I Used AI to Dub My Voice Into Mandarin — Is This How I Expand My Audience? 🤖🎙️我使用了 AI 将自己的声音配音成普通话 —— 这是否正在帮助我扩大受众？🤖🎙️
Today I crossed a line I’ve been curious about for a while: I used AI to dub my own voice into Mandarin, complete with Chinese subtitles.
The result is now live on NielFlamm.com → Videos, titled:
David (Chinese-Mandarin)
This wasn’t about novelty or gimmicks. It was about reach.
AI allowed me to:
Translate my original English vlog accurately
Recreate my voice in Mandarin (not a generic narrator)
Add Chinese subtitles for clarity and accessibility
Publish the duplicate content without re-recording or losing tone
That’s a massive shift for independent creators. Historically, expanding into another language meant studios, translators, voice actors, time, and money. Now? One creator, one video, global potential.
So the real question becomes: Does this expand my audience?
Short answer: It can—if used intentionally.
Mandarin is spoken by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Even if a fraction of that audience connects with the content, the upside is real. More importantly, it opens the door to:
Viewers who would never click an English-language video
Cross-cultural engagement around faith, film, and storytelling
Testing what content resonates globally versus locally
This is an experiment—but a very deliberate one.
If you’re curious about where content creation is heading, this is it. Language is no longer the barrier it once was. The creator economy just grew significantly.
Check out the video on NielFlamm.com → Videos, search for David (Chinese-Mandarin), and let me know what you think.
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今天，我迈出了一个让我思考已久的关键一步：我使用 AI 将自己的声音配音成普通话，并添加了中文字幕。
成果已经发布在 NielFlamm.com → Videos 页面上，标题为：
David（中文普通话版）
这并不是为了噱头或新奇感，而是为了一个核心目标：触达更多人。
借助 AI，我能够：
准确地将原本的英文视频翻译成中文
使用“我的声音”进行普通话配音，而不是生硬的机器旁白
添加中文字幕，提高理解度与可访问性
在不重新录制、不失去原有语气和情感的情况下发布内容
对独立内容创作者来说，这是一次真正的转变。过去，进入另一种语言市场需要团队、翻译、配音演员、时间和高昂的成本。而现在，一个创作者、一条视频，就有了全球化的可能性。
真正的问题是：这是否能扩大我的受众？
简短的答案是：可以 —— 前提是用得有策略。
普通话是全球使用人数最多的语言之一。哪怕只有很小一部分观众产生共鸣，潜力也是巨大的。更重要的是，它打开了新的可能性：
原本不会点击英文视频的观众
围绕信仰、电影和故事展开的跨文化交流
测试哪些内容在全球范围内有效，哪些更偏向本地
这是一次实验，但也是一次有意识、有目的的尝试。
如果你对内容创作的未来感到好奇——这就是答案。语言不再是曾经的壁垒，创作者经济正在变得真正全球化。
欢迎前往 NielFlamm.com → Videos，搜索 David（中文普通话版），也欢迎分享你的看法。
