How to add a voice-over to a stats video

Two ways to add a voice

Adding a voice needs an account. You can have an AI voice read your script, or record your own. Without a voice, your reel plays with music and sound effects, which is also a fine reel.

Write the script first

The script has an opening line, a main part and a closing line. Leave any of them empty and the maker writes it from your rows. If you write your own main part, aim for 30 to 45 words and finish on the big number, written in digits, because the chart's big moment is timed to that word.

Put a number in the first six words of the hook. See how to write the script.

The chart follows the voice

Once a voice is made, the chart is timed to it, so each number lands as it is said. If you change the words afterwards, the voice-over is set aside until you make it again. Press “Play the reel with this voice” to hear it with the chart before you export.

AI voice and what it uses

Press Make the AI voice-over and a natural voice reads your script. It is counted in characters, and a typical reel's script is about 500. A free account includes about 4 reels' worth of AI voice a month and Pro about 120. The Voice step shows how many characters your script uses and how many you have left. See pricing.

Record your own voice

Use a quiet room, keep the microphone close and read at your normal pace. You can also upload one recording of the whole script. Your own voice works for reels in English for now, and your recordings are used for the sync and are not kept.

If the microphone won't start, the guide's Voice section has steps for Mac, iPhone, Android and Windows.

1. Choose My own voice in the Voice step.
2. Press Record beside each part and read it exactly as written. The moving bar shows the microphone can hear you.
3. Listen back and record any part again.
4. Press Sync my voice to the reel. If a part doesn't match its script closely enough, the maker tells you which one to record again.