How to Use TikTok's Text-to-Speech Feature
TikTok's text-to-speech feature reads on-screen text aloud in a video, and you can add it in a few taps from the text editing screen.
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AI summaryTikTok's text-to-speech feature reads on-screen video text aloud for visually impaired users.
You add it by selecting text in a video and choosing a voice to read it aloud.
Users can add text-to-speech by following a few steps directly in the TikTok app.
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TikTok's text-to-speech feature is an accessibility feature that lets you add audio to your video's on-screen text. Once added to your videos, text-to-speech automatically reads selected lines of text from your video out loud. For TikTok users who are visually impaired, the text-to-speech feature means they can watch these videos without missing what the on-screen text says. When reading the text isn't possible or is difficult, text-to-speech lets people hear it instead. If you want to add text-to-speech to your own TikTok videos, we can show you how. Keep reading to learn how to use text-to-speech on TikTok in just a few minutes.
How Do I Use TikTok's Text-to-Speech Feature?
Adding text-to-speech to a TikTok video isn't as complicated as it sounds, and it only takes a few minutes. You'll need to use the TikTok mobile app to follow these steps. Here's how to do it:
- Open the TikTok mobile app and tap the Plus icon at the bottom of your screen.
- On the next screen, you're given the option to record a video using the TikTok app or upload an existing video. Choose one of the options and move on to step 3.
- At this point you should be looking at the video's editing screen. This screen has many editing options to choose from (these are the white icons on the right side of your screen). From these options, select the Text icon in the top-right corner of your screen.
- On the next screen, type the text you want to add to your TikTok video and choose your text formatting options.
- Select the lines of text you want read aloud, then select the text-to-speech icon, which looks like the outline of a person's head with sound waves coming from it.
- In the text-to-speech window, choose the voice type you want to read your text aloud by picking a voice and then tapping the circle next to "Apply [voice name] to the text below." Then select Done in the top-right corner.
- Go back to the text entry screen, and tap Done again in the top-right corner.
Then select Next to finish publishing your TikTok video.
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How Do I Use TikTok's Text-to-Speech Feature?
Adding text-to-speech to a TikTok video isn't as complicated as it sounds, and it only takes a few minutes. You'll need to use the TikTok mobile app to follow these steps. Here's how to do it: Then select Next to finish publishing your TikTok video. How to Reset a Fitbit Versa • Everything You Need to Know About YouTube TV • Charging Laptops with USB-C! • Finding Contacts in Your Instagram Address Book, 2022 • How to Create Folders in Gmail • The Best Console Emulators, 2022
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