What you put in
Web page
- Articles and blog posts
- Course and programme pages
- Help and documentation pages
- News and research summaries
What you get back
A finished video lesson
- A short explainer built from the page
- The source shown on screen
- Diagrams, key lines and a quick quiz
- Captions and caption files
How it works
Three steps. No timeline to edit.
- 1Paste the link
Any public page. Pages behind a login cannot be read.
- 2We read and plan
The main points are pulled out and turned into a script and scenes.
- 3Get the video
A short explainer you can post, share or put in a course.
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Open the dashboardEvery effect in the engine
51 effects, applied for you.
Everything below is part of a URL to video conversion. You can switch any of it off before the video is made.
Layouts and presenters 4
- Teacher LedA talking teacher in a small frame on the right while the lesson material plays on the left.
- Teacher-Student ConversationThe lesson taught as a conversation: a teacher and a curious student side by side, the speaker's name lit.
- Automatic scene designEach slide is turned into the best scene type (slide, diagram or story picture) by readable rules.
- Scene editorChange any slide with plain commands like 'slide 7: make this a table' and see a preview.
Teaching visuals 16
- Camera that follows the voiceThe view moves in on each part of the slide as it is spoken and pulls back at the end.
- Highlighter on spoken textA highlighter stroke runs under the line being spoken.
- No crowded screensA busy slide is shown a few items at a time instead of as a wall of text.
- Big statementA statement in big type, its key words lit as they are said.
- Number revealA number that counts up on cue; a percentage also fills a ring.
- Flow storySomething travels from one place to another, like a document into a public tool.
- StepsNumbered steps arriving in order.
- Two-column comparisonTwo columns compared side by side.
- List sceneNumbered rows arriving one at a time.
- Lesson timelineA line draws across and events drop onto it.
- Traced flow diagramNodes and arrows drawn in turn, with dots travelling the route.
- Labelled illustrationA picture with leader lines drawn out to its named parts.
- Mind mapThe main idea in the middle with branches growing as they are named.
- Data tableRows arrive as they are spoken; a row, column or cell lights on cue.
- Code walkthroughThe line of code being explained is lit, the rest dimmed, with a note on what it does.
- Self-drawing iconsLine icons that trace themselves on when they arrive, then gently move.
Classroom board 3
- Classroom Board - WhiteboardA whiteboard that writes itself, stroke by stroke, on the words you say.
- Classroom Board - BlackboardThe same board in chalk on a blackboard, used where the screen around it is light.
- Classroom Board - Template StyleShort drawn scenes written in your course's own typeface and colours, with no board frame.
Pictures and footage 5
- Story pictures and clipsFull-screen pictures or clips for stories and scenarios in a lesson, slowly pushing in.
- Slow zoom and pan on picturesStill pictures drift gently so the screen never freezes.
- Image B-RollsA picture made for your exact sentence, shown with a slow zoom or pan.
- Video B-Roll (Animated)Short drawn illustrations of the idea, free and unable to invent facts.
- Stock B-RollsReal free footage of places and things, used only where the sentence plainly names them.
Learning and quizzes 7
- Learning Objectives and Key TakeawaysOpens with what students will learn and closes with what they should remember.
- Get the most / Make it stickTips at the start and end: take notes, say it in your own words, practise, tell someone today.
- Key insightAbout every 1.5 minutes, a key line from the lesson's own summary with a chime.
- Quick CheckFive multiple-choice questions after each concept, with a countdown and the answer explained.
- Read-aloud quizThe ebook's own questions read aloud with every option, a 10-second countdown, then the answer and why.
- Quick revisionAbout every 3.5 minutes, the points taught so far, with its own music.
- Takeaways sceneThe lesson's takeaways arriving one by one.
Voice, sound and music 5
- Narrator voice-overYour lesson script read aloud by a natural narrator, slower and expressive, word-timed to the screen.
- Teacher and student voicesTwo distinct voices for a conversation-style lesson.
- Talking teacher and studentLifelike presenters whose lips follow the voice and who never freeze after speaking.
- Background music under the lessonSoft music under the whole lesson, dipped at each chapter change.
- Quiz music and clockLow game-show music and a soft clock while learners answer.
Captions and access 2
- Transcript and CaptionsBurned-in captions that light each word as it is said.
- Caption files (VTT, SRT)A separate caption file for your LMS or video player.
Cleanup 1
- Checks on every filmRe-listens to the finished film, checks lip sync to one frame and refuses mismatched files before delivery.
Branding 5
- Logo (eight corner styles)Your crest in the corner all the way through, as a watermark, bug, glass badge or one of five other styles.
- Intro and outro video logoYour institution's video logo at the start and end of every film.
- Welcome and end-note cardsA welcome card naming the course and topic, and a closing thank-you card.
- Lesson end cardA closing card with the course name and what comes next.
- Team CreditsA closing credits card for the faculty and production team.
Delivery 3
- SCORM exportPackages lesson films for your LMS with captions, resume and 90%-watched completion.
- Chapter to seriesTurns every chapter of a module into a series of films and one SCORM package.
- 1080p full-length filmThe finished film at 1920x1080, full length.
Made for
Who uses URL to video.
- Course teams promoting a programme
- Teachers using current articles
- Marketing teams in education
Questions
Before you start.
Can it read any website?
Any public page. Pages behind a login or a paywall cannot be read.
Is the page copied word for word?
No. The points are rewritten as a spoken explainer and the source is shown on screen.
How long is the video?
Usually two to five minutes, depending on the page.
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