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Custom voices
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is the difference between voice cloning and voice design?
A: Cloning copies a real person's voice from a 10–30 second recording plus a consent statement read by that same person. Design creates a brand-new voice from a written description of 20–1,500 characters — no recording needed.
Q: Which plan do I need for custom voices?
A: Basic or higher. Basic and Pro include 3 slots, Premium and Studio include 5. Each cloned or designed voice takes one slot.
Q: Where is voice cloning unavailable?
A: Gemini does not yet offer voice cloning in the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland, Illinois or Texas. Voice design is not affected.
Q: Which tools can use my custom voices?
A: Text to Speech, Multi-Speaker, SRT to Audio, AI Dubbing, and PDF to Speech (through Text to Speech). Your voices appear under “My voices”.
Q: Do you keep my recordings?
A: No. The raw recordings are used to create the voice and are not stored. The finished voice is kept by Gemini for up to a year, and you can delete it whenever you like.
Tools
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How many stock voices are there?
A: More than 1,900 from Google, Microsoft Azure, Gemini and OpenAI. The voice library shows the current count, read straight from the data.
Q: What does SRT to Audio accept?
A: A .srt file up to 2 MB. You can also paste subtitles or turn plain text into an SRT. You get an MP3 timed to each line, plus the edited or translated SRT.
Q: Does VocaTTS transcribe video?
A: No. AI Dubbing starts from an SRT file you already have, then translates it, assigns a voice to each speaker and produces timed audio.
Q: I only need a quick free conversion. Is there something simpler?
A: VocaTTS is built around custom voices and production work. For quick, free text to speech, TTSForFree (ttsforfree.com) is the simpler option.
Credits and payments
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can I try it for free?
A: Yes. Guests and free accounts get a small credit allowance to try the stock voices. Custom voices need a paid plan.
Q: Which payment methods are accepted?
A: You can pay with a credit or debit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex and others) or a PayPal account. Card payments are processed by PayPal, and you do not need a PayPal account to use them. Customers with a Vietnamese bank can also pay through SePay by VietQR or bank transfer, at the plan's VND price. Plans are paid once and do not renew automatically.
Q: Do plans renew automatically?
A: No. Every plan is a single payment. When it ends, you decide whether to buy again.
Q: Why do some voices cost more credits?
A: Gemini, OpenAI and Chirp voices — including cloned and designed voices — cost more per character than standard neural voices. The credit rate is shown next to each voice.
Rights and privacy
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can I use the audio commercially?
A: On a paid plan you may use the audio you generate in commercial projects. For cloned voices you must have the right to use that person's voice.
Q: Is my data used to train AI models?
A: On paid plans, no. For guests and free accounts, data may be used to improve service quality.
Q: Can I clone a celebrity's voice?
A: No. You may clone only your own voice or the voice of someone who has explicitly agreed and recorded the consent statement themselves.
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