Will Oral Slides ever support avatars?

Not on the roadmap. The product hypothesis is that the deck is the asset; the presenter shouldn’t compete with the slide for screen real estate.

Can I import a Synthesia project into Oral Slides?

No, but you can export PowerPoint from most slide tools and upload that.

Comparison

Oral Slides vs Synthesia

Slide narration vs. AI avatar video

Synthesia is the leader in AI-avatar video: a digital presenter reads your script with a face on screen. Oral Slides skips the avatar entirely — your slides fill the frame and narration plays over them. Both produce MP4s. The question is whether the viewer should see a person or your content.

Best for

Teams who want the deck on screen, not a presenter — fastest path from PPT to a watchable MP4.

Not ideal for

Brand campaigns that require a human-shaped avatar to read the lines.

Feature comparison

Feature	Oral Slides	Synthesia
On-screen presenter	None — slides fill the frame	AI avatar (human-shaped)
Source input	Real `.pptx` deck	Built-in slide editor / script
Slide design fidelity	Exact PowerPoint render	Re-built in Synthesia editor
Voice library	40+ voices, 10 languages	140+ voices, 140+ languages
Editing surface	Per-slide script editor + regenerate audio	Full timeline + avatar director
Time to first export	Minutes — single upload + voice pick	Longer — slide redesign in editor
Per-minute cost	Credit-based, lower per minute	Subscription, premium per minute

Pick Oral Slides when

You already maintain the deck in PowerPoint and want narration over it.
Your audience is internal — sales enablement, internal training, lectures.
You want the cheapest minute and the fastest re-export when content changes.

Pick Synthesia when

You need a human-shaped presenter on camera (e.g., onboarding to a brand).
You produce content in 50+ languages and need a single tool for all of them.
Your stakeholders explicitly asked for an AI avatar.

Workflow side-by-side

Oral Slides workflow

Drop the `.pptx` → multimodal model writes the per-slide script → pick voice + tone → review → export. Slides are exactly what you authored.

Synthesia workflow

Open the editor → paste or generate script → choose avatar and slide template → render. Closer to a video editor with a built-in presenter.

FAQ

Will Oral Slides ever support avatars?: Not on the roadmap. The product hypothesis is that the deck is the asset; the presenter shouldn’t compete with the slide for screen real estate.
Can I import a Synthesia project into Oral Slides?: No, but you can export PowerPoint from most slide tools and upload that.

Try Oral Slides on a real deck

Upload a `.pptx`, pick a voice, export an MP4. The first project is free.

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