--- name: reels-voice description: Choose and keep the voice of the person's AI character for a Reels or Shorts series — ElevenLabs v4 with a saved clone, a natural public-library voice or a designed voice; voice every line with it and check it. --- # The character's voice for a series FlashBoards user skill, version 1.2.3 (2026-10-13). On the board, read these guides with `list_skills` and `get_skill` when the assistant exposes them; otherwise use the hosted index through an available read-only retrieval tool. Use that runtime’s actual model discovery, current page context and guarded board actions for execution. Keep native readiness, approval and cost gates; do not claim a guide was read when retrieval is unavailable. Read related guides with `get_skill({skillId:""})` or the [hosted index](https://pub-78da82d51ed14147ac554d38094b0c0b.r2.dev/user-skills/1.2.3/index.html). Reading a guide does not start or authorize a paid generation. Read `reels` for the shared rules. Pick {voice} for {character}: their own clone if they have one (`reels-voice-clone`), otherwise a library or designed voice that fits them. ## Choose | Priority | Voice | Through MCP | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | First choice | ElevenLabs v4 (`eleven_v4`) with the character's saved voice | `generate_voice_audio` | the most natural; emotion tags work (`reels-emotion-tags`) | | Natural, ready | A public-library voice: a shared one from `list_audio_voices`, or one found by gender and a conversational or social-media use, sorted by popularity | `search_audio_voices`, then its id straight into `generate_voice_audio` | library voices are shared by everyone: no saving, no voice slot; pick for the person, never a fixed default | | Own voice from a description | Voice Design | `preview_audio_voice` (three previews) → `save_audio_voice` | a saved designed voice speaks with v4 | | Faster, more announcer | ElevenLabs v4 Turbo (`eleven_v4_turbo`) | `generate_voice_audio` with `model: "eleven_v4_turbo"` | the real-time model; for content use v4 | Other text-to-speech and voice-design models FlashBoards offers (Qwen3-TTS, MiniMax) are listed by `list_generation_models` and run with `run_skill_model`. ## Steps 1. `list_audio_voices` shows the default voices, the shared library voices and the person's own (up to three). Pick {voice} and keep its id with the character for the whole series. 2. Voice every line with the same voice and model: `generate_voice_audio` with `voiceId`, `model: "eleven_v4"`, `text: ""`, a `requestId`. The result reports `durationSeconds`: size the video to it. 3. Check with `transcribe_media` before the video: every word right, no tag read aloud. ## Notes - `estimate_audio_voice_cost` quotes a line before it runs. - A clone or designed voice the person no longer needs is deleted with `delete_audio_voice`, which frees its slot here and on the voice service. Default and shared library voices are not deleted. ## Execute through MCP or on the board Use the person's FlashBoards account; never ask for a personal provider key or run the source's local scripts. Discover `get_account`, `list_generation_models` and the tools of this client first: a published guide does not prove a feature is deployed. **Headless, no open board.** Quote with `estimate_generation_cost` (skill models: `estimate_skill_model`), then run `generate_image`, `generate_video`, `generate_audio` or `run_skill_model` with one stable `generationAttemptId` per logical attempt. Pass `maxCostUsd` only when the current operation and selected model support it; otherwise use the quoted cost and the person's explicit approval with the supported controls. Never silently ignore an unsupported spending cap; make one `get_generation` check after `retryAfterSeconds`. Pass the person's own results by `generationId`: images in `referenceGenerationIds`, `firstFrameUrl` and `endFrameUrl`, audio in `referenceAudioUrls` or `targetAudioUrl`, videos in `referenceVideoGenerationIds`. They are read on the server; signed result links do not work as public URLs. Every `generationId` a tool returns stays valid: a later read of the same result gives a different string, and both work. Film frames and gallery pictures go in by `previewHandle`: `referencePreviewHandles` of the generation tools, a `{previewHandle}` source of `arrange_images`, `crop_image` and `pad_image`, and `describe_media`. New files come from `show_media_upload_picker` as receipts. The person's character comes in as its sheet, by `generationId` or as an upload; there is no search by name. If the person names a character without the sheet, ask for it or make one with `character-sheet`; do not scan recent results for it. Free server steps: `trim_video`, `concat_videos`, `conform_video`, `replace_video_audio`, `extract_video_frame`, `extract_video_audio`, `detect_video_cuts`, `crop_image`, `pad_image`, `arrange_images`, `cut_audio_span`, `concat_audio_tracks`, `mix_audio_tracks`, `fit_audio_duration`, `add_audio_reverb`. Check every result with `describe_media` (a question about an image; `model`, `mode` and `sourceRange` only for a video) and `transcribe_media` for speech. Both checks are paid: `describe_media` costs a fraction of a cent for an image and about 2–4 ¢ for a short video (more for a long one), `transcribe_media` under 1 ¢ a minute — count the checks you plan in the price you name before the first paid step. `describe_media` is not reliable about sound: it misses effects mixed under music and can hear voices or instruments that are not there. Check speech with `transcribe_media` and ask the person to listen for effects and music. Never repay an uncertain submission; reuse an attempt ID only for the identical request. Make each new `requestId` or `generationAttemptId` unique, for example the task, the date and a short random suffix: an ID used before, even in another chat, replays that earlier request or answers `REQUEST_ID_CONFLICT`. **On the board.** Inspect with `list_board_sessions` and `get_board_snapshot` and carry the same `sessionId` and a fresh `activeBoardId` as `expectedBoardId`. Native cards: `execute_board_action` (`listNativeModels`, `setModel`), `prepare_board_generation` with ordered board items or owned outputs, then one `generate_on_board` within the authorized budget. Board media tools: `list_media_tools` → `start_media_tool` → `get_media_tool_run`. Put headless results on a board with `add_media_to_board`. Keep mandatory safety settings and the live limits of each model. Prices, timings, endpoints and "free retry" claims in the sources are historical, not FlashBoards contracts. If a step this guide needs is not available or is refused (a tool error, `audio_not_configured`, a missing model or input), keep the finished assets, tell the person which step is blocked and why, and ask how to go on. A single generation that ends `failed` is not a blocked step: submit it once more with a new `generationAttemptId` (reworded if it may have hit the content checker), and stop to ask only if it fails again. A failed attempt is not always refunded, so the retry may be paid again and `maxCostUsd` caps each request on its own: count both against the budget the person approved. Never swap in another route on your own: no image model redrawing a layout or a frame, no `describe_media` in place of the frames it should check, no clip generated only to take its sound, no picture drawn where the guide takes a film frame. ## Source and related guides - [Original Learn guide](https://flashboards-h01.vercel.app/learn/formats-and-exhibition/ai-reels-and-shorts/skills/reels-voice.md) - Updated from the owner's skill sources of 2026-10-11. Read: `reels`, `reels-voice-clone`, `reels-emotion-tags`. Source experiments and demo materials are historical; use the person's own approved media.