Zoe setting up an AI avatar video in HeyGen on her laptop

HeyGen: Make a Talking-Head Video Without Being on Camera

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. I’ve been avoiding video for years. Not because I don’t think it works — it obviously does — but because the setup is annoying. Lighting, camera angle, background, re-shooting because I stumbled over a word. It’s a whole production for something that should take five minutes. So when I finally tried HeyGen, an AI tool that turns a text script into a professional talking-head video with a realistic AI avatar, I felt a little stupid for not trying it sooner. If you’ve been putting off video content because you don’t want to be on camera, this is exactly what you need. ...

July 6, 2026 · 6 min · 1093 words · NCR
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