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Make a voiceover from a video or subtitles

Use timed text to generate a spoken track, then export audio or a video with your chosen soundtrack and captions.

Updated 13 October 2026 · Pandrator 0.12.0

Screenshots show the running app. Some come from the development build; newer controls are noted at the relevant step.

  1. Create a voiceover project

    Choose Create a voiceover. Upload a recording or an SRT. If you want a finished video, keep the video as the primary source. Choose Advanced to review text, voices and output options.

  2. Prepare the written text

    Transcribe if needed, correct the source captions and translate them if you are changing languages. Review the target-language wording before speech preparation. The Odra example uses English narration with a Polish video.

    Translation settings with source and target languages, instructions, glossary and context
    An unsaved example of the translation controls. Correction has its own settings.
  3. Prepare the speech plan and voices

    Prepare speech from the selected caption version. In Voice & audio choose the model and voice. Use One narrator for a single voice or Multiple voices to bind different source speakers to voices.

    Qwen3 Base voice settings in the original narration project
    Service, model, voice and language are separate choices. Model controls vary.
  4. Generate and check timing

    Generate a short section, then play it against the source. If a line is too long for its time slot, first consider shorter wording, a different take or timing settings. Inspect any overflow rather than assuming the export can fit every sentence.

    Generated narration with its speech text and completed take
    Check the speech text and the selected take before assembly.
  5. Assemble and choose the soundtrack

    Assemble the selected takes. In Output choose original audio, mixed audio or dubbing only, and select source, translated or dual captions. Review the source volume and ducking for a mix. Export and download the completed file.

    Voiceover export with generation-run, caption and audio-mix choices
    The selected audio version, written captions and soundtrack mix are separate export choices.

Check the result

  • Listen with the original soundtrack present and check that the voice is intelligible.
  • Check speaker changes and the end of the video.
  • In published 0.12.0, captions use the text saved with the selected audio run. The development build pictured adds a Subtitle text selector for current or historical wording.