> Canonical: https://www.cliphi.com/tools/add-voiceover-to-video

# Add a Voiceover to Any Video

Record your narration right over the clip while it plays. The original audio ducks under your voice automatically.

## How it works

1. **Paste a link or upload your video** Drop in a supported video link or upload a file. Cliphi finds the best moments and turns them into clips.
2. **Record over the clip** Open a clip and tap the record button. The clip plays while you talk, on camera or voice only, so your reaction lands exactly where you want it.
3. **Review and get your clip** Your take replays over the clip the moment you stop. Keep it, try again, or fine-tune the mix and captions, then render.

## Why Cliphi

- **Record while the clip plays** No timeline and no syncing. The clip plays as you speak, so your narration lands exactly where you meant it, first take.
- **Your narration, captioned** Cliphi transcribes your voiceover and burns your words in as animated captions, matching the rest of your clip's style.
- **The original ducks under you** While your reaction plays, the clip's own audio drops to a background level automatically. No timeline, no keyframing audio lanes, and you can set exactly how much of the original comes through.

## Voiceover without a timeline

The usual way to add a voiceover is to record your narration in one app, import it into an editor, drag it into place on a timeline, lower the original audio by hand, and hope the timing still fits. Cliphi records the voiceover on the clip itself. The clip plays while you speak, so what you say lands exactly where you meant it, with no timeline and no syncing afterwards.

When you stop, the take replays over the clip immediately. Keep it, try again, or adjust how much of the original audio comes through with a single slider. The take is trimmed to the clip automatically.

## Narration, commentary, and rescue jobs

A voiceover fixes more than it seems. Narrate a screen recording or a product demo. Add commentary to a game highlight. Rescue a clip whose original audio is too noisy to publish by talking over it and turning the original down to zero. Make a clip accessible by describing what is on screen.

Your narration also becomes the clip's captions: Cliphi transcribes what you said and burns it in with the same \[animated caption styles\]\(/tools/add-captions-to-video\) as the rest of your clips. If you would rather show the original speaker's words, that is one tap.

And because this is Cliphi, the voiceover is a layer on a real clip workflow: paste a \[YouTube video\]\(/tools/youtube-to-tiktok\) or a stream, let it find the moments worth posting, \[reframe them vertical\]\(/tools/auto-reframe-video\), and record your narration over the ones you pick. If you want your face on the clip too, the same button records a \[camera reaction\]\(/tools/reaction-video-maker\).

## FAQ

### Can I replace the original audio completely?

Yes. Set the original sound slider to zero and only your voiceover plays. Anywhere in between mixes the two.

### What happens to the captions when I add a voiceover?

Your recording is transcribed and your words become the captions by default. You can switch back to the video's own words, or turn captions off, with one tap.

### Do I need to edit the audio levels myself?

No. The clip's audio automatically drops under your voice while you talk. If you want more or less of the original coming through, there is one slider for it.

## Related

- [Reaction Video Maker](https://www.cliphi.com/tools/reaction-video-maker.md)
- [Transcribe YouTube Video](https://www.cliphi.com/tools/transcribe-youtube-video.md)
- [Add Captions to Video](https://www.cliphi.com/tools/add-captions-to-video.md)

## About Cliphi

Add your voiceover. Paste a link, pick a clip, and talk over it.

[Get clips](https://www.cliphi.com/)