Onboarding scripts
Account setup, first-run tours, and new-hire walkthroughs, the use our note names.
Dean, the American male voice we assign to onboarding instructions
Dean's record on the published list is D: C-quality audio, 10 to 100 minutes of it, the same as Miles, Caleb, and Marcus. Our note gives him onboarding instructions. No recipe we kept includes him, so the pairings below are ones to try.
English (US)MaleDWord-level captionsStandard voice
Hear it
Three samples, three registers
- Listen for whether an instructions voice stays steady on description.
- Listen for how he handles a line written to excite.
- Listen for whether the register loosens outside instructions.
On the record
A D grade, an onboarding note
Four American male voices grade D and Walter D-, all with C-quality audio measured in minutes; Dean is one of the four. The three graded C+ each have an hour or more of B-quality audio.
Our note points him at onboarding, the first-day script that walks a new user or employee through setup. That is procedural writing: short steps, plain verbs, room for a pause.
Length the engine likes. The published guidance puts the sweet spot at roughly 100 to 200 tokens, a few sentences; very short lines are the weak spot and very long ones can rush.
Where we would use it
Onboarding flows and first-run instructions
Longer setup guides
Multi-section guides render as one file with one subtitle track.
A male instruction voice in blends
Untested as a second voice; the widget lets you hear him under any primary.
Blends
Second voices to try under an instructions read
None of these is a recipe we kept. Dean keeps the pronunciation; the second voice lends timbre.
NoraEnglish (US)
With Nora
Nora is our lesson-opener pick, graded C+; listen for a clearer onboarding read with her share high.
60% Nora
GrantEnglish (US)
With Grant
Grant is our neutral American male at C+; listen for whether two male voices read a setup guide more steadily.
50% Grant
DelaneyEnglish (US)
With Delaney
Our note on Delaney is low and throaty; listen for whether half of her warms a checklist.
50% Delaney
MayaEnglish (US)
With Maya
Maya is warm and even by our note; listen for whether 60 percent of her lifts a D-graded voice.
60% Maya
Blend Dean with any second voice
A fixed sample at this mix, rendered once and cached. No credits used.
Every blend works the same way: the first voice sets the pronunciation and pacing, the second voice lends only its timbre, and you choose the ratio between 10 and 90 percent. See the three steps on the voice library page
At a glance
Dean on the published list
| Language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Voice | Male |
| Overall grade | D |
| Target quality | C |
| Training audio | 10 to 100 minutes |
| Captions | Word-level captions |
| Cost | 1 credit per job, room for 10,000 characters |
| Formats | MP3 free, WAV on paid plans |
| Commercial use | Included on every plan |
| Preview | Free, no sign-up |
Grade, target quality, and training audio come from the engine's published voice list and estimate training data, not how a voice sounds.
FAQ
Questions about Dean
What does Dean's D grade measure?
Training data, per the published list: C-quality audio and 10 to 100 minutes of it. It does not rate how he reads your script.
How do I space out onboarding steps?
One step per line, with a pause tag of half a second to a second where the user has to act. Tidy up script can place pauses too.
Can I fix how Dean says a product name?
Yes. Wrap it in the Pronounce as tag and type how it should sound; the written name stays in the subtitles.
Can an onboarding video use Dean commercially?
Yes. Standard voice output is licensed for commercial use on every plan, with no watermark.
Similar voices
Other English (US) voices to compare
Generate with Dean
Paste a script, keep Dean or blend a second voice, and download the MP3 with subtitles.