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# Avatar

> Providers that put an animated video presenter on a web call

An avatar adds video to a web call. The caller sees an animated presenter instead of a plain voice widget.

It supplies the video only — the agent still speaks with whichever [voice provider](/talk/configurations/voice) the workflow uses.

## Supported providers

| Provider                                                   | Notes |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ----- |
| [HeyGen LiveAvatar](/talk/configurations/providers/heygen) |       |

## Turning it on

Two steps, in two places.

**1. Pick an avatar.** Open the **Avatar** step on [Model Configurations](/talk/configurations/inference-providers), choose a provider, then choose the avatar. Works in the global configuration and as a per-workflow override, in both standard and realtime mode.

**2. Switch it on where the call starts.** Configuring a provider is not enough on its own. Each place a web call can begin has its own toggle:

* **Embed** — the workflow's embed dialog, for calls from your site
* **Demo links** — the demo's settings, for a shareable link. See [Demo Links](/talk/voice-agent/demos)
* **Test panel** — **Use avatar in the test call**, in the workflow's Settings

Each is independent. Turning the avatar on for an embed does not turn it on for the test call.

<Note>
  Avatars are web-only. A phone call has no video, so the setting has no effect there.
</Note>

Credentials come from a [connection](/talk/configurations/connections), same as any other provider.