HeyGen is an AI video platform that makes videos of talking digital presenters, including avatars of real people, and translates videos into other languages.
In plain words
A HeyGen avatar can learn how a person speaks, gestures and moves from a recording, then present new scripts as if that person had filmed them. You can also bring a single photo to life so it speaks your script. You shape a video by editing its script in a text editor, much like a document. A translation tool re-voices a clip in another language in the speaker's own voice with matching lips. Developers can automate all this through an API.
A quick example
Imagine a teacher who recorded a lesson in English. They upload the clip to HeyGen's video translation tool, choose Spanish and French, and press translate. They get new versions where their own voice speaks each language and their lip movements match the words.
Where you'll meet it
- Onboarding and training videos with a digital presenter.
- Translating existing videos into other languages.
Related
Sources
- DocsHeyGen, HeyGen · read 29 Sept 2026
- DocsHow to get started with video translation, HeyGen Help Center · read 29 Sept 2026
- DocsHow to get started with photo avatars, HeyGen Help Center · read 29 Sept 2026
- DocsHeyGen Developers, HeyGen · read 29 Sept 2026
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