Text to video
Text to video, from words you already wrote
Bring an e-mail, meeting notes, a long message or a post. Motiongist turns it into a narration that sounds like speech and builds a vertical video around it.
- 500 free credits at sign-up
- Free storyboard review
- 45–180 s, vertical 9:16
- 8 voices, 10 languages
Your document
9:16 · 1080×1920“expense-policy-email.txt: the 300-word e-mail that announced the new expense rules to the whole company.”
- Length
- 45–60 s
- Look
- Light
- Voice
- Sarah
- Rendering
- 2D · English
Storyboard · 5 scenes
- 0–5 sHook. A crumpled receipt flattens itself out. Title: “Expenses just got simpler.”
- 5–18 sBefore and after. Four approval steps collapse into a single arrow from the receipt to “Approved”.
- 18–32 sThe three rules from the e-mail appear as numbered cards, each with its own icon.
Most of what you need to explain is already written down somewhere: in an e-mail, a set of meeting notes, a long chat message, a post you published last month. Text to video means you don’t start over. Motiongist reads what you have, turns it into a narration, and builds the scenes around it: titles, diagrams and numbers that appear as the voice reaches them.
Written text and spoken text are different things. A paragraph that reads fine on a screen often sounds stiff out loud, with long sentences and asides. So rough text gets adapted rather than read word for word: sentences get shorter, the main point moves to the front, and the ending becomes one clear takeaway. If your text is already written to be spoken, you can keep it exactly as it is.
How it works
Turning text you already have into a video
- Step 1
Choose how your text is used
Already written to be read aloud? Paste it as a script and it is narrated word for word. Rough notes, an e-mail or a post? Save it as a TXT or Markdown file and drop it in: Motiongist rewrites it for speech and keeps the facts.
- Step 2
Say who is listening
Pick the audience (beginners, developers, ops people or decision-makers) and a length: 45–60 s, 90–120 s or 150–180 s. A short video usually keeps two or three points from your text, not all of them.
- Step 3
Read the adapted script
In the free storyboard step you see every line next to what will be on screen. Put back a phrase you liked, cut one you didn’t, or change the order of the points.
- Step 4
Render and post
Confirm the exact credit price, then download the MP4 and its SRT captions, or publish straight to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram or LinkedIn.
Example
An e-mail about a new expense policy, turned into a team video
What you give: “expense-policy-email.txt: the 300-word e-mail that announced the new expense rules to the whole company.”
What the video shows, scene by scene
- 0–5 s
Hook. A crumpled receipt flattens itself out. Title: “Expenses just got simpler.”
- 5–18 s
Before and after. Four approval steps collapse into a single arrow from the receipt to “Approved”.
- 18–32 s
The three rules from the e-mail appear as numbered cards, each with its own icon.
- 32–45 s
The deadline. A calendar flips to the submission date, which gets circled.
- 45–55 s
Recap of the three rules, then where to send questions, as the closing title.
An illustrative storyboard for this brief (Light look, 2D). Motiongist writes its own scenes from your input, and you can edit them for free before rendering.
Why Motiongist
Why turn text into video this way
Keeps your facts
When the input is your own text, the script sticks to it: names, figures and rules come from what you wrote, and a fact review runs before rendering.
Lands with the sound off
Captions highlight word by word, so a team update or an announcement still gets through when people scroll with their phone on mute.
A visual for every point
Lists become numbered cards, comparisons become side-by-side panels, steps become a path. Notes let you say what must appear on screen.
Same text, other languages
Narrate in any of 10 languages, with captions and on-screen text to match: useful when the original message went to a team spread across countries.
A clear cost before you start
A short video is 400 credits plus the final voice. The exact total appears before you confirm, and failed renders are refunded automatically.
What kind of text works best
Text with a point works best: an announcement, a how-to, an argument, a summary of a decision. The engine needs something to explain, and it does well when the text has a sequence or a contrast it can draw.
Text that is mostly background, or a long list of unrelated items, is harder to turn into a minute of video. Cut it down to the one thing people should remember, or split it into several short videos.
How much text fits
A short video holds far fewer words than a typical e-mail. Paste your text into Words to minutes to see how long it takes to say out loud. When it runs long, expect the adapted script to keep the core and drop the rest, and check in the storyboard that it kept the right core.
Start faster
Templates that fit
Each template is a ready-made brief: an example subject, a target length, a look and notes. Open one and change the subject.
What it costs
One credit balance. A short video is 400 credits, a standard one 700, a long one 1,000, plus 1 credit per 10 narrated characters for the final voice.
Free
$0
500 credits at sign-up
To try it out: a first video, draft voice, discreet watermark.
Solo
$19 / month
3,000 credits / month
To post every week: final voice, clean exports, your brand.
StudioMost popular
$49 / month
30,000 credits / month
To produce at volume: priority rendering, custom looks, API and MCP.
Team
$149 / month
100,000 credits / month
For teams and agencies: 5 seats, 4 renders in parallel, one invoice.
Prices before tax, in US dollars. Yearly billing is 35% cheaper. Failed renders are refunded automatically.
FAQ
Questions, answered
What is the difference between pasting a script and uploading text?
A pasted script (up to 4,000 characters) is narrated exactly as written. A document (TXT, Markdown, DOCX or PDF) is treated as a source: Motiongist writes a narration from it and sticks to its facts.
Will it change my wording?
Only when it adapts a document. Pasted scripts keep your exact words. Adapted text is rewritten for speech, and you can edit every line in the storyboard before paying anything.
How long does it take?
From a few minutes to about fifteen, depending on the length and the queue. You get an e-mail when the video is ready, so you can close the tab.
Can I turn a long text into several videos?
Yes. Make one video per point, or on the Team plan drop the whole document and let Motiongist split it into a series of 2 to 12 episodes, each one a project you review before rendering.
Is there a free way to try it?
Sign-up gives 500 credits, enough for one short video with the draft voice and a small watermark. Paid plans start at $19 a month. See pricing.
Ready to make your first one?
500 free credits at sign-up. Review the storyboard for free, see the exact price, then render.
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