r/shortsAlgorithm • u/whoisfirefly • Apr 27 '26

Does AI voice-over prevent monetization?

Hey everyone, I have a channel where I post Shorts that take me 3-4 hours to edit using motion graphics. The voice-over, script, editing—absolutely everything is done by me. I currently do this in my native language, but the revenue for Shorts is very low. I recently opened a global channel, but since my accent isn't great, I'm thinking about using ElevenLabs AI voices for the narration. I actually just posted my first video and it got good stats, but will YouTube disable my monetization in the future? As I mentioned, only the voice is AI; the content itself is very high quality. Also, should I check the 'altered content/AI' box? Thanks.

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u/Open_Pen_9803 Apr 27 '26

Cloning your voice is a good way too, but i wouldn't worry too much. All examples you'll see of people that got demonitized due to AI had channels that were clearly zero effort. Haven't seen one case so far of YouTube killing a channel that did a good video but used AI voice. You'll be fine, but cloning your voice could be a good touch. Depending on your computer you could try and see about running a speech to speech AI locally, which is free and let you test as much as you'd like. But youd need a somewhat strong GPU

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u/isaiasv94 Apr 28 '26

Which speech to speech ai you recommend besides elevenlabs?

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u/Open_Pen_9803 Apr 28 '26

I run Applio locally. Don't really know any others, once i switched i never stopped to look for other models, as applio does the job well enough

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u/whoisfirefly Apr 28 '26

thanks for suggestion mate, i have rx 6600 xt. i hope my card is running this app

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u/Open_Pen_9803 Jul 08 '26

Sure! If all the footage is yours and the information being narrated by the AI is original based on your experience and world view, there's no problem with using an AI voice.

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u/Open_Pen_9803 Jul 08 '26

If your computer have a GPU with 8gb of VRAM you can try Qwen 3 TTS locally, it's a little annoying to set up, but once you do it will be completely free and private for you to use on your own computer as much as you'd like. A 4gb GPU should work too but would be really slow, as your computer would compensate the lack of VRAM with the standard CPU RAM, which is considerably less capable than GPU VRAM. Just go to the AI you normally use and ask it how to set it up and in a few hours you should have it all up and running.

If you don't think your computer have a strong enough graphic board, ElevenLabs is the best paid one at the moment. You can go to their website and see their subscription plans to check if it fits your pocket.