# Synthesia

> Synthesia turns a written script into a finished video fronted by a lifelike AI presenter, no camera, studio, or actor required. Its latest Express-2 engine, released in July, is the notable upgrade: avatars now combine facial expressions and accurate lip sync with natural hand and body gestures, so a full-body presenter can actually move and emphasize points rather than stiffly reading to camera. For non-engineers, the appeal is speed and scale. You pick from more than 230 stock avatars or create one of yourself, type or paste your script, and generate a polished explainer or training video in minutes, with support for over 140 languages if you need to localize. It is squarely aimed at corporate learning-and-development and marketing teams who churn out lots of similar videos, though the same tools obviously raise familiar questions about synthetic likenesses. Used honestly, it is a genuine time-saver for anyone who has ever dreaded filming a talking-head video, letting you update a script and re-render instead of rebooking a shoot.

_Section: [New AI Tools](https://www.wortins.com/new-tools) · Source: Synthesia · Published Thursday, August 20, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Synthesia turns a written script into a finished video fronted by a lifelike AI presenter, no camera, studio, or actor required. Its latest Express-2 engine, released in July, is the notable upgrade: avatars now combine facial expressions and accurate lip sync with natural hand and body gestures, so a full-body presenter can actually move and emphasize points rather than stiffly reading to camera. For non-engineers, the appeal is speed and scale. You pick from more than 230 stock avatars or create one of yourself, type or paste your script, and generate a polished explainer or training video in minutes, with support for over 140 languages if you need to localize. It is squarely aimed at corporate learning-and-development and marketing teams who churn out lots of similar videos, though the same tools obviously raise familiar questions about synthetic likenesses. Used honestly, it is a genuine time-saver for anyone who has ever dreaded filming a talking-head video, letting you update a script and re-render instead of rebooking a shoot.

## Source

[Read the full story at Synthesia](https://www.synthesia.io/post/synthesia-new-avatars-dont-just-talk-they-take-action)

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