Turn your own text or script into a narrated video
Sometimes you already have the words: a script, an outline or a few paragraphs you wrote. Paste them into the starter and Storyvalo splits them into scenes, suggests a visual for each, and adds AI narration and captions. Your meaning and order stay yours, and every scene can be edited before rendering.
Opens the studio with an editable text to video brief. Sign in or create a free account first; nothing is generated or charged until you continue.
A good fit when
- You have written the script or the key text yourself.
- You want visuals and narration without filming.
- The text is up to a few minutes long.
The closest real example
This one-minute explainer started as a written idea and became generated still imagery with camera movement, AI narration, captions and music.
Made by Storyvalo to demonstrate the product. Watch it with its source and script.
Text to video, step by step
Paste your text
The starter opens in Your idea with a short instruction. Paste your text after “My text:”. The field takes up to 12,000 characters.
Choose a look
The starter uses illustration style. Pick editorial or cinematic instead, and choose landscape, portrait or square.
Adjust scenes
Edit narration and visual direction scene by scene, reorder scenes, and set timing automatically or per scene.
Render
Render a 1080p MP4 with optional captions and a subtitle file.
Exact narration
If every word must be read exactly as written, edit each scene’s narration to your text before rendering; the draft may shorten long passages to fit the length you chose.
Length and pace
Spoken narration runs at a natural pace, so a long text needs a longer video. Choose the whole-minute length that fits, or trim the text.
Give each scene one idea
Short paragraphs make better scenes. If your text has long paragraphs, split them before pasting, one idea each, so every scene has a clear visual to match.
The starter brief
“Use this starter” fills in this brief in the studio. Edit any of it before you generate a storyboard.
Turn the text below into a one-minute narrated video. Keep my meaning and order, split it into short scenes, and suggest a simple visual for each scene. Do not add facts that are not in the text. My text:
Review before you publish
Storyvalo drafts the script and assembles the video; you decide what is accurate. Read every scene against its source, check names, numbers and claims, and only use material you have permission to use. Stock footage and AI illustrations are illustrative, and narration is AI-generated.
What it costs
One 60-second, watermarked 720p export per verified account each calendar month. It ends with a short “Made with Storyvalo” card over its last two seconds. Standard voices and still or stock media. No payment card, no automatic subscription. Paid exports stay 1080p without the Storyvalo watermark. A free account includes five minutes of AI script attempts each calendar month, an editable storyboard and an interactive preview, with no card. Rendering a narrated video uses video minutes: export one minute for $2.99 or three minutes for $7.99, plus applicable tax, without a subscription. Monthly plans suit regular production and longer videos. Compare plans and packs.
Questions
Can I speak the text instead of typing it?
Yes. Record a brief of up to two minutes with Speak your idea and edit the transcript.
Can I choose the voice?
Choose from the available AI narrators and narration languages: English, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese.
Is the result a slideshow?
Scenes use stock clips or photos, your uploaded images, or AI still illustrations with camera movement, with narration, captions and music.