Voice
Voice-over
A voice-over is narration laid over picture rather than spoken on camera. It carries the argument of an explainer, an ad or a documentary while the footage illustrates it.
Because it is recorded separately, it is the part of a video most easily revised — a script change is a re-record, not a reshoot. That makes it the natural place to iterate.
Writing for it is its own craft: short sentences, one idea per breath, and punctuation that tells the reader where to pause.
On eroq
The voice studio renders an MP3 from your script on Voice One (3 credits per 100 characters) or Voice Turbo (2), in a roster voice or one you have cloned. There is no timeline here, so the narration is laid under the picture in your own editor.
Questions
What does a minute of narration cost?
A minute of speech is roughly 900 characters, so about 27 credits on Voice One and 18 on Voice Turbo. You are billed on the text you send, not on the audio length.
Can I direct the performance?
Through punctuation and the speed and expressiveness controls. Commas, ellipses and line breaks are the direction language — there is no SSML to write.
Can the voice-over sync to the video automatically?
No. eroq returns an audio file and a video file separately; aligning them is an edit you make in your own tool.
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