From a document to a narrated video

PDF to Video

Upload a PDF or a Word file, paste an article link or some text. ClipNova condenses it into a narration you can edit, then builds the video around it: scenes, voiceover and captions, from 30 seconds to 5 minutes.

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How it works

Your document has the facts. ClipNova turns them into a video.

One document followed from upload to export: a 4-page science handout on the water cycle, turned into a 1-minute narrated video.

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    Your document

    Upload a PDF, add a link or paste text

    Upload a PDF, DOCX or TXT file of up to 20 MB, paste the link to a public article, or paste your own text. Text-based PDFs work best: a scanned PDF is an image, so there is no text to read.

  2. Picture of PDF to Video — choosing a 1-minute length and the narration written from the handout
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    Narration

    Pick a length and get the narration, free

    Choose 30 seconds, 1, 2, 3 or 5 minutes. ClipNova condenses the document into a spoken narration of that length, in the document's language, keeping its facts, numbers and names and adding none of its own. Writing it costs nothing. Read it and edit anything: it is exactly what the voice will say.

  3. Picture of PDF to Video — four scenes illustrating evaporation, clouds, rain and rivers
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    Scenes

    Every point gets its own scene

    The narration becomes the storyboard. Each point is illustrated with its own scene, as moving AI images by default or as AI video clips on paid plans. Pick the voice, keep the captions on and choose the format: 9:16 by default, or landscape and square.

  4. Picture of PDF to Video — frames of the finished narrated video with captions
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    Your video

    Get a narrated, captioned video

    ClipNova voices the narration word for word, times the scenes to it and burns in the captions. The finished video lands in your library, ready to share with a class, a team or your followers.

Why turn documents into video

Nobody reads page four. A minute of video gets watched.

Reports, handouts, guides and articles hold the information, but long text is easy to skip. A short narrated video carries the same key points to people who would never open the file, on the screens where they already spend their time.

ClipNova's PDF to video tool is built to stay faithful to the source. The narration is condensed from your document's own facts, numbers and names, never invented, and you review every word before the video is made. Then the same pipeline as Prompt to Video takes over: scenes, voice and captions, from one script.

Because the narration is text, changing the video is editing text. Cut a sentence, simplify a term for younger viewers or pick a longer length to keep more detail, and generate again.

Built for

Every document, a video worth watching

Teachers

Lessons and handouts as videos

Turn a worksheet or a chapter summary into a short narrated video students can watch before class.

Business

Reports and policies, explained

Make an annual report, a product sheet or a new policy easy to take in for the whole team.

Creators

Articles into posts

Paste a link to your blog post or newsletter and publish it again as a vertical video for social.

Training

Guides and SOPs in minutes

Turn onboarding docs and how-to guides into videos of up to 5 minutes, voiced and captioned.

PDF to video questions.

How do I turn a PDF into a video?+

Upload the PDF, pick a video length and let ClipNova write the narration. Review and edit it, choose the look and the voice, and generate. The video is narrated and captioned automatically.

Which files and sources can I use?+

PDF, DOCX and TXT files of up to 20 MB, a link to a public article, or text you paste in. PDFs must contain real text; a scanned page has nothing to read.

How long can the video be?+

Choose 30 seconds, 1, 2, 3 or 5 minutes. Long documents are condensed to fit, so pick a longer video to keep more detail.

Will the video stick to what my document says?+

Yes. The narration keeps the document's facts, numbers and names and does not add claims of its own. You can read and edit every word before the video is made.

Is writing the narration free?+

Yes. Writing the narration costs nothing; you only pay credits for the video itself.

What language will the video be in?+

The narration is written in the language of your document, and the captions follow the voice. Edit the narration if you want to change any wording before the voice records it.

Can I try it for free?+

Yes. Every new account starts with 70 free credits and no card required, and PDF to Video works on the free trial with moving AI images. AI video clips and higher volumes are on paid plans, from $19 a month.

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