The best way to create realistic digital avatars

Create human-like digital avatars that act naturally, scale globally, and deliver your message without cameras, crews, or complexity.

Generate digital avatars that act

Create digital avatar videos where characters act in dynamic scenes.

  • Prompt avatars to act, gesture, and perform actions within virtual environments
  • Customize avatar appearance and backgrounds to match your brand and use case
  • Produce dynamic video scenes without filming or manual editing

Use 240+ ready-made digital avatars

Make videos faster using realistic stock digital avatars.

  • Choose avatars that gesture, move, and speak naturally on screen
  • Deliver scripts with realistic lip sync and human-like delivery
  • Keep viewers engaged with presenters that feel dynamic, not static

Build your own digital avatar

Create a digital twin that looks and sounds just like you.

  • Turn a single recording into a reusable digital avatar
  • Preserve your natural movement, voice, and delivery
  • Scale your presence without being on camera

Deliver your message in any language

Reach global audiences without re-recording or changing presenters.

  • Generate multilingual videos without hiring translators or voice actors
  • Keep the same avatar and voice in 160+ languages and accents
  • Update content once and publish globally without duplicating work

How to create your own digital avatar

Make a digital twin of yourself that looks and sounds like you, ready to use across videos.

  1. Sign up

    Create a Synthesia account and choose Personal Avatar to start building your digital twin.

  2. Record yourself

    Record or upload short videos of yourself to capture your appearance, voice, and delivery.

  3. Generate your digital twin

    After submitting a short consent video, your digital avatar will be generated and ready to use within 24 hours.

Why do training, marketing and sales leaders trust Synthesia?

Change Management

“It's enterprise-ready and makes video creation easy.”
Niraj Singh
Head of SAP Experience Garage

Sales enablement

"What used to take 4 hours now takes 30 minutes."
Rosalie Cutugno
Global Sales Enablement Lead

Operations training

"The platform is so easy to use and intuitive."
Frank Grijspaarde
Global TPM Manager

Internal communications

“ We make videos fast and use them every day.”
Prashanth Poli
Group Data & AI Strategy Project Manager

Employee training

"Updating 10,000 courses? Totally doable now."
Eva Bertone McGann
Senior Instructional Designer

Compliance training

"I don't need a third party anymore. I do it myself"
Tonya Braddock
Executive Director, L&D

Technical training

“50% faster content. Without sacrificing quality"
Miki Ishikawa
Director Learning Experience

Employee training

"Teams adopt it fast and use it across the company."
Sabrina Childress
Innovation, Enablement, and Adoption

Employee training

“Interactive video is redefining training for us”
Jen Ruthven
Group Director, Learning & Career Development

Compliance training

“We push updates without touching the LMS.”
Mark Stauffer
Senior Manager, Global L&D

Employee training

"With Synthesia, we get lightning-fast results."
Matt Pagel
L&D Manager

Frequently asked questions about digital avatars

What is the best digital avatar tool?

Synthesia is the best tool for digital avatar creation because it offers the most advanced and realistic AI avatars available today. You can easily change an avatar’s outfit, background, and environment using simple prompts. Plus with Synthesia's Veo 3 integration, avatars can perform actions and interact within any scene, making them extremely dynamic and engaging.

How do I create a digital avatar?

In Synthesia there are several ways to create digital avatars. You can start with stock avatars, with over 240 ready-made avatars in different styles, ethnicities, and voices. For more flexibility, you can use customizable avatars, which let you change outfits, environments, and even prompt avatars to act and behave in dynamic scenes. You can also create a personal digital human version of yourself by uploading a short video and consent clip.

How do I create a digital avatar of myself?

To create your own digital avatar in Synthesia, first sign up and select “Personal Avatar” in the platform. Then, record or upload videos of yourself to train the AI on your likeness. After submitting a short consent video, your custom talking head avatar will be generated within 24 hours.

What is a digital avatar?

A digital avatar is an AI‑generated virtual human that can present and narrate your content in videos with realistic facial expressions and natural speech. It acts like a virtual presenter to engage viewers without needing real actors or cameras.

What are the benefits of digital avatars?

Using a virtual person in your content offers numerous benefits, including increased engagement, the ability to produce content without needing physical presence, and the opportunity to present information in a more interactive and personalized manner. Virtual persons can also be used across various platforms and media types, making your content versatile and innovative.

What types of content can I make with digital humans?

Digital avatars are ideal for training, marketing, onboarding, product explainers, internal communications, and more, replacing static text or slides with engaging video.

Are digital avatars safe and ethical?

Yes, Synthesia follows strict ethical and safety standards for digital avatars. Personal avatars are only created with explicit user consent, and every submission requires a consent video to verify identity and permission. The platform does not allow deepfakes, impersonation, or avatar creation without full authorization, ensuring responsible use of the technology.