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How to do a voice over on Google Slides

Add narration to a slide: record your voice-over, upload it to Google Drive, and insert it with Insert > Audio.

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8 steps 3 min Community template
1

Click Insert

Open the Insert menu.

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Click Insert
2

Click Audio

Choose Audio. Slides cannot record sound itself, so first record your voice-over with any recorder app (for example Voice Memos or Sound Recorder) and upload the file to Google Drive.

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Click Audio
3

Click the search box

Click the search box in the Insert audio window. Slides plays MP3 and WAV files stored in your Google Drive.

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Click the search box
4

Search for the file

Type the name of the audio file.

5

Press Enter

Press Enter to search your Drive.

6

Click the audio file

Click the audio file.

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Click the audio file
7

Click Insert

Click Insert.

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8

Audio added

A speaker icon appears on the slide. Click it and open Format options to play the audio automatically, loop it or hide the icon during the slideshow.

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Audio added

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