--- title: "Wedding Speech Video: Keep the Toasts | WeddingEditor" url: https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-speech-video/ last_updated: 2026-10-11 --- # Wedding speech video: keeping the toasts in a highlight edit A wedding speech video is the part of a film where the toasts carry the story: the best man's line that gets the laugh, the parent who chokes up. WeddingEditor lets you name those speakers and lines in your preference answers before the edit starts, and WeddingEditor's AI editing makes a Highlight Reel of about 5 minutes that keeps the original sound from your footage. You upload every file from the reception, and you get back a 1080p MP4 to review. [Start your first wedding](https://app.weddingeditor.ai/sign-up?redirect_url=/dashboard) ## What a speech-led edit gives you These are the things you can expect when speeches matter most to the couple. - **Toasts heard in the original audio**: The edit keeps the sound recorded in your footage, so a speech is heard as it was delivered, laugh lines and pauses included. Nothing is laid over it as background music. - **Named speakers given room**: If you write in your preferences that the father of the bride and the maid of honor must be heard, that goes into the brief before cutting. It is guidance for the AI editing, not a switch that forces a fixed length. - **A highlight, not the full speech hour**: The Highlight Reel runs about 5 minutes for the whole day, so speeches appear as lines and reactions inside that story. If the couple wants every word of every toast, deliver your own longer cut alongside it. - **A file you can extend**: The MP4 opens in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro, so you can splice a complete toast into a separate deliverable without rebuilding the highlight. ## What is a wedding speech video? In wedding filmmaking, a speech video is either a standalone edit of the toasts or the stretch of a highlight film that leans on them for structure. Toasts are the one part of the day where people say out loud what the couple means to them, so editors often use a single sentence from a speech as the spine that the visuals hang on. Good speech editing depends on clean audio, the right sentence, and a reaction shot that lets the line land. For a videographer the hard part is time: reception audio runs long, speakers ramble, and finding the two sentences that carry the film means listening to all of it. Not the same as: Not the same as a speech-writing service or a slideshow app for guests. This page is about cutting recorded toasts into a wedding film. ## How to get speeches into your edit with WeddingEditor 1. **Create the project as a Highlight Reel** Start a new wedding project in the app and choose Highlight Reel, the deliverable where speech lines have room to play inside about 5 minutes. 2. **Upload every reception file** Add all camera and audio files from the reception in the browser, including separate .wav recordings if you ran a recorder at the lectern. There is no need to trim the toasts first. 3. **Name the speeches in your preferences** In the optional preference questions, list the speakers in order of importance and quote any line the couple loved. Say what to avoid too, such as an inside joke that should stay out. 4. **Pay, wait, review and revise** Buy One Wedding or use a plan credit to start processing, which typically takes 24 to 72 hours. Watch the edit in the app, download the MP4, and use your revision rounds (up to two are included) by email if a key line is missing. ## What WeddingEditor does for speech-heavy weddings - **Takes the whole reception as uploaded**: You do not need to rename, sort by camera or pre-select clips, so a long night of toasts goes in as recorded. - **Reads your notes on who matters**: Preference answers cover priorities, specific people and must-include moments, and those answers shape the edit. - **Keeps the voices you recorded**: The edit keeps the original sound in your footage, and the audio preference keeps toasts from being buried under a track. - **Made with AI editing**: Every paid full edit is made by WeddingEditor's AI editing and published to your project. - **Up to two revision rounds**: If the wrong sentence made the cut, email your notes from the link in the app and the same edit is revised, up to two times. - **Delivered as a standard file**: You receive a 1080p H.264 MP4 that opens in the editors you already use. ## What it does not do for speeches - **No audio cleanup**: WeddingEditor does not remove hum, balance a quiet microphone or clean crowd noise. Fix problem audio in your own editor before or after. - **No full-length speech edit**: The deliverables are a Highlight Reel of about 5 minutes or a Social Teaser. A complete toast-by-toast film is a cut you make yourself from your footage. - **No guarantee a given line appears**: Your preferences guide the AI editing, but a must-include request is not a promise that every quoted sentence fits the final story. Use a revision round if one is missing. - **No captions or lower thirds**: Speaker names and subtitles are not added. Put them on in your editor after you download the MP4. ## Speech video: doing it yourself vs handing off the edit | Task | Cutting speeches yourself | With WeddingEditor | |---|---|---| | Listening through every toast | You scrub the full reception audio | You note the speakers that matter in your preferences | | Choosing the line that carries the film | Your call, after full playback | The AI editing follows your notes and cuts the highlight | | Audio repair | Done in your editor | Not done; original sound is kept as recorded | | Adding speaker names | Your titles in your editor | Not added; add them after download | | Changes after review | As many passes as you have time for | Up to two revision rounds by email | ## What a speech-led edit costs Each wedding uses one purchase or one plan credit: One Wedding is $119 one-time for one wedding, and Solo is $99 per month with 1 wedding credit. Pro at $249 and Studio at $599 per month add more credits for busy seasons. - One Wedding: $119 one-time for one wedding - Solo: $99 per month, 1 wedding credit - Pro: $249 per month, 3 wedding credits - Studio: $599 per month, 8 wedding credits - Try Before You Buy: $10 one-time for a short sample edit from your own footage ## Wedding speech video questions ### Will every toast be in the highlight? Not in full. The Highlight Reel is about 5 minutes for the whole day, so speeches appear as their strongest lines and reactions. Name the speeches that matter most in your preferences, and keep your own long-form toast cut for couples who want everything. ### Can I send a separate audio recorder file from the lectern? Yes. You can upload .wav audio files alongside your video files in the same wedding project. Mention in your preferences which recording carries the speeches so the best sound is used. ### Does WeddingEditor put music under the speeches? Yes. Music supports the moments in the edit, and the audio preference sets the balance: More speeches & voices, Balanced speech & music, or Mostly music-led. Real wedding audio such as vows, speeches and laughter can carry the story, with music in support. ### How do I say which line to use? Quote it in your preference answers, along with the speaker's role. Free-text answers can be up to 2,000 characters, and nothing is assumed for questions you skip. ### Is the speech edit made by AI alone? No. Every paid full edit is made by WeddingEditor's AI editing and published to your project. ### Can I make a vertical clip of a toast for social media? Not from WeddingEditor. Edits are delivered as 1080p widescreen MP4 files, with no vertical version. Crop a vertical clip yourself in your editor. ### What if a key speech line is cut? Use one of the revision rounds (up to two are included) with every full edit. Email your notes from the link in the app and the same edit is revised. ### How long until I see the speech edit? Processing typically takes 24 to 72 hours after you pay. There is no guaranteed turnaround time. ## More wedding moment guides - [Wedding video guides](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video-guides/): Every head-term guide in one place - [Wedding vows video](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-vows-video/): Vows as a priority moment - [Wedding reception video](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-reception-video/): The reception in a highlight - [First dance video](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/first-dance-video/): The first dance with original sound - [Wedding highlight reel](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-highlight-reel/): What the Highlight Reel deliverable is ## Let the toasts tell the story Upload the reception, name the speeches that matter, and review a finished highlight. 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