Story excerpts
Short fiction, picture-book text and chapter openings, the use our note names. One sentence per line gives one caption per line.
Yukiko, a Japanese voice for story excerpts
Yukiko is the Japanese voice our note gives story excerpts: short fiction, picture-book text and chapter openings. Play the three samples to hear how she carries narration with dialogue and description in it.
JapaneseFemaleSynced captionsStandard voice
Hear it
Three samples, three registers
- Listen for the pacing over the long clause, the shape a story sentence needs.
- Listen for how a story voice carries a hook.
- Listen for the two sentences and the pause between them, where a story voice would breathe.
About this voice
Assigned to stories, ready for blends
Our note gives her story excerpts because stories mix narration, dialogue and description. One sentence per line gives each caption its own cue. The three samples let you hear how she carries a long clause, a hook and a letter.
She also sits behind a recipe we kept, Mandarin with a Japanese tone: Ruoxi reads the Mandarin and Yukiko at 90 percent supplies the timbre. It is the clearest demonstration that a second voice changes the sound and not the words.
Length the engine likes. The published guidance puts the sweet spot at roughly 100 to 200 tokens, a few sentences per line.
Where we would use it
Stories, excerpts and audiobook samples
Audiobook samples
A page read aloud to judge a longer project. The speed slider goes down to half speed with the pitch unchanged.
A Japanese timbre for other languages
Mandarin with a Japanese tone is the recipe we kept with her behind Ruoxi. The same move works from any primary.
Blends
Behind Ruoxi in one kept recipe, in front for the rest
Yukiko's kept recipe puts her second. The cards below put her first; each is a pairing to try, with Yukiko reading every character.
RuoxiChinese
With Ruoxi
Reverse of the kept recipe: Yukiko in front, Ruoxi behind; the kept version runs the other way.
50% Ruoxi
SakuraJapanese
With Sakura
A pairing to try, two Japanese voices; Sakura has a note for clean readings of kanji and kana.
50% Sakura
DelaneyEnglish (US)
With Delaney
A pairing to try. Delaney supplies the husky edge in both kept Japanese recipes; listen for it under a story.
60% Delaney
RosalindEnglish (UK)
With Rosalind
A pairing to try. Rosalind is our British book-excerpt voice; listen for a book timbre on Japanese narration.
50% Rosalind
Recipes we kept with Yukiko
Mandarin, Japanese tone
Mandarin pronunciation with a Japanese timbre.
Ruoxi 10% + Yukiko 90%
Blend Yukiko with any second voice
A fixed sample at this mix, rendered once and cached. No credits used.
A cross-language blend: Yukiko keeps the pronunciation, the second voice only lends its timbre.
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
Yukiko in short
| Language | Japanese |
|---|---|
| Voice | Female |
| Captions | Synced captions |
| Cost | Up to 10 minutes of audio per credit |
| Formats | MP3, plus WAV on paid plans |
| Commercial use | Included on every plan |
| Preview | Free, no sign-up |
FAQ
Questions about Yukiko
What kind of script suits Yukiko?
Story excerpts, by our note: narration and dialogue together. Play the three samples above to hear a long clause, a hook and a personal letter.
Can Yukiko read a whole chapter in one job?
Yes. Nothing caps the length. One credit makes up to 10 minutes of audio. A longer chapter simply uses more credits, and the cost is shown first.
How are homographs handled in a story?
For a rarer reading, wrap the word in the Pronounce as tag with the kana. Paid plans include Tidy up script, which can add the tag for you.
Is Yukiko free for a published audiobook?
Standard voice output carries commercial rights on every plan, with no watermark and no attribution line.
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Generate with Yukiko
Paste a script, keep Yukiko or blend a second voice, and download the MP3 with subtitles.