Getting started
From sign-up to your first finished project in a few minutes.
Creating an account
Head to sign up and create an account. VocaSync supports two ways to sign in:
- Passkey— the quickest and most secure option. Your device (fingerprint, face, or screen lock) is the key, so there’s no password to remember or leak.
- Email & password — a traditional account, with your email verified during sign-up.
You can add a passkey later and manage both methods at any time from Account & notifications.
The free tier
Add a payment card and your account unlocks a recurring monthly free allowance — no charge unless you go beyond it:
- 10 minutes / month of forced alignment.
- 1,000 characters / month of standard speech synthesis.
Both allowances reset at the start of each month. Transcription, translation, and High Fidelity synthesis are not part of the free tier — they draw on your credit balance. See Billing & credits for the full picture and pricing for current rates.
Your first project
Once you’re signed in, open Projects from the sidebar and start a new one. Every job in VocaSync is a project. To get a feel for it, try a synthesis project:
- Choose the synthesis service and pick a voice.
- Paste the text you want spoken.
- Select a quality tier and an output format.
- Submit. The project moves through pending → processing → completed, and your audio appears with download links when it’s done.
Only pay for what completes
For a guided breakdown of each service, see the Core services guides.
Around the dashboard
- Dashboard — your balance, free-tier allowances, and recent projects at a glance.
- Projects— every project you’ve created, filterable by status and type.
- Workflows — multi-stage bundles like Subtitling and Dub-Prep.
- Billing — top up credits, review usage, and manage your payment method.
- Settings — security, sessions, API keys, and notification preferences.
Where to go next
- Speech synthesis — voices, quality tiers, and output formats.
- Subtitling — go from raw audio to translated subtitles in one bundle.
- API keys & authentication — drive VocaSync from your own code.