VoicePolish Lab: 3-Hour Pro Narration with Murf AI & Descript
Category: Monetization Guide
Excerpt:
Bloggers and course-makers sound like phone mics. Murf AI delivers studio-grade voice in minutes; Descript scrubs ums, noises, and syncs slides. Follow this click-level guide to charge for silky narration—no booth, no engineer, same-day delivery.
Last Updated: January 30, 2026 | Approach: fix real audio pain → human-first polish → copy-and-go steps
Viewers forgive blurry slides—crackly audio gets an instant back-button.
You can’t rent a booth every time a client tweaks a script. Murf reads it in studio quality; Descript wipes breaths, lines up the waveform, and exports on-brand captions. By dinner, the lesson, ad, or podcast trailer sounds like you hired a $200/h engineer—except you pocket the margin.
Remove these four and clients sign retainers, not invoices.
Why this sells (three blunt stats)
Nielsen 2025: 82 % of learners rate audio quality as the #1 factor in course satisfaction—higher than visuals.
Average creator needs 7 retakes per 10-min script (Thinkific support data). Murf nails it on the first pass.
Descript’s “Remove Filler” cuts editing hours by 35 % (internal cohort of 3 000 users).
Gear roles
120+ voices, pitch & pace sliders, pronunciations dictionary—important when client’s SaaS name looks like a Wi-Fi password.
Text-based cut, Studio Sound, auto-caption, timeline export. Drag the WORD, not the waveform.
Prompt Murf, adjust pace, run Descript cleanup, sync to slides/video, deliver & upsell refresh package.
Rate card (realistic)
| Package | Deliverables | Use case | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podcast Intro Fix | 90-sec intro/outro, music bed, noise-free export | Podcasters | $200 |
| Course Module | Up to 2 000 words voiced + Descript synced to slides | Edupreneurs | $650 |
| Bulk Narration Plan | 10 000 words/month, unlimited fixes, monthly report | Agencies | $1 500/mo |
Workflow: Google Doc to polished MP3 in 3 hours
- Run Hemingway App → remove passive, long sentences.
- Add [pause] tags where slides change.
- Select voice “Marcus – calm US male”. Pace = 0.9.
- Upload brand glossary CSV → ensures names pronounced right.
- Render, download WAV.
Drag WAV → auto-transcribe. Turn on “Studio Sound” → kills hiss instantly.
- Search & delete “uh, um, you know”. Text editing = audio cut.
- Check timing against slide deck timestamps.
- Insert “Soft Tech Ambient” at –18 LUFS.
- Duck under dialogue.
- Export MP3 + captions .srt.
- Load into course/video timeline. Captions boost SEO.
Word,Pronunciation SaaS,saas SQL,sequel Löwe,low-veh
Toolkit & cheatsheets
Script Google doc link: ______ Preferred voice (male/female): ______ Pronunciation notes: ______ Background music vibe: ______ Deadline (date & time): ______
Words × 0.012 (Murf credit $) + Hours × Desired rate $ + 10 % buffer = Cost Add 70 % margin → Quote
Launch dare: fix one bad YouTube video tonight
Grab an old tutorial with noisy mic, drop the script into Murf, clean in Descript, re-upload. Post the before/after waveform screenshot—clients will DM first.
Just cleaned 10 min of noisy audio into studio-grade voice in under an hour—want me to demo on one of your lessons?
Disclaimer: Listener satisfaction depends on script clarity, music choice, and platform compression.


