Make a talking avatar from a photo

In Percify, pick a library avatar or upload a photo, add a voice, and generate a lip-synced talking video priced per second of audio.

Percify turns one photo into a talking video. Pick a face from the avatar library or upload your own photo, record or choose the audio, and Percify animates the face and lip-syncs it to that audio. You pay per second of audio: 2 credits a second on Fast, 4 or 6 on High.

Percify Avatar Studio: your reusable cast.

What you need

• A computer. Avatars live in the desktop web app at app.percify.io/home/avatars, under Avatars in the sidebar.
• A face: one of the library avatars, or a clear, front-facing photo of your own.
• Audio for the avatar to say: a recording made in the browser (5 to 60 seconds), an uploaded audio file up to 10 MB, or a voice you saved earlier.
• Enough credits for the length of the audio (see below).

Start from the avatar library

The Overview tab on the Avatars page is a wall of ready-made faces for common jobs. Hover over one and click Use this to start with that face, or click Create New to start with your own photo.

Home UGC creator

Author in the library

Business coach

Podcast host

Real estate agent

Healthcare professional

Browse all of them in the avatar library.

How to make a talking avatar

1. Pick the face

   On Avatars, click Use this on a library avatar, or click Create New. On the Create Avatar screen, the Visual tab lets you Tap to upload a photo (or drop one) or Use camera.

2. Add the voice

   Open the Voice tab. Under Record, tap to record yourself or click Upload Audio. Under My Voices, pick audio you saved before. The button changes from Add a photo to Add a voice to Generate as each part is ready. Click Generate.

3. Choose mode and quality

   On Create Talking Avatar, select the audio under Record or My Voices (a recording you just made is saved to My Voices). Choose Mode: Fast (quicker, cheaper, 480p) or High (sharper, slower). With High you can pick 480p or 720p under Quality.

4. Generate the video

   Check Estimated cost, which shows the rate times the audio length, then click Generate video. You can leave the page: generation continues and the video is saved. When it is ready, click Download.

How much does it cost?

The charge is the per-second rate times the length of the audio, measured on the server and rounded up to a whole second.

Mode	Quality	Credits per second of audio	10 second video	30 second video
Fast	480p	2	20	60
High	480p	4	40	120
High	720p	6	60	180

If your balance is too low, the button reads Not Enough Credits and nothing is charged. See how credits work. If a video fails, see refunds.

Limits

Limit	Value
Recording length	5 to 60 seconds (recording stops at 60)
Uploaded audio	An audio file under 10 MB
Photo	Any image file. Very large photos are resized in the browser before upload.
Output resolution	480p (Fast or High) or 720p (High only)
Silent recording	Refused before any charge, with a message to check your microphone

Tips

• Use a sharp, front-facing portrait with good lighting.
• Record clear audio without background noise, at a natural pace. The generator’s own tip: 5 to 60 seconds works best.
• Start on Fast to check the result, then switch to High and 720p for the version you publish.
• If the estimate reads “Estimating cost…”, the audio length is still loading. Wait a moment before generating.

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