More and more organizations are realizing the value of using character animation to bring speech, gestures, emotion, dialog, and other human qualities to their media. Whether in training, customer service, or marketing, digital personalities add value to your existing media assets and bring powerful new dimensions to your communications.

The Character Builder™ software installs on your desktop and lets you build royalty-free Flash and video materials using animated talking characters. The Builder works with your existing text, images, and Powerpoint slides to let you rapidly create effective and engaging materials. Best of all, you don't need to be an animator or a programmer to use it. All you need is a message.

The Builder is part of the virtual people platform, a complete suite of products that also includes the Character Server™. Aimed at web developers, the Server provides an API for server-side Text-to-Speech, AI chat, lip-sync, photo avatar creation, and Flash and video generation.


Choose the perfect character.

Pick a character from a wide range of styles, from cartoon characters to realistic people. Most characters are available in head, bust, and body formats and are capable of speech, emotions, and hand gestures. Many can be customized using swappable clothing, including professional clothing for medical, police, or military applications. Some can even be made in your own likeness using the new PhotoFit feature.

You can use your own voice, or that of a voice talent. Or save time and money and use our pre-licensed, high-quality Text-to-Speech packs, available in most major languages.

Think of your character as an actor that reads your screenplay and uses your images, movies, and buttons as props. Our unique approach lets you insert icons representing animations into your text. Animations are then blended together to provide a smooth, natural delivery that is synchronized with a recorded or Text-to-Speech voice.

See samples of characters in presentations, interactive quizzes, training simulations, animated greeting cards, AI chat, news announcers, and much more.

The Character Builder sets the standard for functionality, flexibility, and value. Use it alone, or in conjunction with Adobe Captivate™, Microsoft Powerpoint™, Articulate Presenter™, and other leading tools. Why not view a short flash tutorial. Better yet, download it today and try it free for 15 days.

Or try the hosted service.

Looking for a quick way to get started? Sign up for our Character Hosting™ service and create your own character applications online, then add them to your site in minutes. The hosted service provides many of the features of the desktop and server products, but makes them available in a convenient subscription package.