You need to have a microphone to record a voice.
If you will use experimental features, you need an Internet connection. If you use Desktop, you must be online.
Sections & Passages tab, Audio column - Click .
In this case, you can load and edit an existing audio file. Alternatively, you can record a new one.
Do these steps in the dialog box:
Type or paste the name of the speaker in the Speaker box. Provide rights if necessary.
Click the Name box and then type or edit the name for the audio file.
Select () Compressed for a compressed (*.ogg) file, or clear (
) it for an uncompressed (*.wav) file.
If the Audio Project Type control is shown, select () a type.
If the Book control is shown, click it and then click a book.
If the Language control is shown, click it and then use the Choose Language Details dialog box.
If the Spell Check control is shown, select () it if you want to enable spell checking for the language you chose.
Click (Record) or press the keyboard shortcut (F9 or Ctrl + 9) and speak into your microphone.
Click (Pause) or press the keyboard shortcut (F9 or Ctrl + 9) when you are finished or want to pause recording for a moment.
Click (Play) or press the keyboard shortcut (F1 or Ctrl + Space) to listen to your recording for quality and usability.
If Reduce NoiseAI is selected in the Team Settings dialog box, or the Personal Settings dialog box, click (Reduce NoiseAI) to use this experimental feature. If you do not need to reduce the noise for the entire audio file, select the portion that is too noisy before you click Reduce NoiseAI.
If Convert VoiceAI is selected in the Team Settings dialog box, or the Personal Settings dialog box, click (Convert Voice <speaker>AI) to use this experimental feature. See
Note below.
Do either of these steps if necessary:
Select a portion of the audio waveform that you do not want to keep, and then click (Delete Region).
Click (Undo) to undo the deletion.
Click (Delete Entire Recording) if you want to start over.
Click Load Latest File if the audio file is not already in the dialog box.
Edit your audio file in any of these ways:
If Reduce NoiseAI is selected in the Team Settings dialog box, or the Personal Settings dialog box, click (Reduce NoiseAI) to use this experimental feature.
If Convert VoiceAI is selected in the Team Settings dialog box, or the Personal Settings dialog box, click (Convert Voice <speaker>AI) to use this experimental feature. See
Note below.
If you see a long moment of silence or another region you want to remove, select that region in the waveform, and then click (Delete Region).
Click (Undo) to undo the deletion.
If you want to insert or overwrite a region of new audio, do these steps:
Click the point in the waveform where you want to start recording.
Record new audio and stop immediately to avoid overwriting content you want with silence.
If you want to add a region of silence, do these steps:
Click the area in the waveform where you want the silence to begin.
Type a duration in seconds in the Seconds control.
Click (Silence).
(Convert Voice <speaker>AI) is available before you save a new audio recording.
In this case, the recorded Provide Rights voice sample must be already available. You can choose a name, but not record a new sample at this time.