AI Talking Photo

Upload a photo and an audio clip. The AI moves the mouth and face to match the speech, so a still portrait becomes someone talking.

What stays, what changes

  • Kept: the motion, the timing, the framing, and who is in the shot.
  • Changed: the style — colors, lines, shading, texture.
  • Free tier: short clips at 720p with a watermark. No card needed.

What is the talking photo maker?

A talking photo is a still portrait animated to match an audio recording - the mouth shapes, jaw and expression follow the actual speech rather than looping a generic talking motion. You supply both the photo and the audio; the tool syncs them.

How the talking photo maker works

  1. 1

    Upload a photo

    One face, looking toward the camera, mouth visible and unobstructed.

  2. 2

    Add the audio

    A recording of what they should say.

  3. 3

    Generate

    The mouth and expression follow the speech.

  4. 4

    Download

    An MP4 with the audio already in it.

Why use this one

Follows the actual audio

Mouth shapes track the speech rather than looping a generic talking motion.

One photo is enough

No video of the person, no recording session.

Keeps the face

It still has to look like them, which means the motion stays within what the photo supports.

Free to start

New accounts get 30 credits. No card.

What people use the talking photo maker for

Narration without filming

Put a face on a voiceover when getting on camera is not practical.

Historical and archive portraits

A photo of someone reading their own words.

Characters

Give an illustrated or generated face a voice.

Specs

You provide
1 image (JPG, PNG, WebP) + a prompt (optional)
You get back
An MP4 you can download and post anywhere
Aspect ratio
16:9, 9:16 or 1:1
Length
5, 8 or 10 seconds
Resolution
720p or 1080p
Cost
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This one needs a capability we have not wired up yet. Everything else here — text to video, image to video, face swap, animate old photos — works today. Leave an email and we'll tell you the day ai talking photo opens.

Frequently asked questions

What do I need besides the photo?

An audio file. This tool syncs a face to speech you provide - it does not write the script or generate the voice.

What kind of photo works?

One face, front-facing, mouth visible. Profiles, sunglasses covering the eyes, hands near the mouth and very low resolution are the four things that most often break it.

Can I do this with a photo of a real person?

Only with their permission. Putting words in a real person's mouth without consent is the one use of this we will not help with, and depending on where you are it is also illegal.