Narakeet
Text-to-speech and video maker that turns scripts, documents and slide decks into voiceovers and narrated videos.
Narakeet is an online text-to-speech and video creation tool run by Video Puppet Limited. Narakeet reads a typed or uploaded script in one of 900 voices across 100 languages and returns an audio file, or converts a PowerPoint deck or Markdown script into a narrated video with subtitles.
Best for Teachers, trainers and marketers who need voiceovers or narrated slide videos in many languages and want to update them by editing text.
- Platforms
- Web, API
- Pricing model
- Credits
- Free plan
- Yes
- API
- Yes
- Made by
- Video Puppet Limited
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What is Narakeet?
Narakeet is a web service that converts text into spoken audio and narrated video. A user types or uploads a script, such as a Word document, PDF, EPUB or subtitle file, chooses from 900 synthetic voices covering 100 languages, and receives an audio file within minutes. Subtitle files in SRT or WebVTT form produce audio aligned to their timestamps, which suits dubbing. For video, Narakeet reads speaker notes from PowerPoint, Google Slides or Keynote presentations, or follows a Markdown script with stage directions, and outputs a full HD video with synchronised narration and optional captions. Because the source is text, a new version only needs an edit and a re-upload. Developers can drive the same process through an API or command-line client. Free accounts exist with tighter limits than commercial ones.
Key Features
Text to audio
Converts typed text or uploaded Word, PDF and EPUB documents into audio narrated by a chosen synthetic voice.
900 voices, 100 languages
Provides a large voice catalogue that includes many regional English accents alongside other languages.
Slides to video
Turns PowerPoint, Google Slides or Keynote decks into videos, reading the narration from the presentation.
Markdown video scripts
Builds videos from a Markdown file that embeds images, screen recordings and clips with stage directions and call-outs.
Subtitle-synchronised dubbing
Generates audio that follows the timing of an SRT or WebVTT file for alternative language tracks.
API and command line
Lets developers add audio and video builds to automation and continuous delivery pipelines.
How Narakeet works
Add a script
Type the text or upload a document, subtitle file, slide deck or Markdown script.
Choose a voice
Select a language and one of the available voices.
Preview
Use the free preview to check pronunciation and visuals before building.
Create the file
Build the final audio or video and download it.
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Use Cases
- Lecture videos
- Convert teaching slides with notes into narrated lessons for remote classes.
- Corporate training in several languages
- Produce the same training module with different voices and languages from one script.
- YouTube narration
- Add a voiceover to a channel video without recording audio.
- Product documentation videos
- Rebuild a demo automatically when screenshots change after a release.
- Audiobooks and article audio
- Create spoken versions of long documents or blog posts.
Things to know
- Free account limits
- Free accounts are capped at 20 conversions, audio scripts of 1 KB, 10 MB uploads and 30 video scenes; commercial accounts raise these to 1024 KB, 350 MB and 500 scenes.
- Charged on build, not download
- Credits are deducted whenever a full audio or video file is created, whether or not it is downloaded; previews cost nothing.
- Credits do not expire
- Unused top-up credits stay on the account, and unused purchases can be refunded within 14 days.
- Discounts for organisations
- Reduced rates are offered to educational and non-profit organisations, but not to individuals.
FAQs
What is Narakeet?
Narakeet is an online tool that turns text into voiceover audio and turns presentations or scripts into narrated videos using text-to-speech.
What is Narakeet used for?
Narakeet is used for voiceovers, audiobooks, training and lecture videos, marketing clips and dubbing audio tracks into other languages.
Is Narakeet free?
Narakeet has free accounts that allow 20 conversions with small script and upload limits. The text-to-speech tool can also be tried without registering.
How does Narakeet charge?
Narakeet bills for the duration of the audio or video produced, in one-second increments, using prepaid top-up credits that do not expire. See the official pricing page for package amounts.
Does Narakeet have an API?
Yes. Narakeet provides an API and a command-line client so developers can automate audio and video production.
How many languages does Narakeet support?
Narakeet covers 100 languages for speech synthesis and has 900 voices, including many regional accents of English.
Who makes Narakeet?
Narakeet is operated by Video Puppet Limited, which holds the Narakeet trademark.
Who it's for
- Educators
- Course creators
- Marketers
- YouTubers
- Developers
Used in these workflows
- Producing an audiobook with AI narration, from manuscript to releaseStage 3: Generating the narration
- Making an animated explainer video with AI, from script to subtitlesStage 4: Recording the voiceover
- How to build an online course with AI tools, from outline to enrollmentStage 5: Voiceover and narration
- Translation and localization, job by job: AI tools for documents, subtitles, dubbing and live speechStage 5: Voiceover in other languages
- A children's picture book, start to finish: where AI tools help and where they don'tStage 7: Read-aloud narration
- The slides come last: AI tools for researching, building and rehearsing a presentationStage 7: Recording and sharing
- AI tools for writing a book, from the first idea to launch weekStage 8: Audiobook narration
Each guide lists the stages of one job and the tools that help at each stage. All guides
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