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The VocalLab Blog
Tutorials, tips, and insights for TikTok & YouTube creators using AI voice tools.
Tools7 min read
VocalLab API and MCP Server Are Now Live
VocalLab's API and MCP server work on every plan, Free included: generate speech from your own code or connect an AI assistant directly.
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Audiobooks9 min read
Upload a Book, Get a Cast: Automatic Audiobook Casting
Upload a manuscript and every line gets assigned to a character automatically. What the new audiobook casting pass does, and does not do, explained.
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Tools6 min read
Speech to Text Is Live: Transcripts, Not Captions
VocalLab's speech to text is live: upload audio or video and get a plain transcript and duration back — no captions, timestamps, or speaker labels.
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Tools8 min read
A Free Text-to-Speech API for Bulk Voiceovers
The VocalLab API costs nothing on any plan; you pay only in points. A working CSV-to-MP3-and-SRT script, plus the points math for a run of 1,000 files.
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AI Voice8 min read
Make an AI Voice Whisper, Laugh or Pause
Direct the Studio model with bracket directions, six non-verbal tags and break tags: what whispers, laughs and pauses, and what gets read aloud or fails.
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Tools8 min read
Text to Speech in Claude with an MCP Server
Add VocalLab's text to speech MCP server to Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor. Setup steps, all 12 tools, prompts that work and what a call costs.
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Audiobooks8 min read
Where to Sell an AI-Narrated Audiobook
As of October 2026, which stores take your own AI-narrated audiobook and which don't: ACX, Google Play Books, Spotify, Kobo, Apple and direct sales.
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Dubbing8 min read
Dubbing Your Channel in Your Own Voice
Use a clone of your own voice to dub videos into other languages. Compare a separate channel with a multi-language audio track, and dubs with subtitles.
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Podcasting7 min read
Podcast Loudness for AI Voice Audio
Podcast loudness targets for AI voice audio: Apple's -16 LUFS and -1 dB true peak, how to measure with ffmpeg, and how to match AI and recorded segments.
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Audiobooks8 min read
M4B vs MP3 for Audiobooks: Which to Export
Export M4B for listeners and chapter files for stores. Compare chapters, bookmarks, file size and what four big stores list in October 2026.
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Dubbing8 min read
Dubbing One Video into Five Languages with AI
How to dub a video into multiple languages: the workflow from upload to MP4 and SRT, how to choose five languages, and where a human must still check.
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YouTube8 min read
AI Voices for History and Finance Channels
How to pick an AI voice for a history or finance YouTube channel: authority versus clarity, pacing for numbers, three voices to audition, one voice.
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Education7 min read
Acronyms, Code and Jargon in AI Narration
Make AI narration read acronyms, version numbers, code and units correctly. Respelling, spacing and rewrite rules, with before and after examples.
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Voice Cloning8 min read
What a Voice Clone Can't Do (Yet)
A 30-second sample teaches a clone how you talk, not everything you can do. Singing, shouting, pitch, accents and consent, with workarounds that work.
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YouTube8 min read
Documentary Narration That Doesn't Sound Read
Script edits that make AI documentary narration sound told, not read: sentence length, numbers and dates, pauses, directions and Delivery settings.
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Podcasting7 min read
Turn a Blog Post into a Two-Host Podcast
Turn a blog post into a two-host AI podcast: two ways to start, editing the dialogue so it sounds live, voice picks and the cost in points.
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Voice Cloning8 min read
Your Cloned Voice in Other Languages
How to clone your voice in other languages: set the language per clone, bring your own translated script, expect some accent, and when to dub instead.
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Education8 min read
Narrating a Course Module with AI
Narrate a 10-slide course module with AI: one script per slide, one voice for the whole course, MP3 per slide, and the real points cost of about 380.
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Audiobooks8 min read
How to Choose an AI Narrator for Your Book
Pick an AI narrator by audition, not description. Match pace, warmth, age and accent to your genre, test on your own page, and keep the cast clear.
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Voice Cloning9 min read
Phone, USB or Headset Mic for Voice Cloning
Your room matters more than your mic. What changes a voice clone's quality, what doesn't, and a recording checklist for the 15 to 30 second sample.
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YouTube8 min read
A 30-Day Voice Budget for a Daily Shorts Channel
How many points a 45 to 60 second Short costs, what 30 or 60 Shorts a month adds up to with retakes, and which VocalLab plan covers it. Worked math.
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Audiobooks9 min read
EPUB, PDF or DOCX: Best File for an Audiobook
Of 10 import formats, EPUB gives the cleanest chapter split. See how DOCX headings and text-layer PDFs compare, and how to prep each file before narration.
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Voice Cloning8 min read
Designed or Cloned Voice for a Faceless Channel?
Voice design or voice cloning for a faceless channel: which to choose, how each holds up over hundreds of videos, who owns the consent, and what it costs.
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Audiobooks7 min read
What It Costs to Narrate a Novel with AI
A 90,000-word novel is 31,765 points in the app. See the arithmetic, what Lite, Pro, Max and top-ups cost in dollars, and when a human narrator wins.
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