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Narakeet helps you create narrated videos quickly, using text-to-speech to turn Powerpoint presentations and Markdown scripts into engaging videos. It is under active development, so things change frequently. Keep up to date: RSS, Slack, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook

Introducing Rose: New Zealand English Text-To-Speech

Aug 30, 2021 – You can now create text-to-speech narration for videos with a New Zealand English voice, called Rose. (read more)

Preview text-to-speech easily

Aug 26, 2021 – Narakeet now makes it easy to test and try out text-to-speech voices. Use the audio file from a script project type to try things out. Even if you make videos from PowerPoint presentations, this is the best way to quickly test the narration. (read more)

Style video subtitles and closed captions

Aug 10, 2021 – Narakeet now allows you to customise styling for closed captions and subtitles, and engage your audiences better. Subtitles and closed captions are critically important for educational materials, since they make the videos accessible to students with disabilities. They can also be great to reach a wider audience on social networks, with video autoplay often running with muted sound. (read more)

Jul 21, 2021 Vietnamese voices for text-to-speech narration

Jun 16, 2021 Change language inside a sentence

May 24, 2021 Text to speech: huge update

May 12, 2021 Five New Korean Text to Speech voices

May 5, 2021 Create long videos without waiting

Apr 26, 2021 Five New Spanish Text to Speech voices

Mar 22, 2021 Improved API

Mar 16, 2021 22 New Transitions

Dec 16, 2020 Make videos in Filipino language

Dec 8, 2020 Better voices for Russian narration

Nov 16, 2020 Preview scripted voice over quickly

Nov 2, 2020 Create videos with voice over in Danish