png
  1. Click Start record.
    You will have a 3-second countdown followed by the word GO!
  1. When the symbol of the microphone is displayed, begin recording your voiceover.

  1. After you have finished recording, click Stop record.

  1. Listen to a preview of the recording by clicking the Play button.

  1. If you are happy with the recording, click Save and type in a name for the recording.
    vo recording example.png


Note:
If you are not satisfied with the recording, click Delete and begin again.
  1. Click Save again.

The voiceover will be added to your Powtoon and the Sound Control panel will be displayed.
The voiceover file will also be added to My Voiceovers, your personal voiceover library.

Uploading a voiceover

  1. On the right side of the studio, in the library, click Upload your Media and select Voiceover.
    upload media - voiceover.png
  1. Click Upload.
    upload voiceover.png
  1. Locate the voiceover file and upload it to Powtoon.
Note:
File type must be MP3, AAC, or OGG
  1. Toggle whether the voiceover is for the entire Powtoon or for the current slide and click Use.
  2. The voiceover will be added to your Powtoon and the Sound Control panel will be displayed.

Using professional services to record the voiceover

Instead of recording your own voice, you may decide that your Powtoon requires a professional voiceover that is produced by an experienced voice actor in a studio.
  1. On the right side of the studio, in the library, click Upload your Media and select Voiceover.
    upload media - voiceover.png
  1. Depending on your preference, select either VoiceBunny or Fiverr or WellSaid.
    3rd party voiceover.png
  2. The selected 3rd party provider will open in a new tab. You can find the correct voiceover artist.
  3. You will receive the voice-over as a file, which you can use to Upload a Voiceover.

 

Using Text to Speech

Requires Business plan or equivalent.

  1. On the right side of the studio, in the library, click Upload your Media and select Voiceover.
    upload media - voiceover.png
  2. Select Text to Speech
    text to speech voice-over.png
  3. Click to follow the complete Text to Speech guide.

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