Guides / Production
Choosing an AI voice for a faceless channel
Match the narrator to the niche, write for the ear, and fix the small things that make AI voices sound robotic.
THE SHORT VERSION
- Pick the voice by audience and niche, not by personal taste.
- Write short sentences for the ear, not long ones for the eye.
- Listen to the first 60 seconds of every voiceover before you edit.
Match the voice to the niche
- History, documentaries: calm, deep, steady pace.
- Sleep and relaxation: soft, slow, warm, very few emphasis peaks.
- Stories and drama: expressive, changes in pace, room for pauses.
- Explainers, finance, tech: clear, friendly, a bit faster.
- Older audiences: slower pace, clear pronunciation, mature voice.
Write for the ear
Short sentences. One idea per sentence. Numbers written the way they are spoken. Avoid brackets, abbreviations and lists that only work on screen. Read your hook out loud: if you stumble, the AI will too.
Script length and pace
Most narrators land between about 130 and 160 words per minute. A 10-minute video needs roughly 1,300–1,600 words. Members can check it with the script length calculator in the dashboard before they record.
Fix robotic moments
- Add punctuation where you want pauses (commas, periods, line breaks).
- Spell out names that get mispronounced the way they sound.
- Split very long texts into parts and keep the same voice and settings for the whole video.
Stay consistent
Once a voice works, keep it. The voice becomes part of your channel's identity, like the thumbnail style.
Checklist
- Voice chosen for the niche and audience
- Script read out loud once
- Length checked against target minutes
- Same voice and settings for the whole channel
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