Custom pronunciations help ensure your videos sound natural and professional - especially when AI voiceovers mispronounce brand names, product terms, or acronyms (for example, pronouncing “Zenious” as “Zen-ious”). Zenious lets you define how specific words should be spoken so they are pronounced correctly and consistently across your video narration.

Zenious provides two methods for adding or editing custom pronunciations:

• Directly within your project

• Global Settings Menu

You can follow the steps below to quickly add or update a custom pronunciation.

Add a Custom Pronunciation Within a Project

If you notice a word is pronounced incorrectly while editing your project, you can quickly set a custom pronunciation from the project interface.

To add a custom pronunciation within a project

1. Double-click the word that is pronounced incorrectly in your project.
   The context menu appears with pronunciation options.

2. Select Say As from the context menu.
   Zenious displays the word and its current pronunciation.
   
   

3. Click the speaker icon to listen to the current pronunciation.
   You hear how Zenious currently pronounces the word. 
   Note: For example, the word may be pronounced as "Zen ious."
   
   

4. Type the desired phonetic spelling in the provided field.
   The new pronunciation is entered for the selected word.
   
   

5. Press the speaker button to preview the updated pronunciation.
   Zenious plays back the word using your custom pronunciation. 
   Note: If the pronunciation is not to your satisfaction, adjust the phonetic spelling and preview again until the AI pronounces the word correctly. 
   

6.  Click Save.
   The word is now stored in the custom dictionary. All scenes in your project containing the word are marked for an update.
   
   

7. Click the Update button.
   The AI regenerates the voice-over for the word using your configured pronunciation and saves it to your Custom Pronunciation Dictionary, which you can access from Settings.
   Note: The custom pronunciation applies to the current project and to any future projects created after it is added. Existing projects are not updated unless you manually regenerate the voice-over.
   
   

Add or Edit Custom Pronunciations in Settings

You can also manage custom pronunciations globally from the Zenious settings menu. This is useful for reviewing, editing, or adding pronunciations that apply across all your projects.

To add or edit custom pronunciations in settings

1. On your landing page, click your initials icon.
   The user menu appears.
   
   

2. Select Settings from the menu.
   The settings menu opens.
   
   

3. Navigate to the Pronunciation section.
   You see a list of custom pronunciations, including those added within projects.
   
   

4. (Optional) You can do the following:
   

1. To preview the custom pronunciation of any any word, click the speaker icon.
   

2. To delete the custom pronunciation click the cross symbol.
   

3. To update the custom pronunciation, click the spelling which window to add the Phonetic.
   
   

5. To add a new custom pronunciation, click the New Word button.
   You will see a pop-up that you can use to add a new custom pronunciation. 
   

6. Enter the word and your desired custom pronunciation.
   Click Cancel to discard the custom pronumciation or click Save.
   The new pronunciation is saved and available for use in all projects.