> ## Documentation Index
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# Lesson Audio: Read-Aloud Lessons and Your Cloned Voice

> Generate a spoken version of any lesson in a catalog voice or a clone of your own, so students can listen instead of read.

Any lesson can carry a spoken version of itself. You generate it once from the editor, and students get a player at the top of the lesson with play, scrub, and speed controls. Pick one of the catalog voices, or record a short sample and have every lesson read in your own voice.

## Generate audio for a lesson

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the lesson">
    Go to **Courses**, open the course, and select the lesson. The lesson action bar above the editor holds **Generate Audio**, next to **Add video**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick a voice">
    Open the voice picker. Voices are grouped under **Your voice** (once you have cloned one), **Female**, and **Male**. Click a voice to hear a short sample; click it again to stop.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Generate">
    Choose **Generate Audio**. Generation runs in the background and the action bar shows progress. You can keep editing meanwhile.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Publish">
    The audio ships with the lesson. Publish the lesson as usual and the player appears for students.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Once audio exists, the same control offers **Regenerate** (for example after you edit the text, or to switch voice) and **Remove audio**. If you edit the lesson after generating, an **Update audio** button appears so you can bring the narration back in line. Switching to a different voice in the picker regenerates with that voice. Fayne remembers your last-used voice in your browser, so a plain click on **Generate Audio** uses it.

<Note>
  Audio is generated from the lesson text at that moment. If you change the lesson afterwards, regenerate so the narration matches. Quiz and knowledge-check blocks, widgets, images, video, embeds, diagrams, code, tables, and file downloads are skipped. Flashcards, pros and cons, blurbs, stat highlights, and callouts are read aloud.
</Note>

## Clone your voice

A cloned voice reads your lessons the way you would. It is tied to your owner account, so it is available in every academy you run.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the clone dialog">
    In the voice picker, choose **Clone your voice**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Record a sample">
    Read the on-screen passage in your natural speaking voice, with the best microphone you have. The recording needs at least **10 seconds**; about **30 seconds** is enough, and it stops automatically at **90 seconds**. Allow microphone access when your browser asks.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Listen and save">
    Fayne builds the voice and plays a preview. If it sounds like you, choose **Save voice**; otherwise record again. Your voice then appears under **Your voice** in every picker.
  </Step>
</Steps>

You can replace your cloned voice at any time by opening the dialog again. Regenerate any lessons you want read in the new version.

<Warning>
  Voice cloning is available on paid plans (Starter, Pro, and Scale). During the free preview the menu item shows an **Upgrade** label. Catalog voices work on every plan.
</Warning>

## What students see

When a published lesson has audio, a compact player sits above the lesson content with play and pause, a scrubber, and a speed toggle (1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x). The chosen speed is remembered on the student's device. Listening does not mark the lesson complete; reading to the end or moving to the next lesson does, as always.

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Add lesson video" icon="video" href="/docs/content/video-upload">
    Video embeds and uploads.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Block editor" icon="layout-panel-left" href="/docs/content/block-editor">
    Everything else a lesson can contain.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>