Creating a Character

Generate a character with AI or build one manually, then create characters straight from the voice library or your episode's host picker.

Getting Started

Click Characters and Voices in the sidebar.
Click New Character in the top right corner.

A dialog asks how you want to get started:

Generate with AI (about 1 minute): Describe your character and Jellypod creates them for you, then drops you on the new character's page.
Create Manually (about 2 minutes): Choose the name, description, personality, and voice yourself.

Click either option to jump straight into it; there's no separate Continue step.

Note

Starter, Educator, and Free organizations can keep up to 10 characters. If you're at the limit, creating another character opens an upgrade dialog instead, pointing to Creator for unlimited characters. Deleting an existing character also frees up a slot. See Plans and Pricing for details.

Generate with AI

Describe your character in the text box (for example, "A warm, curious science educator who explains complex topics clearly"), then click Generate character. Jellypod writes the name, backstory, and personality, picks a voice, and opens the new character's page.

Create Manually

Fill in the form:

Avatar (optional): Upload a profile image. Accepts JPEG, PNG, GIF, or WebP, up to 10 MB.
Name: Required, up to 100 characters.
Title (optional): A short descriptor like "Tech Journalist," up to 100 characters.
Description: Your character's backstory and personality, 10 to 3,000 characters.
Personality (optional): Communication style and personality traits.
Voice: Click a voice in the Voice Library to select it; the selected row highlights.

Click Create character to save and open the character's page.

Tip

This quick form only offers Voice Library voices. To clone your own voice for a character, attach reference materials, or fine-tune a new clone's Voice Style, create the character here first, then edit it. See Managing Characters and Voice Cloning.

Creating a Character From the Voice Library

On the Explore tab, click Use This Voice next to any voice in the All Voices table. This opens the manual form with that voice already selected, shown on its own instead of the full Voice Library.

Creating a Character While Picking Episode Hosts

If you open the host picker for an episode and don't have any characters yet, it shows a Create Character button in place of the list. Creating a character there selects it as a host for the episode right away; you don't have to navigate away and back.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I edit a character after creating them?

Yes. You can edit any character at any time from the Characters page. Click the three-dot menu and select Edit Character to reopen the full editor, which also lets you clone a voice, attach reference materials, and set a Voice Style, options the quick creation dialog doesn't include.

How do I choose the voice model my character uses?

The voice model is set automatically by the voice you pick, so there is no separate model toggle in character settings.

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