# Record a voiceover from the chat

By Steven Van · 2026-10-07

The Voice bar offers 30 Gemini voices, six starting presets and a Compare 3 option, with WAV or MP3 downloads.

Bearly now has a Voice bar under the latest message in a chat. It lets people record a voiceover, podcast intro or narration from the conversation, and pick a voice by hearing it read their own script. [Bearly](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/bearly>) described the change in its [text-to-speech documentation](<https://bearly.ai/docs/features/text-to-speech>).

## Listening to an answer

Selecting **Hear this reply** on the Voice bar, or **Read aloud** beneath an answer, plays the answer aloud. Bearly records it in the current voice and keeps the take in the chat, so it can be played or downloaded later. Typing /tts in a chat with some text and a note on how it should sound adds an audio player to the conversation.

## Recording a voiceover

Opening the Voice bar starts with the question "What are you making?", with six answers: Video voiceover, Podcast intro, Audiobook, Proofread by ear, Announcement and Wind-down. Each sets a model, a lead voice, two alternates and a written delivery direction, and all of it can be edited. Video voiceover, for example, starts with an informative narrator and a clear, measured pace, while Audiobook starts with a warm storyteller and gentle pauses.

- **Script:** type or paste text, or select Use reply for Bearly's latest answer or Use my message for what was sent.

- **Voice:** each card in the Cast list has a play button that reads the first sentence of the script with the written delivery. Voices suggested for the chosen job come first, marked with a dot.

- **Delivery:** describe how it should sound, such as "warm and unhurried", or pick a suggestion.

- **Generate:** one take, or Compare 3 to record the same script in three voices at once. Earlier takes are listed below the player.

As a take plays, the words highlight in turn. The timing is estimated, so it can drift slightly from the voice.

## Models, downloads and usage

A switch at the top of Voice sets the model. Fast uses Gemini Flash-Lite and suits drafts and proofreading. Studio uses Gemini Flash for the most expressive delivery. OpenAI uses GPT-4o Mini with its own voices. Fast and Studio share the same 30 voices.

Gemini takes download as WAV files and OpenAI takes as MP3. Turning on **Use for Read Aloud** makes Read aloud use the chosen model, voice and delivery. Voice samples and takes count toward AI usage, though replaying a sample with the same words and direction does not make another generation. Team administrators can turn text to speech off for members with a team policy.

[![](<https://bearly.ai/images/blog/record-a-voiceover-from-the-chat.webp>)](<https://bearly.ai/docs/features/text-to-speech>)

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Sources

[Original source](<https://bearly.ai/blog/record-a-voiceover-from-the-chat>)

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