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The clause establishes that Synthesia actively solicits biometric-capable media from users as a required step in Avatar creation.
Interpretive note: The excerpt notes two different submissions are required; the canonical claim addresses only the first (the sample). The nature of the second submission is not reproduced in the excerpt.
You will be asked to submit a sample of yourself — in image, video, audio, or combined form — as a required part of the Avatar creation process.
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The clause establishes that Synthesia actively solicits biometric-capable media from users as a required step in Avatar creation.
You will be asked to submit a sample of yourself — in image, video, audio, or combined form — as a required part of the Avatar creation process.
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