Tool · Talking presenters, Video, Voice and speech

Synthesia

Turns a script into a video with a digital presenter, mainly for training and business videos. Choose a stock presenter or make one of yourself from a photo or video after a live consent recording. Can also dub videos into other languages.

Go to Synthesia’s website

At a glance

Open or closed

Closed

Only usable through the maker's app or API

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page

Can I sell what I make?

Yes, with conditions (from the Basic plan)

Not allowed in paid adverts

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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Cost

Free option: Basic: 10 minutes of video or dubbing and 500 credits a month; videos are watermarked.

Plans below.

How you use it

In your browser, Maker's own API

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Skill needed

No setup

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Made by

Synthesia (GB)

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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Status

Available

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What you can make with it

A talking presenter, a presenter video from a script (main use)
A talking presenter, a digital twin of me
A video, in another language (dubbing with lip-sync)
A voice or speech, a copy of my own voice

text to videoimage to videovideo to video

Dubbing listed as AI dubbing in 130+ languages; whether it re-syncs lips was not stated on the page read.

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Plans and prices

Plan	Price	Includes
Basic	Free	10 minutes of audio or video a month; 500 credits a month
Starter (monthly)	$29 a month	1,250 credits a month 1,250 credits = up to about 12 minutes of video or 16 minutes of dubbing, on top of the free allowance. 3 personal avatars.
Pro (monthly)	$89 a month	6,000 credits a month 6,000 credits = up to about 60 minutes of video or 78 minutes of dubbing, on top of the free allowance. 5 personal avatars. Larger tiers up to 48,000 credits for $676.

Some plans are not listed here; see the source for the full list.

'$' 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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Rough cost of 1 minute of presenter video: about $1.48 / £1.11 (estimate, worked out by Plainly, not a price the maker publishes). $89 / about 60 minutes = $1.48 per minute (ignores the 10 free minutes). GBP at 0.75.

Rights and safety

Real faces and voices: Copies a real face (personal avatar from photo (paid plans)), checks the person's consent
Copies a real face (personal avatar from video), checks the person's consent
Copies a real voice (voice clone with personal avatar), checks the person's consent
Copies a real face (avatar request sent to a colleague (Enterprise)), checks the person's consent
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.
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About this entry

Facts last checked 12 Oct 2026 against the maker’s own pages (each fact links to its source). Entry status: draft. Plain-English summary written by Plainly.