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What is Synthesia’s text to speech avatar
Text-to-speech avatar
A text-to-speech avatar converts written text into a video featuring a photorealistic digital human speaking with a natural-sounding voice. Users can choose from prebuilt avatars or create custom ones, your own AI avatar (your digital twin). Advanced neural network models ensure studio-quality, lifelike videos with AI avatars and voiceovers in 130+ languages.
AI text to speech avatar features include:
- 230+ realistic text to speech avatars
- Easy translation to 140+ languages
- Avatars that express emotions like humans
- Flexibility to change color of avatar’s outfits
- Scenes with multiple avatars and dialogs
Discover Synthesia’s text-to-speech avatars
Learn more about our best in class text-to-speech avatars
Our latest updates introduce groundbreaking features to our AI avatars, allowing you to produce incredibly lifelike and natural videos.
Expressive TTS Avatars
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AI Avatars now express emotions based on the semantics of the text. They act incredibly realistic, opening up many different use cases.
No cameras, actors or video editing skills needed
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Creating studio-quality videos is now as easy as making a slide deck. AI video assistant will write the script and do all the editing for you.
Avatars that speak your audience's language
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Each of our AI avatars can speak over 140 languages in a variety of voices. They are perfect narrators for global team content.
How to create a text to speech avatar
Step 1. Create a video script
We recommend using no more than 3-4 sentences per video slide to keep the video short and engaging.
Step 2. Choose an text to speech avatar
Next, choose an AI avatar. We have over 140 diverse AI avatars to choose from.
Step 3. Paste text and choose voice
Copy your text and paste it into the script box slide by slide. We will generate a voiceover in any of the supported 120+ languages.
Step 4. Edit video
Add images, videos, colors, shapes, text, animations and more to make your avatar stand out.
Step 5. Generate and download
All you have to do now is generate the avatar video. Once the video is generated, you can share it, download it or embed it.
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Design your unique TTS Avatar
With Synthesia, you can create a branded avatar, make a digital twin in minutes, or use our studio to create your expressive AI avatar. Learn more about custom avatars.
Avatar builder
Customize stock avatars: change their clothing colors and put your logo on to match your brand.
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Studio avatar
Produce a custom expressive avatar: visit one of our certified studios for a last-generation avatar.
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Built on the foundations of AI ethics and security
People first, always. Since 2017, we've prioritized secure, safe and ethical use of Artificial Intelligence.
SOC 2 & GDPR compliant
Our data handling systems and processes are independently audited and certified.
Trust & Safety team
A dedicated team ensures the protection of your data and ethical application of AI.
Content moderation
We use a combination of human and AI moderation to safeguard our users.
AI policy and regulations
We engage with regulatory bodies and welcome robust AI policies and regulations.
TTS avatar questions answered
How do you make a TTS avatar?
Here's how you can make a TTS avatar in 5 easy steps:
- Get started: Use AI video assistant or choose a video template manually.
- Choose an text to speech avatar. Next, choose an AI avatar. We have over 230 diverse AI avatars to choose from.
- Paste text and choose voice. Copy your text and paste it into the script box slide by slide. We will generate a voiceover in any of the supported 120+ languages.
- Edit video. Add images, videos, colors, shapes, text, animations and more to make your avatar stand out.
- Generate and download. All you have to do now is generate the avatar video. Once the video is generated, you can share it, download it or embed it.
How to make a text-to-speech avatar for free?
You can easily create avatars for free with our free trial plan. You will also have access to over 60 video templates and a library of AI voices.
What are Synthesia Stock Avatars?
Stock avatars are created from video footage of real actors who have given their consent to do so. See the avatar page to discover all available avatars.
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