Birthdays
A birthday wish from the photo
Their picture says happy birthday and the name of the person it is for. A free talking photo fits a short wish; a plan fits a whole toast.
Free in your browser, no app · The voice comes with the clip · No daily cap on a free account
Free Talking Photo AI: Your Photo Says Your Words
Talking photo AI for a birthday wish, a thank-you or a hello: type the words in quotes, and the person in your photo looks up and says them, mouth moving on every word.
Your words, in their mouthTheir face, not a stranger'sPick a talking photo, skip the prompt
Examples
Talking photo AI examples: one photo, one line each
Three talking photo AI clips, each a template in the generator above. Tap one, upload your own photo, and its words and voice are already written in.
Vlog
"Wait… look at those fish!"
What talking photo AI actually does with your picture
Talking photo AI keeps your picture as the opening frame and writes the seconds after it: the person in it looks at the lens and speaks the words in your quotes, mouth moving with each one. Voice, lips and room sound come from one run on MiniMax H3, the same engine as photo to video AI. A free talking photo runs 4 seconds; a plan takes it to 15.
Creative engine
One photo, one line, one talking clip
A photo of a face and the words in quotes go in; an MP4 of them saying it comes out.
1 photo
Input
MP4 with voice
Output
Free
To try it
Not an avatar studio
There is no presenter to pick and no script editor. The person talking is the one in your photo, wearing what they wore.
Nothing to record
You do not record or upload audio. You describe the voice in a few words, warm, deep, cheerful, and it is made with the picture, so nothing gets dubbed on afterwards.
Not a mouth pasted on
The whole face moves: eyes, brows, a smile between sentences, a nod on the last word. The talking photo reads as a person, not a cut-out.
Writing the line
How to write words a talking photo AI says right
The words shape a talking photo AI clip more than anything else. Each tip comes from our own runs, where we checked every spoken word against the mouth, frame by frame.
Put the words in quotes
Anything inside quotation marks is read as speech. Anything outside is direction: where they look, how they move, what the room sounds like.
Say who speaks
Write that the person in the photo says it, and add that only they speak. With nobody named, a second voice can drift in.
Fit the words to the seconds
In our runs people spoke about two words a second. A free 4-second talking photo holds one short sentence; a 12-second clip holds about twenty-five words.
Fill the time you ask for
Two short lines in a 12-second clip left a gap, and the gap filled with mumbling. Write enough words for the length, or pick a shorter clip.
Open with a whole sentence
Put a complete sentence first. On a free 4-second run that first sentence is what you hear, so it should make sense on its own.
Describe the voice
Warm, deep, cheerful or soft: one or two words before the quote shape how the line sounds. Each of our test voices matched the person in the photo.
Photo, then talking
Make a picture talk: the still, then the talking photo
Left is the photo the clip started from; right is the talking photo AI result, the same man saying his line.
How it works
How to make a talking photo in four steps
From a photo on your phone to a talking photo AI clip you can send, free.
Pick a photo with a clear face
One person, looking roughly at the camera, face large in the frame. A selfie or a head-and-shoulders shot works best.
Type what they say, in quotes
Tap a template, or write the speaker, the voice and the words: the person in the photo smiles and says, in a warm voice, "…".
Run it free
Press Generate. The talking photo comes back with the voice on it. Change a word and run it again until it sounds like them.
Download and send
Save the MP4 to your phone and send it to the group chat, or post it to Reels, TikTok or Stories.
What people say
What people make a talking photo say
A talking photo is a short message with a face on it. These are the messages it carries best, each one a line or two long.
Thank-yous
Thanks to followers or a team
A creator thanking fans, a shop owner thanking customers, a coach thanking the team, said by the person in the photo instead of typed under it.
Good morning
A hello for the family chat
A morning greeting or a goodnight from the photo on your lock screen, to a family that likes a face more than a sticker.
Vlog intros
The first seconds of a video
Hey everyone, look at this: a talking photo opens a travel or food post before the real footage starts.
Invitations
An invite that says the date
The host's photo says the party, the place and the time, so the invite gets watched and not just scrolled past.
Jokes
A one-liner from a friend
A friend's photo delivers the inside joke. Keep the punchline as the last words so it lands on the final frame.
Picking the photo
Which photos make the best talking photo AI clips
Talking photo AI has to move a mouth that was still in the picture. These habits give it the clearest face to work with.
Face large in the frame
A selfie or a head-and-shoulders photo, like this one from bed, gives the mouth the most room to move on every word.
Looking near the camera
A face turned toward the lens, like this one, can talk straight to it. A profile has to turn first, which eats into a short clip.
Mouth in view
Hands, a mug or a scarf over the mouth get in the way of the words. Keep the lips clear in the photo you pick.
One person
One face, one voice. With two people in the picture, say which one talks and that the other stays quiet.
Unlimited AI video generator pricing
Unlimited MiniMax H3 on every paid plan, plus fast credits each month for Veo 3.1, Seedance and Grok. A failed run is refunded.
Free · A real clip before you pay anything
Nothing to sign, nothing to cancel.
Unlimited H3Tax included
Starter
For people who make a few AI video clips most days.
$14.90 / month
Unlimited MiniMax H3Veo, Seedance and Grok are counted, not unlimited: about 14 Veo 3.1 (8s) · 2 Seedance 2.0 Fast (10s) · 11 Grok (15s) a month.100 fast credits / month
1×
full-speed H3 a day, vs Starter
1
clips rendering at once
- Heaviest days
- Never blocked
MiniMax H3
What's included
- Unlimited MiniMax H3 at 480p or 768p
- About 14 Veo 3.1 Fast clips a month: 8s 720p with sound
- 100 fast credits a month for Veo, Seedance and Grok
PopularTax included
Creator
For creators posting every week.
$29 / month
Unlimited MiniMax H3Veo, Seedance and Grok are counted, not unlimited: about 28 Veo 3.1 (8s) · 5 Seedance 2.0 Fast (10s) · 22 Grok (15s) a month.200 fast credits / month
2×
full-speed H3 a day, vs Starter
2
clips rendering at once
- Heaviest days
- Never blocked
MiniMax H3
Everything in Starter, plus
- About 28 Veo 3.1 Fast clips a month: 8s 720p with sound
- Twice Starter's full-speed H3 every day
- Two clips rendering at once
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Pro
For weekly uploads that mix models.
$59 / month
Unlimited MiniMax H3Veo, Seedance and Grok are counted, not unlimited: about 71 Veo 3.1 (8s) · 14 Seedance 2.0 Fast (10s) · 55 Grok (15s) a month.500 fast credits / month
5×
full-speed H3 a day, vs Starter
3
clips rendering at once
- Heaviest days
- Never blocked
MiniMax H3
Everything in Creator, plus
- About 71 Veo 3.1 Fast clips a month: 8s 720p with sound
- 5× Starter's full-speed H3 every day
- Three clips rendering at once
Best valueTax included
Studio
For teams and daily-upload channels.
$119 / month
Unlimited MiniMax H3Veo, Seedance and Grok are counted, not unlimited: about 142 Veo 3.1 (8s) · 29 Seedance 2.0 Fast (10s) · 111 Grok (15s) a month.1,000 fast credits / month
10×
full-speed H3 a day, vs Starter
5
clips rendering at once
- Heaviest days
- Never blocked
MiniMax H3
Everything in Pro, plus
- About 142 Veo 3.1 Fast clips a month: 8s 720p with sound
- 10× Starter's full-speed H3 every day
- Five clips rendering at once
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Answers
Talking photo AI: questions
Yes. A talking photo runs on MiniMax H3 at no cost: a 4-second 480p clip with the voice on it, your first one with no account and then no daily cap on a free account. Plans, listed on the pricing page, add 768p, clips up to 15 seconds and commercial use.
Your first talking photo AI clip needs no account: upload the photo, type the words in quotes and press Generate in the browser. After that, a free account keeps going with no daily cap.
You do not need an app. This page runs in a phone browser: pick the photo from your camera roll, and the talking photo downloads straight back to it.
Write them inside quotation marks and say who speaks: the person in the photo smiles and says, "…". Everything in the quotes is spoken; everything outside steers the face, the camera and the sound.
Not on this page. The voice is made in the same run as the picture, from the words and the voice you describe, so there is no recording to upload and nothing to sync by hand.
In our runs people spoke about two words a second. A free 4-second talking photo fits one short sentence; a 12-second clip on a plan fits about twenty-five words. Write enough for the length you pick, or the gaps fill with mumbling.
In our test runs it did: men spoke in a low voice, women in a higher one, and a word or two such as warm or cheerful set the tone. Name the voice you want before the quote to steer it.
A clear face is what matters, so a sharp scan of an old portrait can talk too. For old family photos that blink and smile rather than speak, start from photo to video AI and describe the moment.
Start with one. Talking photo AI works cleanest on a single face; with two in frame, say which one speaks and that the other only listens. For a written scene where two characters trade lines, the AI video generator with audio page is set up for dialogue.
Use photos of yourself, or of people who have said yes. A talking photo puts words in a real face, so keep it to messages they would be happy to have said, and never make a public figure say something they did not.
Commercial use comes with a paid plan. A free talking photo is for messages to friends, family and your own feed.
Make a picture talk with talking photo AI, free
Pick the photo, write one sentence they would say, and hear it in a voice that fits them. Your first talking photo AI clip needs no account.