On every paid plan
Fake text message video maker
Write both sides of a conversation. Zlayo plays it out message by message over the footage you picked, with typing bubbles, images and narration if you want it.
Plans from $19 a month. See pricing.
How it works
- 1
Write the conversation
Both sides, text or images, or pull it out of a YouTube video.
- 2
Pick the look and the footage
Light or dark, with a name and photo at the top if you want one.
- 3
Get the chat playing out
Message by message, over your footage.
What you get
- ✓Light and dark chat looks
- ✓Typing bubble before each reply
- ✓Image messages and a sound on any message
- ✓Optional AI narration that sets the pace
- ✓A contact name and photo at the top
- ✓Background footage underneath the chat
Why people use it
Text story videos — a conversation typing itself out over gameplay — are everywhere on TikTok and Shorts. Zlayo makes them from a script: write who says what, and it renders the whole chat with the bubbles, timing and sounds.
Messages appear 0.3 seconds apart, exactly, so silent chats stay snappy; switch narration on and the pace follows the voice instead. Add images, put a sound on the messages that land, and choose a light or dark look.
Every chat state is kept as its own layer, so you can open it in the editor and move or retime anything afterwards.
Questions about Fake Texts
No. It's on every paid plan, from $19 a month. You can make a free account to look around first, but making anything needs a paid plan.
Yes. Any message can be an image instead of text, and any message can play a sound.
Yes, switch narration on and pick a voice. The video then moves at the pace of the narration.
0.3 seconds apart without narration. With narration, each message waits for its line to be read.
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