How to use text-to-speech on TikTok
TikTok's text-to-speech feature allows creators to put text over their videos and have a Siri-like voice read it out loud.
It's a helpful way to annotate your videos to help describe what's happening, add context, or to serve whatever purpose you see fit. There's also no rule saying you can't use it just to make the text-to-speech voice say silly things.
Here's how you can easily add text-to-speech to your TikTok videos.
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1. Open the TikTok app.
2. Tap the "create" button at the bottom, as if you're making a new video.
3. Record your video, and hit the red checkmark when you're done.
4. At the bottom of the next screen, tap "Text."
5. Type in whatever text you want overlaid on your video.
6. Once you're done, tap the text on the video.
7. In the mini menu that pops up, select "Text-to-speech."
8. Done! Your video will now play with the text-to-speech feature enabled.
You can cancel it, edit the text, or adjust the duration of the text just by tapping the text again.
Once you're happy with your video, just click "Next," apply whatever hashtags you want, and post! You're now a TikTok text-to-speech master.
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Andy is a fellow on Mashable's Culture team. He graduated with a B.S. from the University of North Florida in 2018 and moved to New York to pursue journalism in culture and entertainment. He can (and will) talk for too long about Star Wars and movies in general. His fear of stinging insects and 80+ degree weather will keep him inside forever. He wishes he were shorter.
