Promo hooks
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Tessa, a two-voice blend built for short promotional hooks
Tessa is a house recipe fixed as one voice: two parts Sienna, our A- hook voice, to one part Piper, our short-promo pick. Our note gives her short promotional hooks. As a finished blend she takes no second voice; the balance can only be changed by starting from the ingredients in the generator.
English (US)FemaleNot gradedWord-level captionsHouse blend
Hear it
Three samples, three registers
- A calm line is outside her noted use; listen for whether a promo blend holds it.
- The hook is her noted use; listen for the opening word and the numbers.
- Listen for whether the energy fits a story.
On the record
Tessa's two ingredients
Sienna supplies two thirds and the pronunciation: an A- on the published list, target quality A, 10 to 100 hours of training audio, and a note that says brighter than Maya. Piper supplies one third: a C- with under ten minutes of audio, noted for short promos.
No grade applies to a blend, so Tessa has none. We kept the recipe because we liked a hook voice that leaned on Sienna's data while borrowing something from Piper.
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
Promo hooks and short spots
Short ads
Offers and launches in a few sentences, with a pause tag before the offer.
Start from the ingredients
For a different balance, lead with Sienna in the generator and set Piper's share on the slider.
Blends
The Tessa recipe, two to one
Tessa is fixed at two parts to one. Lead with Sienna in the generator and set Piper's share to about 30 percent to approximate it, then adjust by ear.
SiennaEnglish (US)
Two parts Sienna
The larger share sets the pronunciation and pace. Sienna grades A- with target quality A; our note calls her brighter than Maya, good for hooks.
2 parts
PiperEnglish (US)
One part Piper
The smaller share adds Piper's timbre. Piper grades C- with under ten minutes of audio; our note says short promotional scripts.
1 part
Tessa is a finished house blend and cannot take a second voice. Start from one of the single voices instead.
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
Tessa on the published list
| Language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Voice | Female |
| Overall grade | Not graded |
| Target quality | Not published |
| Training audio | Not published |
| 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 Tessa
Tessa or Sienna for a hook?
Tessa is two thirds Sienna already. If you want Sienna's read with nothing added, choose Sienna; if you want the recipe we kept, choose Tessa.
Why can't I add a second voice to Tessa?
She is already a blend. Lead with Sienna in the generator and add Piper at about 30 percent to recreate and then adjust her.
Does Tessa have a quality grade?
No. The published list grades single voices. Her ingredients grade A- and C-; the blend is our recipe.
Will captions keep up with a Tessa hook?
Yes. Sienna, the primary, reports word timing, so the SRT cues land on the spoken word.
Similar voices
Other English (US) voices to compare
Generate with Tessa
Paste a script, keep Tessa or blend a second voice, and download the MP3 with subtitles.