Managing Characters

The Characters Page

Click Characters and Voices in the sidebar, then the My Characters tab, to see all your characters in a table. Each row shows:

• Character avatar and name
• A Voice Clone or Guest Clone badge for cloned voices, or the voice description for Voice Library characters (deprecated voices show an Update Required badge)
• Backstory preview
• Voice play button
• Creation date
• An actions menu (three-dot icon)

Click any character row to open their detail page.

Viewing Character Details

The character detail page, headed Character Details, displays:

• Large avatar, name, title, and backstory
• Voice card with a play button to preview their voice
• Active Podcasts card listing the podcasts that use this character (when any)
• Personality Profile card (if personality has been set)

Editing a Character

1. Navigate to the character detail page.
2. Click the actions dropdown (three-dot icon) in the top right.
3. Select Edit Character.

This opens the full character editor pre-filled with the character's current details, guiding you through name, backstory, voice type, voice, photo, reference materials, and settings (title and personality), each as its own step you can navigate forward and backward between.

The backstory step uses a rich text editor (bold, italic, lists) and takes 10 to 3,000 characters. Click Enhance Backstory (sparkle icon) in the toolbar to have AI expand what you've written; write at least a few sentences first so it has material to work with.

This is the only place to change a character's voice type:

• Voice Clone: Clone your own voice, or a guest's, from a short audio sample. Recording a brand-new clone adds a Voice Style step where you preview and choose between More Consistent and More Expressive delivery.
• Voice Library: Browse and select from the professional AI voice library. See Browsing the Voice Library.

The Reference Materials step lets you attach up to 10 sources (blog posts, essays, podcasts, or video transcripts) that capture how the character writes or speaks, so Jellypod can match their tone.

You can also access Edit Character from the actions dropdown on the Characters table.

Deleting a Character

1. Open the actions dropdown on the character detail page or the Characters table.
2. Select Delete Character (shown in red as a destructive action).
3. Confirm the deletion in the dialog.

Deleting a character is permanent and cannot be undone.

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens if I delete a character that is assigned to a podcast?

Deleting a character is permanent. Any podcasts or episodes that referenced the character will no longer have that character available as a host for new episodes, though existing published episodes retain their audio.