ai voiceover
AI Voiceover for YouTube: Picking a Narration Voice That Holds Retention
How to choose an AI narration voice for long YouTube videos, set the pace, do the words-per-minute math for 8 to 30 minutes, and write for the ear.
· 7 min read
The people who build Heady
Heady Team
We build Heady, a hosted tool that turns a topic into a finished faceless video. We write about the craft behind long YouTube videos: scripts, chapters, narration, pacing and packaging.
Posts by Heady Team
behind the scenes
How Heady Makes a Video: From a Topic to a Finished, Chaptered Upload
Behind the scenes: the script you approve, one consistent world per video, motion without a video model, Motion mode, voice, subtitles and quality checks.
· 6 min read
faceless youtube
How to Start a Faceless YouTube Channel in 2026 (Without Getting Demonetized)
A plan for a faceless long-form YouTube channel: a niche you can research for years, a repeatable format, scripts with a point, and YouTube's rules.
· 7 min read
scripts
How to Structure a Long YouTube Script for Retention: Hooks, Chapters and Open Loops
A chapter-by-chapter structure for 8 to 30 minute YouTube scripts: the first 30 seconds, a re-hook at every chapter, open loops that pay off, and the outro.
· 6 min read
shorts
One Long Video, Ten Shorts: Repurposing a Documentary-Style Video for Shorts and Reels
How to cut a long documentary-style video into Shorts that stand alone: picking moments, rewriting the first line, reframing 16:9 for 9:16, linking back.
· 7 min read
youtube chapters
YouTube Chapters and Timestamps: How to Add Them So They Show in Search (Free Generator)
YouTube's chapter rules (start at 00:00, at least three timestamps, 10 seconds each), how to write chapter titles, why chapters fail, and a free generator.
· 6 min read