If you decide to generate audio for your Mirage Studio project, you can write prompts that can make realistic, expressive narrations. When writing a prompt, you can use these elements to adjust the expressions of your actor’s voice:
  • Punctuation marks
  • Words written in all capital letters
  • Expression marks

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Use Punctuation Marks

You can use punctuation marks to adjust the pace and tone of your actor. For example, using the exclamation mark (!) gives the narrator a more elevated pitch. Using an ellipsis (...) allows you to make the tone a bit more relaxed and low-pitch, with slight pauses in between. As for other punctuation marks:
  • Comma (,) makes brief pauses, separates items or clauses
  • Question mark (?) makes rising intonation, questioning tone
  • Semicolon (;) makes longer pause than comma, connects related thoughts
  • Colon (:) makes anticipatory pause
An example sentence:
Hey there, and welcome to my podcast! Today I’m going to talk about duck soaps…

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All Capital letters

Words written in all capital letters have elevated pitch. If you want to put an emphasis on a specific word in the audio, you can write it in all caps.
An example sentence:
Hey there, and welcome to my podcast. Today I’m going to talk about DUCK SOAPS.

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Expression marks

With the help of Elevenlabs’ new expressive model, you can use expression marks to adjust the expressions of your actor. For example, using [curious] makes the actor have a curious tone, or [clears throat] makes the actor clear her throat! This can be flexible and support a wide range of different expressions.
An example sentence:
Hey there, and welcome to my podcast! [excited] Today I’m going to talk about duck soaps. [giggles]