Descript Overdub Text-to-Speech

Realistic Voice Cloning & Studio Workflow

Descript Overdub brings AI voices directly into a multitrack editor: generate narration, fix lines without re-recording, and produce voiceovers using stock AI voices or a personal, consented clone of your own voice. Desript is designed to be more of an all in one video editing platform with AI tools including TTS, it's definitely worth checking out the free tier and some of the other tools but this one is a bit of a broader offering than some purely TTS focussed services. It's worth noting that any video edited on the free tier here is subjected to a watermark.

How many voices do you get?

A catalog of stock AI voices inside Descript, plus the ability to create your own voice; intended for narration, quick fixes, and voiceovers in context.

Voice cloning

Yes — Overdub lets you create a personal voice (with explicit consent). Trained from your recordings and governed by plan limits, it’s designed for accurate, ethical cloning for production use.

Voice creation

Train an Overdub voice from your recordings and use it to correct or generate lines without re-recording. You can share voices with teammates depending on your plan’s permissions and limits.

How much does it cost?

Descript’s Free tier gives you access to Overdub voice cloning, but it’s limited to a 1,000-word vocabulary, 5 minutes of TTS per month, and 5 regenerations. You also get 60 media minutes for transcription/editing and 720p watermarked exports. Some complaints on Descript are that the UI is a bit buggy and not everyone loves the speech quality, beyond the free tier Descript offers 3 paid plans ranging from 14 a month to 50 a month which allow progressively more hours and features including video editing.

What do you get for the price?

• Stock AI voices plus personal Overdub voices (with consent)
• Multitrack editing integrated with TTS for quick punch-ins and fixes
• Text-based editing, transcription, and dubbing workflows
• Team collaboration and voice sharing (plan limits apply)

How does the voice quality compare?

Overdub’s voices are optimized for production fixes and natural narration inside an editor. For highly expressive, creator-style delivery, dedicated TTS providers may offer more styles; Overdub excels at speed, workflow integration, and authorized personal voices. The speech quality improves as you climb the payment ladder which understandably is a bit of an investment if you need convincing as the free tier doesn't necessarily do this service justice in terms of flexing its TTS muscle.

Compare with our Amazon Polly Text-to-Speech and Microsoft Azure Text-to-Speech pages.