Adding a human voice to TikTok videos (or any vertical video) can produce incredible results. You can instantly humanize your videos and take things a step further than simply using a trending sound or generic music clip. The human voice adds so much context to your videos. TikTok has had the option to include automated voices for quite some time. Unfortunately, most of the in-app voices tend to be pretty generic, overly used by others, and quite off-putting in most cases.
You could just record your own voiceovers in real-time, but recording flawless voiceovers can be a real challenge and time suck. So how can we have a unique voice and save time?
Just like everything else, AI is changing the game a bit with voice cloning. There are quite a few services out there like Speechify that offer voice clones, but good ones typically cost some money and are only available off-platform from whatever network we’re using. That can make things kind of cumbersome when it comes to content development. Similarly, CapCut offers a similar tool, but again, it’s off-platform. TikTok may be on the road to streamlining the whole voice clone process with their new option under their voiceover options. TikTok is adding custom AI voice generation so you can now create your own AI voice clone voice!
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You’ll want to watch for this feature in your app. It’s currently rolling out to users. Personally, I am excited about this new tool, but I do hope that they add the option to copy and paste blocks of text that isn’t on the screen in the video. Imagine being able to copy portions of blog posts to use as the narration track in your videos! The possibilities would be endless! It’s just a matter of time.
New tools always come with some concerns. One thing to be mindful of is the terms of service. It’s a bit unclear as to whether or not your voice clone could be used by others. If so, that would open up a whole can of worms. At the end of the day, our voiceprints are already quite readily available in the wild as it is. So does it really matter at this point? I am on the fence.
Will you give the new TikTok AI voice clone a shot? Let us know!
