The best way to make realistic talking head videos

Professional talking head videos for training, marketing, and communication using the world’s best AI avatars.

Generate talking head avatars that can act

Create dynamic talking head videos with fully customizable avatars.

• Prompt avatars to act and perform your message with our Veo 3 integration
• Control avatar appearance and environments to stay visually on brand
• Produce dynamic scenes without filming, directing, or manual editing

Choose from 240+ ready-made avatars

Find an on-screen presenter that feels credible, relatable, and ready to deliver your message.

• Select from a diverse library of avatars with natural gestures and full-body movement
• Deliver scripts with accurate lip sync that matches pacing, tone, and pronunciation
• Keep viewers engaged with presenters that feel dynamic, not static

Create a scalable digital presenter

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Turn yourself into a reusable avatar that looks and speaks like you.

• Record once, then reuse your presence across walkthroughs, updates, and training
• Keep your voice and delivery consistent, without re-recording
• Scale communication and instruction without scaling production time

Speak in 160+ languages

Create talking head videos that sound natural and localized for global audiences.

• Translate scripts into over 160 languages with realistic voice and pronunciation
• Maintain accurate lip sync and delivery across every supported language
• Reach international teams and customers with consistent on-screen presenters

How to generate your own talking head

Make your own talking head avatar in three easy steps.

1. Sign up
   Create a Synthesia account and select ‘Personal Avatar’ in the Avatars section.

2. Record
   Record or upload videos of yourself to train your custom avatar based on your likeness.

3. Generate your avatar
   After submitting a short consent video, your avatar will be generated within 24 hours.

One platform to scale video production

• Interactivity
  Add interactive elements such as quizzes, CTAs, and branching scenarios to make videos 10x more engaging.

• Brand Kit
  Apply your brand consistently across every video. Set up your Brand Kit to define fonts, colors, logos, and preferred avatars.

• Live collaboration
  Invite your team to collaborate in real time and create videos together, faster.

• AI Playground
  Generate assets for your videos with the latest AI models such as Veo 3, Sora 2 and Nano Banana Pro.

• Analytics
  Track views and watch time to understand how your audience engages with your videos.

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

Create any type of video with Synthesia

• Avatar Videos
  Create engaging videos with talking heads that speak your script.

• Sora 2 Videos
  Use text prompts to produce video clips with Sora 2.

• Veo 3 Videos
  Generate cinematic videos with Veo 3 directly in Synthesia.

• Stock Library
  Add stock footage with thousands of watermark-free assets.

• Video Templates
  Build videos with professionally-designed templates.

Frequently asked questions about talking head videos

Is Synthesia's talking head video generator free?

Yes, Synthesia offers free video generation that lets you create talking head videos without any credit card required. You can use a range of avatars, including avatars that you can fully customize and prompt to act in scenes, generate media assets with Veo 3 and Sora 2.

Can I make a custom talking head avatar of myself?

Yes, you can create a personal avatar that looks and sounds like you with Synthesia's custom avatar feature. This digital twin allows you to generate talking head videos without ever needing to appear on camera or record your voice again.

Can I customize talking heads?

Yes. Synthesia offers powerful customization options to help your talking heads match your brand, message, and use case. You can choose from over 240 diverse AI avatars across different ethnicities, ages, and styles, or create a custom avatar that looks like you or represents your brand.

Can I make talking heads say anything?

You have full control over what your AI talking heads say by simply typing or pasting your script into the platform. The AI avatars will narrate your exact text using natural-sounding voices in over 160 languages.

Can I make multilingual talking head videos?

Yes. Synthesia supports over 160 languages and 1,000+ natural-sounding voices, making it easy to create multilingual talking head videos.

What is a talking head video?

A talking head video features a person speaking directly to the camera, typically framed from the shoulders up, to explain or present information.

What can I use talking head videos for?

Talking head videos are ideal for training, onboarding, internal communications, marketing, sales, and product explainers.