Text-to-Speech Avatar
Create a text-to-speech avatar that presents your script on camera. Enter your text, choose an avatar and voice, and get a polished talking video in minutes, with no filming or editing required.
Create a text-to-speech avatar that presents your script on camera. Enter your text, choose an avatar and voice, and get a polished talking video in minutes, with no filming or editing required.
Text-to-speech avatar features
Enter a script and get a talking avatar
Paste your script, and the avatar will deliver it with natural lip-sync and matching expressions. The text-to-video engine transforms written words into a polished talking clip within minutes, allowing you to edit simply by changing the text instead of re-recording even a single line.
Over 1,100 avatars and 300 AI voices
Choose a presenter from over 1,100 realistic avatars, then pair it with the AI voice generator and its 300+ voices. Match the voice to the avatar, adjust the tone and pace, and maintain the same face and delivery in every scene throughout the video.
Custom avatar from a 15-second clip
Create your digital twin in Avatar V using just one 15-second video, with no eligibility form or studio booking required. The model preserves your face and voice across wide, medium and close-up shots, ensuring your custom avatar remains consistent everywhere.
Talking avatars in over 177 languages
Type once and generate the same talking avatar in over 177 languages and dialects, with voice cloning that preserves your tone in every version. Regional accents and phoneme-level lip sync ensure each language sounds like a native recording, rather than a machine-generated dub.
Direct gestures and lengthy scripts
Direct the avatar in plain English, asking it to look at the camera, lean in or remain calm, so the delivery suits the message. A single pass renders up to 30 minutes of continuous talking-head video, maintaining likeness and voice without any drift across lengthy scripts.
Traditional training shoots require studios and reshoots for every edit. Turn your script into an avatar-led module, then update the text and regenerate it whenever a policy or product detail changes, without having to book a crew.
Filming short-form content every day takes hours. Use an AI talking head to publish consistent clips on TikTok, Instagram and X, with the same on-screen presenter helping your channel build recognition without requiring you to appear on camera.
Localising footage usually means re-recording it for every market. Create one avatar video, then use the AI video translator to deliver it in over 177 languages, enabling global teams to hear the message in their own language.
Screen recordings alone feel flat. Pair a talking avatar with your product walkthrough to explain features step by step, then regenerate the script the moment the interface or pricing updates, keeping every demo current.
Recording the same pitch for every prospect does not scale. Script one message, swap in names or details, and send personalized avatar videos at volume, so outreach feels one-to-one without hours on camera.
Live anchoring of routine updates keeps on-air talent occupied. Broadcast and media teams can script an avatar presenter to deliver news segments or localised forecasts on demand, updating the video as the story develops without having to set up the shot again.
How to create a text-to-speech avatar
Go from script to a finished text to speech avatar video in four steps, no camera, microphone, or editing timeline required.
Type your text directly or paste an existing script, then set your preferred tone and pace.
Choose from over 1,100 avatars and 300 voices, or select your own custom digital twin.
Generate a preview, adjust gestures and delivery, and translate into any of 177+ languages.
Render in HD or 4K, then download the MP4 or publish it straight to your channels.
A text to speech avatar is a digital presenter that reads your typed script aloud on screen with synced lip movement. You enter text, choose an avatar and voice, and the tool renders a talking video, with no filming or voice recording.
HeyGen uses natural lip-sync, facial expressions and motion controls to make text-to-speech avatars speak and move like on-camera presenters. Results depend on the selected avatar, voice, script and motion settings.
Yes. You can start creating a text to speech avatar video with HeyGen's free plan and no credit card. For current limits, included features, and export options, check the HeyGen pricing page before publishing.
Paste your script, choose an avatar and one of over 300 voices, then generate your video. Direct gestures in plain English and refine the delivery with accurate AI lip sync before exporting. To edit it later, simply change the text instead of recording it again.
Yes. Record a 15-second source video to create a digital twin, then select or create a voice for the avatar. The available avatar and voice options depend on your current HeyGen plan and workflow.
Most avatar tools provide a stock presenter reading a script. HeyGen adds a 15-second custom digital twin, voice cloning in over 177 languages, plain-English gesture instructions, and up to 30 minutes of continuous video in a single pass—all on one platform.
HeyGen avatars speak over 177 languages and dialects, with voice cloning that keeps your tone consistent across every version. Write your script once and generate localised videos, enabling one avatar to address audiences in nearly any market without re-recording.
Yes. Educator Anton Voroniuk reported saving 15.5 hours a week and cutting production costs 40x after switching to HeyGen avatars, while reaching over 1M students. Scripting and regenerating replaces filming, editing, and reshoots.
Yes. Alongside realistic human avatars, HeyGen's Avatar IV animates photos, cartoon, and 2D or 3D characters into talking presenters. Upload an image or pick a style, add your script, and the character speaks it with matching lip movement.
Yes. HeyGen's API supports programmatic avatar video generation from text. For interactive real-time avatars, use HeyGen's Live Avatar offering. Check the current developer documentation and API pricing for supported models, limits, and rates.
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