Article to video AI
Article to video AI: turn your blog posts and newsletters into drawn, narrated videos
To turn an article into a video with AnimatedBoard, you paste its text or upload it as a PDF or Word file: there is no link import. Then you pick a route. Pasted as your script, the article is narrated word for word with a drawing for each idea; sent as a document, our AI writes a narrated explanation of the length you choose, from 1 to 15 minutes. Either way you get an MP4 in a whiteboard or illustrated story look, and your first minute is free.
No card required. Your first minute of video with AnimatedBoard is free.
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Real output, not a mockup
Script
The brain weighs just three pounds, yet it uses 20% of the body's energy…
Generated from a plain-text script, nothing edited by hand. You can make any video like this in 5–10 minutes.
Blog to video: give what you already wrote a second format
A good article does its job once. It gets read, shared for a week, and then it sits in the archive while the ideas in it are still true. The same ideas as a video reach people who were never going to read 1,500 words: viewers searching YouTube, followers who scroll past links, subscribers who skim every email.
Repurposing doesn't mean writing something new. AnimatedBoard takes the text you already have and turns it into a drawn, narrated video. Each idea gets its own drawing, a voice reads the narration, and in the whiteboard looks a hand draws each element at the moment the voice names it. You don't film, animate or touch a timeline.
One thing to know before you start: there is no link or URL import. You paste the article's text, or you upload it as a PDF, .docx or .doc file. In practice that works in your favour, because only the article goes in: none of the menus, share buttons, comments and "related posts" that surround it on a web page.
Use articles you wrote, your company published or you have permission to adapt. A video that narrates someone else's post is still their text.
Two routes from article to video: word for word, or explained
Route one is to paste the article as your script ("I'll write it" in the app). Our AI never rewrites it. It only proposes where each scene starts and what to draw, and the narration is your text, word for word. A script can be up to 20,000 characters, and the video has to fit in 15 minutes: roughly 2,300 words with an American voice, 2,000 with a British one.
Route two is the document route ("From a document"). Paste the article or upload the file, choose 1, 2, 3, 5, 10 or 15 minutes, and our AI writes a narrated explanation of that length. It condenses a long post and goes deeper into a short one, never invents names, dates or quotes, and only draws a chart when its numbers are in your text. You read and edit that script before anything is drawn, and from then on it's your script.
- Pick the script route when the article already sounds like you talking: a personal essay, a conversational how-to, a newsletter written in the first person.
- Pick the document route when the post is long, dense or built for scanning: a 3,000-word guide, a post full of tables, or anything you want as a three-minute summary.
- Neither route costs minutes until drawings and voice are generated: writing, rewriting and splitting the script into scenes are free.
Which route for which kind of text
Common things writers repurpose, the route that suits each one, and the video it becomes.
| What you wrote | Route | Video length | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| A conversational blog post (600–900 words) | Paste as script | About 4–6 min | It already reads like speech. Tidy it for the ear and keep your wording |
| A weekly newsletter (400–800 words) | Paste as script | About 2½–5 min | Cut the greeting, the links and the sign-off; the middle is usually one clear idea |
| A 1,500-word how-to post | Either | 9–10 min word for word, 3–5 min explained | Word for word if every step matters; explained if you want the short version |
| A 3,000-word pillar guide | Document | 5, 10 or 15 min | Read aloud it would pass the 15-minute limit; our AI keeps the sections that matter |
| A data-heavy post with tables | Document | 3–5 min | Tables don't read aloud. Our AI explains them and draws a chart only from numbers in your text |
| An opinion piece or personal essay | Paste as script | As long as it runs, up to 15 min | Your voice is the point, and rewording would lose it |
| One post as a Short | Document | 1 min, 9:16 | A one-minute explanation of the main idea, in its own vertical project |
| A series of posts on one topic | Document | 10 or 15 min | Paste them one after another and get one explanation that joins them up |
How long is a blog post as a video?
Read word for word at the measured pace of our voices (about 160 words a minute in American English, 140 in British English), pauses between scenes included.
| Article length | American English voice | British English voice | A good explained length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 words | About 3 min | About 3½ min | 1–2 min |
| 1,000 words | About 6½ min | About 7½ min | 2–3 min |
| 1,500 words | About 9½ min | About 11 min | 3–5 min |
| 2,000 words | About 13 min | About 14½ min, right at the limit | 5 min |
| 2,500 words or more | Over 15 min: shorten it or split it | Over 15 min | 5, 10 or 15 min |
A video runs up to 15 minutes and 60 scenes. A pasted script that would run longer has to be shortened or split into two videos. The document route reads up to 200,000 characters and fits them into the length you choose.
How to adapt a written article for the ear
An article is written for eyes that skim, jump back and click. A narration is heard once, in order, at the speaker's pace. If you take the script route, spend ten minutes on these edits before you paste. They change the result more than any setting.
Keep a paragraph break wherever the topic changes: paragraph breaks are kept as scene cuts, so each paragraph gets its own drawing. And since our AI adds a 3 to 5-second closing scene by default that sums up and says goodbye, cut your own sign-off or switch the closing scene off.
- Split long sentences. If a sentence needs a second breath, it needs a full stop.
- Cut the asides: parentheses, dash detours and footnotes. Keep the ones that matter as sentences of their own.
- Remove what only works on a screen: links, "click here", "see below", "as the table above shows", image captions and pull quotes.
- Turn headings into spoken transitions: "The second mistake is…" instead of a bold subtitle.
- Rewrite bullet lists as a sequence the ear can follow: first, then, finally.
- Round the numbers a listener has to remember. "Almost half" lands better than 47.3% unless the decimal is the point.
- Drop the search-engine intro ("In this article, we'll look at…") and open with the question or the claim itself.
- Cut the newsletter furniture: the greeting, the sponsor line and "hit reply and tell me".
How to convert an article to video with AI
Six steps from a published post to an MP4. Only generating the drawings and the voice spends minutes.
Copy the text, not the link
Open the post or its draft and copy the body, with the subheadings you want to keep. Or save it as a PDF or Word file of up to 25 MB. A scanned PDF won't work: it is a picture of the page, with no text to read.
Choose the route
"I'll write it" narrates your text word for word. "From a document" has our AI write an explanation of 1, 2, 3, 5, 10 or 15 minutes, with an optional note on what to focus on, such as "only the three mistakes".
Edit the script
On the script route, make the edits for the ear above. On the document route, read what our AI wrote and cut or reword anything. This is the text that will be narrated, and editing it is free.
Pick the look, the voice and the format
One of 13 looks, one of six voices per accent in six languages (or your own recording on a paid plan), and 16:9 for YouTube or 9:16 for Shorts. The format is set per project, so choose it before generating.
Review the scenes, or create it in one go
"Scenes only" splits the script into scenes for free, so you can check each drawing brief first. "Create video" shows the estimated cost, then draws, narrates and renders everything in one run.
Fix and download
Redraw a scene, change only the part of a drawing you select or rewrite a sentence, then download the MP4, with no watermark and commercial use included.
Text to whiteboard animation, in the look that fits your blog
A blog with a clear voice deserves a look to match. These are real 30-second samples, narrated and uncut. All 13 looks are available on every plan.
Whiteboard
Black marker on white, hand-lettered labels and touches of blue and orange. Each idea is drawn as you name it.
Infographics and explainersFreehand Flow
Friendly hand-drawn lines. Make any idea easy to follow.
Everyday explainersQuiet Lines
Fine-line illustration with soft tints and a single warm accent.
Business & trainingSpark
Bold outlines and bright colours with a playful personality.
Products & socialBlue Draft
Deep blue canvas, precise drafting lines and isometric perspectives.
Engineering and technologyPaper Mosaic
Sophisticated shapes, expressive silhouettes and a magazine illustration look.
Brands & narratives
Where a repurposed post can go next
One article, several places to publish it. Each format is its own project, because the drawings are composed for the frame.
YouTube
Your best evergreen posts as 5 to 15-minute videos in 16:9, rendered at 1280×720.
Shorts, Reels and TikTok
One idea from the post in a minute, as a 9:16 project at 1080×1920.
Back into the article
Embed the video at the top of the post for readers who would rather watch than read.
Square and portrait feeds
A 1:1 or 4:5 project for LinkedIn, Instagram and other feeds.
Your newsletter
Link each issue to its video for the subscribers who would rather watch.
A mini-course
A series of posts on one topic, explained as a single 10 or 15-minute lesson.
Try it with a post you've already published
Paste an article, read the script and download your first minute free, with no card. Writing and splitting the script cost nothing.
Frequently asked questions
Can AI turn an article into a video?
Yes. With AnimatedBoard you paste the article's text or upload it as a PDF or Word file, and our AI splits it into scenes, draws each one and narrates it with an AI voice. You get an MP4 of up to 15 minutes, as a whiteboard animation or an illustrated story.
Can I convert a blog post to video from its URL?
No. AnimatedBoard doesn't import from links. Copy the post's text and paste it, or save the post as a PDF or Word file and upload it. That way only the article goes in, without the page's menus or comments.
Is there a free article to video AI?
With AnimatedBoard, writing the script, rewriting it and splitting it into scenes cost no minutes, and your first minute of video is free, with no card and no watermark. After that, plans start at $29 a month for 30 minutes of video.
How long will my blog post be as a video?
Read word for word with an American voice, about 160 words a minute, so a 1,500-word post runs about 9 to 10 minutes. On the document route you choose the length instead: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10 or 15 minutes.
Will the words of my article be changed?
Not if you paste it as your script: the narration is your text, word for word, and our AI only decides where scenes break and what to draw. On the document route our AI rewrites it as a spoken explanation without inventing names, dates or quotes, and you can edit every sentence before anything is drawn.
Can I turn a blog post into a YouTube Short?
Yes. Create a 9:16 project, choose the document route at 1 minute, and our AI writes a one-minute explanation of the post's main idea. It renders at 1080×1920 for Shorts, Reels and TikTok.
Can I narrate the article in my own voice?
Yes, on any paid plan: upload your recording and the drawing follows it. Otherwise choose one of six AI voices per accent, in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian or Portuguese. The free minute uses one English or Spanish voice.
Your archive, drawn and narrated
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