This new AI video tool clones your voice in 7 languages.

This new AI video tool clones your voice in 7 languages.

How many languages do you speak, and thanks to AI, that number could be as high as seven. Los Angeles-based AI video platform HeyGen has unveiled a new tool that clones your voice from videos and translates what you say into seven different languages. If that's not enough, it can also sync your lips to your new voice so that the final clip looks (and sounds) as realistic as possible.

Called Video Translate, the tool allows users to upload videos of themselves speaking in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Hindi, and Japanese. The requirements are fairly basic, so no fancy cameras, microphones, or software are needed. Ideally, clips should be at least 30 seconds long and feature only one person. Otherwise, just upload your video and with one click, HeyGen will translate what you are saying.

You can choose whether to output in Spanish, French, Hindi, Italian, German, Polish, Portuguese, or English.

Twitter user John Finger uploaded a video of himself speaking English with French and German translations. The results were astounding, and the video has since received over 6 million views.

French and German speakers confirm that the artificial intelligence tool did a fairly accurate job.

Finger also asked several acquaintances for feedback, and they said the results were "a bit robotic, but pretty incredible."

After the September 7 launch, Hagen's AI tool went viral, and John Finger's video added fuel to the fire.

We wanted to give the tool a try, too, but our 30-second test clip ended up at the tail end of a queue of videos that, *deep breath*, were over 141,000 long.

According to one Twitter user, they were 95,000th when they uploaded their video; after waiting 18 hours, they found themselves further back than where they started, behind 122,000 other eager users.

Finger replied that his video took 10 minutes to process because "there was basically no line" when he tested it just a few days earlier. At present, he said, it seems impossible to test the free version.

Hagen said they are trying to expand GPU capacity as quickly as possible to meet the increased demand. He added that paying users can skip the line and get their video within 10 minutes. Currently, the cheapest paid option is $29 per month, with annual subscriptions at 20% off.

Support for more languages is also planned by the end of September.

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