Turn a PDF, Word file or web page into a whiteboard video

Upload the document or paste the link. The narration explains what is in it, and every board is drawn for what it says.

We write the script, then draw it.

Made with this tool

Safety training video exampleStyle: creativeLength: 2:09 Open the video page

At a glance

What it is
StrokeVideo is a free AI whiteboard animation maker: paste a script or type a topic and it writes, illustrates, narrates and draws the video automatically. The free daily video downloads as MP4 with no watermark.
Input
A one-line topic, or your own script used word for word
Output
MP4 with narration, no watermark: 1200×800 (3:2), 1920×1080 (16:9) or vertical 1080×1920 (9:16)
Drawing styles
23 (classic marker, chalkboard, crayon, Sharpie, infographic, etching, creative and more)
Narration languages
14: English, Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese, French, German, Arabic, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese, Bengali, Urdu
Video length
30 seconds to about 15 minutes; one drawing per idea, or one big guided-tour picture
Price
1 free video a day (2 minutes max), no watermark, no card; plans priced for your region, minutes never expire
Time to render
A one-minute video in a few minutes; a seven-minute video in about ten

Three ways in

Choose Link/File. Paste the link to a web page, such as an article, a blog post or a help-centre page, and press Read; or upload a PDF or a Word (.docx) file of up to 20 MB. The text is pulled out and shown to you, so you can see exactly what was read before anything is made.

Explained from your source, not invented

The AI explains only what is in your document and keeps its facts, numbers and names as written. It condenses the material to the length you pick, splits it into boards of one idea each, then narrates and draws them stroke by stroke. Add an optional focus line, such as 'the three main findings' or 'explain it for beginners', to steer what it keeps.

Or read it word for word

If the document is already written as a script, press Read it word for word. The text moves into I have a script and is narrated exactly as written, with nothing rewritten or cut.

A document in one language, a video in another

The source can be in one language and the narration in any of fourteen others. An English policy can become a Spanish or Hindi training video; the explanation is written in the narration language rather than translated line by line.

What people turn into videos

Blog posts into YouTube explainers and Shorts. Help-centre articles into support videos. Policies, procedures and safety documents into training. Lecture notes, chapters and papers into lessons students can rewind. Product one-pagers into a feature walkthrough.

What it cannot read

Scanned PDFs, which are pictures of pages with no text in them, are not supported yet; copy the text and paste it into I have a script. Password-protected files need the password removed first, and old .doc files need saving as .docx or PDF. Pages behind a login or a paywall cannot be opened. On the free plan only the first pages of a long file are read; members get more.

Free to try

1 video a day, up to 2 minutes, downloads as an MP4 with no watermark and no card. It runs in the browser, including on a phone.

Frequently asked questions

Which files and links can I use?

Web page links, PDF files and Word .docx files up to 20 MB. A link that points straight to a PDF works too.

Will it change my facts or numbers?

It is told to explain only what is in your source and to keep facts, numbers and names as written. Read the result before you publish, as you would with any summary.

Can it read a scanned PDF?

Not yet. A scan has no text layer. Copy the text out, or run it through OCR, and paste it into I have a script.

Can I make the video in a different language from the document?

Yes. Choose the narration language before generating; the explanation is written in that language.

Is it free?

1 free video a day, up to 2 minutes, with no watermark and no card.