Create a clear voiceover

Produce spoken audio for a video, podcast introduction, or advertisement using licensed voices. This course is in development.

Original course title & technical overview

AI Voiceover and Audio. Explainer voiceovers, podcast intros, ad reads and course narration with a licensed synthetic voice: script for the ear, direct the performance with pacing and emphasis, master to broadcast levels, and deliver files that drop straight into the edit.

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2026 EDITION

What you can offer

Produce spoken audio for a video, podcast introduction, or advertisement using licensed voices. This course is in development.

Detailed deliverables

Voiceover audio from a script or notes: a scripted and timed read, a voice chosen to the brief (or a licensed clone of the client’s own voice with consent), directed delivery with correct pronunciations, music and sound design where asked, mastered to the platform’s loudness standard, delivered as WAV and MP3 with a timestamped script.

Example service prices

$25 for a 60-second read (script included), $60 for a 3-minute explainer with music bed, $150 for a 10-minute course module narration, $40 per podcast intro/outro set. Per-finished-minute pricing ($15–$30) for long courses.

Planning estimate, not a promise

Finding clients takes time. There is no guaranteed timeline or income.

Tools (free plans have limits): ElevenLabs (free tier for testing; Starter plan for commercial use) or a comparable licensed TTS, Audacity (free) for editing and mastering, or Descript, Free licensed music: Pixabay, YouTube Audio Library; paid: Artlist, Epidemic, A loudness meter (Audacity’s Loudness Normalization, or Youlean free), Claude or ChatGPT for scripting

You will make

A script rewritten for the ear, timed to length, with pronunciation and emphasis notes
A voice brief and a chosen licensed voice (or a consented clone), with three test reads
A directed read with pacing, pauses and emphasis controlled
A mastered file at the right loudness with music bed and sound design where asked
A delivery pack: WAV, MP3, timestamped script, license note

Inside this course

4 lessons · 4 AI instruction templates · 4 worked examples · 3 exam versions · final practice project

Lesson 1 is open as a free preview, ready-to-use AI instructions included. Sign up free to unlock the rest and try AI instructions in the practice area.

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What you will learn · 2 min
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Set up your tools · 10 min
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Write for the ear · 35 min
Short sentences, one idea each, contractions, the number of words per minute, pauses marked, and pronunciations spelled out. The script is 70% of the result.
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Choose a voice and respect the license · 35 min
The voice brief, auditioning three voices with the same 20 seconds, cloning only with written consent, commercial licensing, and disclosure.
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Direct the read · 45 min
Generate by paragraph, control pacing with punctuation and breaks, fix emphasis and pronunciation, regenerate only the bad lines, and assemble takes like an editor.
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Music, mastering and delivery · 35 min
Noise and breath cleanup, a music bed ducked under the voice, loudness targets per platform, exports, the timestamped script, and the retainer for course creators.
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Certification exam · 20 min
10 questions · 80% to pass · three versions, a retake is never the same test.
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Final project: A course explainer and intro set for Nora Vance Coaching · 75 min
A course explainer and intro set for Nora Vance Coaching: graded on 5 criteria, pass at 15/20.
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Check your work · 15 min
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Feedback and certificate · 5 min
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Publish your service · 20 min
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Final practice project: A course explainer and intro set for Nora Vance Coaching

A practice assignment from Nora Vance Coaching (Online strength and nutrition coaching for women over 40). You will see the scoring guide (rubric) before you start.

What we check	What earns the full 4 points
Brief followed	Explainer within 5 seconds of 90 s, intro/outro set, no cloning, Nora’s offers and URL spoken correctly; all deliverables
Script craft	Short sentences, one idea each, contractions, marked pauses and emphasis, pronunciations; reads aloud cleanly
Voice and licensing	Fair three-voice audition, settings recorded, commercial license documented, music licensed, disclosure present
Direction and quality	No synthetic-sounding or misread lines remain; consistent voice and settings; natural pacing and gaps
Mastering and delivery	Loudness and peak on target, music ducked properly, correct formats and names, timestamped script usable by an editor

Honest expectations. Voice licensing is the whole business risk: use voices whose license allows commercial use, never clone a person without written consent, and disclose synthetic voice where the platform or law requires. The craft is in the script (written for the ear) and the direction (pacing, emphasis, pauses); a great voice reading a wall of text still sounds like a robot.