I was looking at some different things today and came across a cute program that lets you create speaking Avatars. You can use a generated voice (which is what I did) or you can record your own voice. There are a variety of avatars to choose from and you can change the backgrounds and the clothing and other things (depending upon what kind you used.
Here is the first one:
This one talks a little bit about the process.
This is where to find VOKI
They also have lesson plans for a variety of subjects and content areas.
