Making an AI talking-head video for the first time is simpler than it sounds: you provide a photo and a script, the app handles the face and the voice, and out comes a clip of someone speaking your words. There is no filming and no editing timeline.
This is the plain three-step version, written for someone who has never made one — using Pose AI, which keeps the photo, the voice, and the render in one place.
Follow along in the Pose AI Video Studio.
- Three steps: (1) upload a clear photo of the person who will speak, (2) add your script and pick a voice, (3) generate and watch it back.
- Pose produces the talking head from your own photo via its native HeyGen engine, with a voice from its ElevenLabs integration — no separate audio or video tools.
- No editing software and no filming; you adjust by regenerating, not by editing a timeline.
- Runs on Pose's plan — 400 credits every week from $4.99 the first week, then $14.99, no watermarks.
Step 1: Upload a photo
Choose a clear, front-facing photo of the person who will present — you, most likely. Even, natural light and a straight-on angle give the most believable mouth movement and expression, since the model animates from what it can see. Avoid sunglasses, a heavily turned head, or a face lost in shadow.
This single photo is all the app needs to build the talking head; there is no set of images to gather and no model to train.
Step 2: Add your script and voice
Type or paste what you want said, then choose a voice. You can clone your own voice through the ElevenLabs integration so the delivery sounds like you, or pick a ready-made voice if you would rather not. Keep the first script short — 20 to 40 seconds — while you learn how the pacing feels.
Read your script aloud once before generating; it is the fastest way to catch a line that sounds fine written but awkward spoken.
Step 3: Generate and refine
Generate the clip, then watch it back. Rendering usually takes from a few seconds to a few minutes depending on length and resolution, and you do not have to wait at the screen. If the delivery, framing, or expression is not quite right, change the script or settings and regenerate within your weekly credits.
That is the entire loop — there is no export-to-editor step, and no timeline to touch. When it looks right, download it and publish.
For UGC-style talking videos and voice cloning, see AI UGC talking videos.