Task words: the vocabulary of AI production tools
Each entry defines a word for this directory and shows how the makers' own page headings use it. As of 2026-09-25.
Makers name the same job differently: a talking head, a talking avatar and a talking photo are close to one task. The entries say which is which here.
Definitions are the directory's; the headings quoted are the makers'.
1In this drawer
- Background remover — Background remover on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 8 makers' page headings quoted.
- Caption — Caption on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 8 makers' page headings quoted.
- Consistent character — Consistent character on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 8 makers' page headings quoted.
- Dubbing — Dubbing on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 7 makers' page headings quoted.
- Lip sync — Lip sync on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 8 makers' page headings quoted.
- Micro drama — Micro drama on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 8 makers' page headings quoted.
- Motion transfer — Motion transfer on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 8 makers' page headings quoted.
- Reference to video — Reference to video on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 8 makers' page headings quoted.
- Storyboard — Storyboard on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 8 makers' page headings quoted.
- Style transfer — Style transfer on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 8 makers' page headings quoted.
- Talking head — Talking head on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 8 makers' page headings quoted.
- Text to speech — Text to speech on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 8 makers' page headings quoted.
- Trailer — Trailer on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 8 makers' page headings quoted.
- Upscaler — Upscaler on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 8 makers' page headings quoted.
- Voice cloning — Voice cloning on AI video tool pages, defined for this directory, with 8 makers' page headings quoted.
2The other drawers
3One maker's page for the task
One maker that keeps a page for work like “Task words” is SceneMixer; here are its words, quoted as published:
SceneMixer separates the script language from the production language: the output (episode outlines, storyboards, on-screen text) follows your interface language, and target-region localization adapts character names, casting, and scenery for Western, East Asian, Southeast Asian, or Latin American audiences.
SceneMixer, Turn a Novel into a Video Series with AI — “Can I turn a Chinese web novel into an English-language drama?” (read 2026-10-13)
A script is read once per project; switching affects new tasks, such as regenerating a storyboard.
SceneMixer, Which text tier for reading and storyboards — “Do I need to re-read the script when I switch?” (read 2026-10-13)