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How to pick perfect voice for your project?

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Written by Gerard Smith
Updated over 2 months ago

The right voice can completely change how your project feels. Follow this step by step guide to pick a narrator and use prompts effectively with EnBee V1 and EnBee V2.

Step 1: Decide what you want the voice to feel like

Before you open the narrator picker, ask:

  • Who is listening? (students, customers, kids, busy professionals)

  • What is the goal? (teach, sell, explain, inspire)

  • What should it feel like? (calm, excited, serious, friendly, dramatic)

Keep this in mind while choosing a voice.


Step 2: Open the narrator picker

  1. Log in and open your project.

  2. Click the Narrator icon in the editor.

  3. The narrator picker will open with four tabs:

    • EnBee V1

    • EnBee 2 (state of the art)

    • Favourites

    • Cloned voices


Step 3: Choose between EnBee V1 and EnBee 2

EnBee V1

  • Great for straightforward narration.

  • Good clarity and fast generation.

  • Best when you want simple, clean delivery without extra styling.

EnBee 2

  • More natural and expressive.

  • Better at emotion, pauses and conversational tone.

  • Ideal for product videos, YouTube, courses, sales scripts and storytelling.

Click a few voices in each tab, hit preview and compare them with 1 or 2 lines of your script.


Step 4: Using prompts and square brackets in EnBee 2

EnBee 2 responds better to style instructions and prompts. You can guide the voice with natural language and square bracket cues.

You can do it like this:

  1. Add a style prompt at the top of your text block
    For example:

    • Tone: Friendly, confident, like explaining to a smart friend.

    • Tone: Calm, slow, like a meditation guide.

  2. Use square brackets for simple directions inside the script
    Examples you can use:

    • [pause] or [pause 1s] to let the voice breathe.

    • [slower] before a sentence that should be spoken more slowly.

    • [smile] or [more excited] before an important line.

    • [serious] before a warning or important disclaimer.

    Example script:

    Tone: Friendly, clear, slightly upbeat.
    ​Welcome to Narration Box. [pause] In this quick tour, I will show you how to turn your script into a studio quality voiceover in a few clicks.
    ​[slower] First, create a new project. [pause] Then pick a voice that matches your brand.

  3. Keep prompts short and simple

    • Use plain English.

    • Do not overstuff every sentence with brackets.

    • Use them only where you truly need a change in tone, pace or emphasis.

  4. Generate speech and listen

    • Click Generate Speech.

    • Listen and check if the prompts are giving you the feeling you want.

    • If it sounds too fast or too flat, tweak your prompts and regenerate.


Step 5: Writing for EnBee V1 (normal AI narrator)

EnBee V1 works best when the script is clean and simple, without too many extra instructions.

To get the best results with V1:

  1. Avoid square bracket prompts inside the text

    • For V1, keep the script mostly free from [tone], [pause], [excited] and so on.

    • Instead, control pacing with punctuation and sentence length.

  2. Use punctuation to guide the delivery

    • Full stops for clear breaks.

    • Commas for small pauses.

    • Line breaks between ideas or sections.

    Example:

    Welcome to Narration Box. Today, we will create your first AI generated voiceover. First, create a new project. Then, select a narrator and paste your script.

  3. Split long text into smaller blocks

    • If a paragraph is very long, break it into 2 or 3 blocks.

    • Generate per block for more control over pacing.

  4. Generate speech and adjust the script

    • Click Generate Speech.

    • If it feels rushed, shorten sentences.

    • If it feels choppy, combine short sentences into slightly longer ones.

Step 6: Save favourites and cloned voices

  1. If you love a voice, click the heart icon to save it to Favourites.

  2. If you have cloned voices, you will see them under the Cloned voices tab.

    • Use cloned voices for personal brands, founders, teachers or creators who want their own voice.

Using the same voice across projects helps your brand sound consistent.

Step 7: Final check before export

  1. Play the full audio from start to finish.

  2. Check:

    • Is the tone right for your audience?

    • Are key lines clear and well paced?

    • Are any parts too fast, too flat or too dramatic?

  3. If needed:

    • In EnBee 2, adjust prompts and brackets.

    • In EnBee V1, tweak punctuation and sentence structure.

Then click Export and choose your preferred format
WAV for maximum quality, MP3 for lighter files.

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