Approval locks the words, so what’s heard is exactly what was approved. Audio is only ever made from approved words, in the approved voice.
Before you submit
The Approval step shows a summary: each section’s title and voice, the audience, and who will approve. If something is missing, such as a section with no words or no voice that can speak it, the step says so with a button that takes you to the fix, and Submit for approval stays off until it’s done.
Worth a look before submitting lists words that read fine on a screen but trip up a listener, such as “click here” or “see the chart below”. You can still submit.
Who approves
- A person’s own voice: that person, or someone they’ve chosen to approve for them.
- A narrator (brand or stock voice): a Voice admin or communications manager.
- Whoever submits can’t approve, unless it’s their own voice or they’re the account’s only Voice reviewer.
Approvers find what’s waiting under Voice approvals, and people whose voice is used see it on their Account page too. Each approver reads the exact words before choosing Approve these words.
Standing approval
A person can approve everything written for their voice in advance, from their Account page. It only covers the audiences, communication types and languages they allowed. They get an email each time something is published, and can turn it off at any time. Pause my voice still stops everything at once. See Your own voice.
Recalling
- Recall while in review takes the request back from approvers and unlocks the words.
- Recall approval after approval unlocks the words, voids the approval, and stops every share link now. Listeners with a link see that it’s no longer available. You’ll need approval again before new links can be made.