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  "label": "Yes, with conditions",
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    "what": "1 minute of presenter video",
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   }
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    "route": "avatar request sent to a colleague (Enterprise)",
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  "available_on": [],
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    "slug": "akool",
    "name": "Akool",
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    "slug": "invideo-ai",
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    "slug": "jogg-ai",
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    "slug": "pixelcut",
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    "slug": "synthesys",
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    "slug": "vidnoz",
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    "slug": "vyond",
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   "field": "access",
   "url": "https://www.synthesia.io/features/avatars",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
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   "field": "commercial_use",
   "url": "https://help.synthesia.io/en/articles/6341928-synthesia-video-licensing",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Stock avatars: training, product and social videos allowed; no paid promotion of any kind, no broadcast TV without permission. Custom avatars: governed by your agreement with the person. Article doesn't separate free and paid plans."
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   "confidence": "high",
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   "note": null
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   "field": "likeness_cloning",
   "url": "https://docs.synthesia.io/docs/personal-avatars",
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   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Photo and video avatars need a live consent recording by the same person; uploads not accepted. Voice sample is part of the same flow. Colleague requests: the colleague records in the flow, but a separate check isn't described. No ID check mentioned."
  },
  {
   "field": "made_by",
   "url": "https://help.synthesia.io/en/articles/6341928-synthesia-video-licensing",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Help centre gives a London address (20 Triton St, Regents Place). Legal entity name not shown on the pages read; terms page could not be fetched."
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  {
   "field": "modalities",
   "url": "https://www.synthesia.io/features/avatars",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Inferred from features: script to video, personal avatar from a photo, dubbing an existing video."
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  {
   "field": "openness",
   "url": "https://www.synthesia.io/features/avatars",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
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  {
   "field": "pricing",
   "url": "https://www.synthesia.io/pricing",
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   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "'$' shown, USD assumed. Yearly billing offered ('save up to 4 months') but yearly prices not in the page text. Enterprise custom. Roleplay add-on $29 per learner seat a month. API listed with 360 minutes of video a year."
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   "field": "skill_level",
   "url": "https://www.synthesia.io/features/avatars",
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   "confidence": "high",
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   "note": "Dubbing listed as AI dubbing in 130+ languages; whether it re-syncs lips was not stated on the page read."
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