---
title: "Generate a voiceover"
method: POST
path: "/v1/videos/{id}/voiceover"
tags: ["Operations"]
---

# Generate a voiceover

`POST /v1/videos/{id}/voiceover`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.vidocu.ai`
- URL: `https://api.vidocu.ai/v1/videos/{id}/voiceover`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://vidocu.ai/oauth/authorize`, token URL `https://api.vidocu.ai/oauth/token`)

**Scope:** `voiceover:write`

**Role permission:** `canEdit` (OAuth only — API keys carry full workspace permissions)

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `voiceId` string, required
  - `language` string
  - `sentencePauseSeconds` number
  - `applyPronunciations` boolean
  - `model` 'auto' | 'eleven_multilingual_v2' | 'eleven_v4' | 'eleven_v3'
  - `speed` number
  - `stability` number

## Response `202`

Job accepted; poll GET /v1/jobs/:id

- object: Async operation accepted.
  - `jobId` string, required: Poll this via GET /v1/jobs/{id}.
  - `status` 'pending', required

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation error
- `401`: Invalid or missing credentials
- `403`: Missing scope (`insufficient_scope`), insufficient role (`insufficient_role`), or quota exhausted (`limit_exceeded`)
- `404`: Not found
- `423`: The video's content is locked and can't be changed
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded (60 req/min)
- `500`: Server error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/vidocu/apis/vidocu-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/vidocu/apis/vidocu-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/vidocu/apis/vidocu-api/revisions/cc813d2ca5d2?raw)