To change the words in a recording without re-recording it, open Speech editing in the Crele app. Drop the recording, change the words as they come up, and the stretch comes back in the speaker’s own voice. It is currently recommended for English and clips up to 30 seconds. Sign up and get 10 edits to try for free.
What is the speech editing preview?
The speech editing preview is a tool in the Crele app that changes what a recording says, in the voice of the person who said it. You change the words as text, and the recording is remade with the new words in it.
The version in the app today is an experimental preview, not the finished model: what it gets right and what it gets wrong will change as the training goes on, and that is why it is a preview. It is open now so it can be tried on real recordings, which is where a model like this is tested.
What problem does it fix?
The mistake found after the session is over. A name said wrong, a price that changed after the take, a “not” that went missing, a sentence that came out backwards. The guest is on a plane and the studio is packed up.
Every way a wrong word gets fixed today has to be set up before you need it. Punch and roll only works while you are still in the chair. Room tone has to be recorded on the day. A pickup needs the same room, the same microphone and the same voice, and still sounds like a pickup. Speech editing needs none of that. The recording you have is the only thing it asks for.
How does it work?
You bring the recording with the mistake in it. Nothing else: no transcript, no re-recording, no sample of the voice. Then:
- Find the stretch with the mistake. A recording up to 30 seconds is edited whole. On a longer one, mark 5 to 30 seconds around the words to change, and the rest of the file is never touched.
- Say what should have been said. The words come up as they were spoken. Fix the name, put in the right number, take out the phrase. The speaker’s voice says the new words.
- Listen back against the original. Keep the take if it sits right, or change the words and try again. Each take is kept, with a download.
What comes back, and what is still changing?
The edited stretch comes back as audio: the 5 to 30 seconds you worked on, with the new words in it, to put back into the recording in your editor. Returning the whole recording with the edit in place is the next step, and is not in the preview.
Two limits are the model’s for now. It takes English. And an edit changes fewer than half the words in a stretch: a name, a number, a phrase, a sentence inside it. Changing more than that is rewriting a take rather than fixing one, and it is not what this is for.
How the result sounds will change. The bar the model is being trained for is an edit you cannot hear: the same voice, the same room, the same distance, no join on either side. The preview is an experiment of what’s to come, so listen to every edit against the original before you use it, and tell us what you hear.
What does it cost?
Sign up and get your first 10 edits for free. Pro plan includes 200 edits per month. More information can be found on the Pricing page.
Questions
- Is speech editing available now?
- Yes, as a preview in the Crele app. Sign up for free, drop a recording and change the words. It is an experimental preview, not the finished model, so expect it to change.
- What does the speech editing preview cost?
- Your first 10 edits are free. Pro includes 200 edits a month. An edit that fails costs nothing. The pricing page has both plans.
- How much of a recording can it change?
- A stretch of 5 to 30 seconds at a time, and fewer than half its words: a name, a number, a phrase, a sentence. On a longer recording you mark the stretch, and the edited stretch comes back as audio. English for now.
- Does it work on video?
- On the audio track. The edited stretch comes back as audio to put back in your editor, and the picture is untouched. Best for voiceover, narration and shots where the mouth is not in close-up.
- Whose recordings can be edited?
- Your own, and recordings you have the right to edit, with the speaker's agreement. It is for fixing a take, not for putting words in someone's mouth.
