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Hedra

Turn a photo and voice into talking, expressive characters.

Category
Video
Pricing
FREEMIUM
Hosting
Cloud
Platforms
Web
Models
Single model (proprietary)
Verified
Jun 7, 2026

Hedra generates lip-synced, expressive talking-character video from a single image plus audio or a script. Its Character-3 model handles facial performance and emotion, and a Live Avatars tier streams those characters in real time for conversational AI agents.

Capabilities 3

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

  • Multi-model access (secondary capability)
  • Lip-sync (primary capability)
  • Image-to-video (secondary capability)

Pros & cons

  • Phoneme-accurate lip-sync from one image
  • Streaming avatars at ~$0.05/min
  • Expressive blinks/gaze from a photo
  • Multi-model access in one platform
  • Maxes out at 720p
  • Fewer languages than HeyGen/Synthesia
  • Limited public API
  • Expiring-credit pricing friction

Tags

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    • translation
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    230+ avatars, custom avatar cloning
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    Captions

    Mirage

    AI video editor and avatar creator for short-form, talking-head content.

    An AI video app for creators that auto-edits talking-head footage — generating captions, inserting B-roll, correcting eye contact, and dubbing into other languages. Its AI Creator mode renders a talking video from a script using AI personas. Built by Mirage on its own generative-video foundation model.

    In-house Mirage video model
    Focused on talking-head/short-form only
    • video
    • short-form
    • creators
    • avatars