How to Split a Long Text into Sentences for a Recording Script

Last updated: November 8, 2026

Voice data projects usually ask speakers to read one sentence at a time. If your source is a long article or a messy list, you first need to turn it into clean lines. The Sayvoi sentence splitter does this in your browser, and nothing is uploaded.

Step by step

1. Paste your text, or upload a .txt file.
2. Choose where to split: at punctuation, at line breaks, or both.
3. Set the maximum words per sentence if your project has a length limit. Long sentences are cut at a comma or semicolon near the middle first.
4. Set a minimum to join very short fragments to the next sentence.
5. Turn on duplicate removal and list-marker removal, then press Split.
6. Copy the result or download it as a .txt file.

What the tool avoids splitting

• Common abbreviations such as Dr. and Mr.
• Single-letter initials such as J. Smith.
• Decimal numbers such as 3.5.

Check before you record

• Read the lines aloud once. Fix any line that is awkward to say.
• If your guidelines want numbers written as words, convert them with the numbers to words tool first.
• Follow your client's own rules on sentence length. See how long a sentence should be.

Then record

Upload the final .txt file to the voice recorder and record the sentences in order. For the full workflow, read how to record sentences from a script file.

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