Voice settings control how manuscript text is spoken during audio preparation. Start with the project narrator default, then add book or manuscript overrides only when a lower level needs different behavior.
- Open project settings from the Explorer.
- Review the default narrator voice.
- Add optional defaults for internal dialog or spoken dialog if the manuscript uses them.
- Use manuscript voice overrides only when that manuscript needs a different narrator or language-specific speaker.
- Save and listen to a short preview before applying the configuration to a longer section.
Provider-specific options depend on the live narration capabilities available to the project.
Open Project Settings immediately above Project library in the Explorer. It starts collapsed. Choose General, Typography, Headings & contents, or Voices to edit in the main workspace. Switching sections keeps your drafts and scroll position. Save changes saves all changed sections and keeps the page open. In nested editors, Apply changes adds edits to the project draft; save the project afterward. Leaving with unsaved edits offers keep or discard. Book and manuscript settings remain in their own dialogs; they can override inherited project defaults where supported. Provider secrets are never retained after leaving the project settings session.
Provider keys appears only for users approved to use their own provider keys (BYOK). Silence at the edges of synthesized speech is trimmed automatically; there is no toggle. Authored pauses and heading/block timing are unchanged.
General contains only the project chat toggle. Put project background and author guidance in Project library > Reference and Guidance, not a description field. Existing description metadata is preserved; saving settings neither migrates it nor overwrites the reference document.
Choose Listen for snippets, selected blocks, voices, pronunciations, and effects. In Listen to selection: Audio starts automatically when it is ready. Use Stop to end playback. If your browser blocks automatic playback, choose Play to start it manually. You can also download the prepared audio. Check a short selection before publishing the entire manuscript.
Publish manuscript prepares files for the entire manuscript, even when you select only audio. Choose the output formats, then Publish. Publication ready means the files are ready to download, not that your work has been distributed publicly.
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Uses this account's included narration minutes.
The owner of the connected provider account pays provider charges. These are not included in your BadgerLeaf allowance.