Accessing the Pronunciation menu

The Pronunciation menu is located at the bottom of the script box. To access it, click on the Pronunciation menu icon and start using the tool.

💡 Important: Pronunciation entries are limited based on your Colossyan plan.

Trial & Starter: 5 entries
Business: 30 entries
Enterprise: unlimited

Specifying Pronunciations

With the Pronunciation Tool, you can specify how certain words in your script should be pronounced. This includes company names, technical terms, acronyms and any other expression that might be challenging for the AI to pronounce accurately.

Click on Add new word
Specify the Written form - how the expression should appear in your script and subtitles
Add Phonetic spelling - how the word should be pronounced
Select the Voice that you would like to use
Listen to the pronunciation with the Play ▶️ button.
Click Save to save your changes

📍Important: Please avoid using special characters (. , : % ! etc.) in the Pronunciation tool.

Add a new pronunciation for the same word

With the plus + button you can add a new variant for the same word - this could be useful if you have multiple favourite voices or in case you have language variants.

Phonetic spelling of the English alphabet

💡 Important: Phonetic spelling is different for all languages. The phonetic spelling of the same word will be different when using English phonetic spelling or French phonetic spelling.

Letter	Phonetic Spelling	Alternatives
A	ai	ah, ay, eigh
B	bee	be, buh
C	see	kuh, suh, cee
D	dee	de
E	ee	eh, eei
F	ef	fuh
G	jee	guh
H	eitch	huh, (silent)
I	eye	aiy, ah-ee
J	jay	jai
K	kay	kai
L	el	ell
M	em	em
N	en	nuh
O	oh	ah, oh, uh, oo
P	pee	puh
Q	cue	kwuh
R	ah-r	arr, are
S	ess	zuh
T	tee	tuh, tea
U	yoo	yew
V	vee	vea, vuh
W	double-you	double-yew, duboyoo
X	ecks	exx
Y	wah-ee	wye, wyie
Z	zee	zea, zuh

Editing Pronunciations

With the ✏️ pencil icon you can edit the Phonetic spelling and the pronunciation of a word.

Limitations

Text-to-speech technology isn’t always consistent, it can pronounce the same word differently depending on how it’s used. For example, the way a word sounds when it’s spoken on its own (like in a pronunciation preview) might be different from how it sounds when it’s part of a full sentence or paragraph.

Sometimes, adding or adjusting punctuation like commas or periods can help produce a better result, but the way text-to-speech works means we don’t have full control over how it sounds each time.