Long-form narration tool
Narrator Text to Speech for Long Scripts, in One Take
Paste a full article, script or book excerpt and get one continuous narration back, with a subtitle file timed to it. Calm narrative voices, no fixed cap on a single job and free to start.
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Voice
MayaEnglish (US) · Female
Maya · 1.00x · MP3
Make your own voice
The first voice sets pronunciation; the second only lends its character.
Primary voice
Maya
Sets pronunciation and pacing.
Second voice
A fixed sample at your current mix and speed. No credits used.
Advanced settings
Output
0.5x1x2x
- Commercial use included on the free plan
- No watermark on any output
- Blend and preview voices without signing up
Voices for this page
Narrative voices built for long reads
Narration and documentary voices are listed first. Each card plays a calm narration sample, so you can judge whether a voice holds steady over a paragraph rather than just a line.
What you get
What a narrator voice generator needs to handle
Length, pacing and consistency are the whole job in long-form narration. Here is how each one is handled.
The whole script in one job
There is no per-job character cap. A 30,000-character script goes through as one render and comes back as a single MP3 with one continuous subtitle track.
How long jobs are rendered
The engine works through the script in blocks and stitches them into one file, so the voice and the pace stay identical from the first line to the last. One credit makes up to 10 minutes of audio, so a full piece goes in as one submission for a handful of credits; a Starter month is 100 of them.
Pauses and emphasis you control
Insert a pause of up to five seconds anywhere, slow a phrase that carries weight, or let Tidy up script place the pauses for you.
What the tags do
Blank lines and sentence endings already produce natural pauses. For anything longer, a pause tag sets the exact seconds of silence. A slow tag reads one phrase at a reduced rate, which is how a narrator lands a turning point without raising the voice. A pronunciation tag fixes a name the engine gets wrong, and every tag stays visible in the script.
One voice, start to finish
Set the speed once, between 0.5 and 2 times, and it holds across the whole render. Save the voice and its settings to reuse on the next piece.
Keeping a series consistent
Up to eight voices, blends and speed included, can be saved in this browser, and your last chosen voice is remembered on your account. Maya is our first pick for narration; play the calm sample on any card to compare.
Subtitles
Subtitles that stay in sync across a long narration
A subtitle file generated separately from the audio drifts a little more with every minute. Here both come from the same render, so minute twenty lines up as well as minute one.
- SRT and WebVTT returned with every narration, free plan included
- Word-level timing on standard English voices, measured during synthesis
- Cues break at real pauses, capped at 42 characters a line
- Edit a paragraph, render again and the cues follow
For a video, drop the MP3 and the SRT into the timeline at the same start point and leave them alone; the sync holds to the end. For an audiobook, the timed file doubles as a transcript, which makes it easy to locate and re-record a single sentence later without touching the rest.
Narrate with subtitles1 00:00:00,140 --> 00:00:04,620 The house had been empty for eleven years, 2 00:00:04,700 --> 00:00:08,900 long enough for the garden to forget it. 3 00:00:09,260 --> 00:00:13,480 Nobody in the village said so out loud.
Voice blends
Audiobook and documentary blends, ready to use
These blends pair a clean primary voice with a warmer or deeper second voice. The first voice keeps the pronunciation; the second adds body for a long listen.
Audiobook narrator
Even and warm with husk underneath; holds a long read.
Maya 50% + Delaney 50%
Warm narrator
Male warmth with Maya's clean pronunciation.
Maya 30% + Walter 70%
Documentary voice
Deep male with a throaty edge.
Grant 50% + Delaney 50%
Neutral duo
Half clear female, half neutral male.
Maya 50% + Grant 50%
Course intro
Teacherly opening with a touch of warmth.
Delaney 30% + Nora 70%
Product demo
Steady male demo tone with husk underneath.
Delaney 30% + Miles 70%
How voice blending works
The primary voice decides how every word is pronounced and paced; the second voice contributes timbre only, at the percentage you set. The generator renders a fixed sample at your current mix and speed at no cost, so you can compare a blend against the plain voice before committing a long script to it. Save the ones that work.
How it works
How to narrate long text with AI, start to finish
STEP 01Paste the full text
Headings, paragraphs and blank lines all survive the paste and shape the pauses. The generator shows the byte count and the exact credit cost before you submit.
STEP 02Choose a narrative voice and a pace
Play the narration sample on a few cards, pick one and set the speed. Around 0.9 times suits audiobooks; 1.0 suits documentaries and explainers.
STEP 03Download one file, plus the subtitles
The finished MP3 and its SRT and VTT files appear in My Speech. Long jobs keep rendering if you close the tab, so come back when it is done.
Free plan, plainly
Free narration, and what a paid plan adds
Long scripts are where credits matter. Here is what each plan gives you.
| Capability | Free | StarterMost Popular | Creator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premium voices Try AI voice over | Not included | 1,600+ expressive voices in 40 languages1 credit per 400 bytes | 1,600+ expressive voices in 40 languages1 credit per 400 bytes |
| Plan and credits | |||
| Price | Free | $6.99 a month, or $69.99 a year | $15.99 a month, or $159.99 a year |
| Credits per month | 5 credits | 100 credits | 300 credits |
| Audio per month | Up to 50 minutes | Up to 1,000 minutes | Up to 3,000 minutes |
| Text per credit, standard voices | 10,000 bytes | 10,000 bytes | 10,000 bytes |
| Text per render | No limit | No limit | No limit |
| Credit packs | Not available | 100 credits for $5 that never expire | 100 credits for $5 that never expire |
| Voices | |||
| Voices | 50+ voices in 9 languages | 50+ voices in 9 languages | 50+ voices in 9 languages |
| Custom voices | Blend any two of 50+ voices | Blend any two of 50+ voices | Blend any two of 50+ voices |
| Blend control | Set the mix in 10% steps | Set the mix in 10% steps | Set the mix in 10% steps |
| Cross-language blends | Included | Included | Included |
| Script editing | |||
| Speed | 0.5x to 2x | 0.5x to 2x | 0.5x to 2x |
| Pauses and slow down | Add pauses up to 5 seconds, slow any phrase | Add pauses up to 5 seconds, slow any phrase | Add pauses up to 5 seconds, slow any phrase |
| Pronunciation | Set how any word is read | Set how any word is read | Set how any word is read |
| Script tidy (AI) | Not available | Included | Included |
| Files and rights | |||
| Subtitles | SRT and VTT | SRT and VTT | SRT and VTT |
| Output format | MP3 | MP3 and WAV | MP3 and WAV |
| Queue | Free queue, no promised time | Skips the free queue | Skips the free queue |
| Renders at once | 1 | Several | Several |
| File retention | 72 hours | 30 days | 30 days |
| Watermark | None | None | None |
| Commercial use | Included | Included | Included |
Minutes per credit are based on standard voices reading English at normal speed.
How credits are counted
Each credit covers 10,000 bytes of text with standard voices and makes up to 10 minutes of audio. With premium voices, each credit covers 400 bytes. Letters in English and most European languages take one byte each, while characters in scripts such as Chinese, Japanese or Hindi take three. Credits are refunded in full if a job fails.
FAQ
Narrator TTS questions, answered
How long a text can I narrate in one job?
There is no fixed cap. One credit makes up to 10 minutes of audio, and a long script goes in as a single submission with one credit per block. The result is one continuous MP3, not a set of pieces.
Which voice is best for audiobook narration?
Start with Maya or the Audiobook narrator blend, an even split with Delaney that we kept after listening. Play the calm narration sample on each card; a voice that sounds even over a paragraph will hold over a book.
How do I add pauses between paragraphs?
Blank lines already produce a pause. For a longer one, insert a pause tag with the seconds you want, from 0.05 to 5. Tidy up script can also place pauses at long, unpunctuated stretches for you.
Can I slow down or emphasize part of the narration?
Yes. The speed slider sets the overall pace from 0.5 to 2 times. A slow tag reads a single phrase at a reduced rate, which is the right tool for a line that needs weight.
Do the subtitles stay in sync on a long narration?
Yes. The SRT and VTT files are built from the same render as the audio, with word-level timing on standard English voices, so the last cue is as accurate as the first.
Can I publish the narration in an audiobook or a video?
Yes, on every plan including the free one. Standard voice output is licensed for commercial use, with no attribution line and no watermark.
How are the files delivered?
Finished jobs land in My Speech with the MP3, SRT and VTT files, ready to download. Paid plans can also download WAV.
Narrate your script in one take
Paste the whole piece, pick a narrative voice and download the audio with subtitles.