Synthesia
Synthesia is the fastest way to turn a script into a polished presenter video, ideal for training and onboarding content.
Synthesia is purpose-built for talking-head corporate and training video — turning a script into a polished presenter video in minutes.
Avatars and voice quality are impressively natural for straightforward narration, though close-up scrutiny still reveals some synthetic tells.
The script-to-video workflow is about as simple as this category gets — paste a script, pick an avatar, and generate.
Starter is $29/mo for a set number of minutes; a free plan with 3 minutes/mo is enough to evaluate quality first.
It's optimized for narration-style content rather than creative storytelling, and cost scales with total video minutes produced.
- 1Create an account
Sign up at synthesia.io — the free plan includes 3 minutes of video per month.
- 2Write or paste a script
Enter the script you want narrated, or generate one with the built-in AI script assistant.
- 3Choose an avatar and voice
Pick from 200+ stock avatars and voices, or create a custom avatar on paid tiers.
- 4Select a template
Use a template suited to training, onboarding, or marketing content to speed up layout.
- 5Generate and export
Render the video, then download or share it directly — translation to other languages is one click away.