Script to video

Script to video AI for YouTube

Paste the script you wrote. ViCut narrates it with an AI voice, finds a real, licensed shot for every sentence and cuts a YouTube documentary up to 35 minutes long. You approve every shot.

The Great Molasses Flood: A Wave That Rewrote Engineering7:51
Purity Distilling Company
Purity Distilling CompanyWikimedia Commons · Public domain
Boston, 1943 · topographic map
Boston, 1943 · topographic mapUSGS · Public domain
How it works

How to turn a script into a video in 4 steps

01

Paste your script

Paste the narration in English. The counter shows the word count and the voiced length: about 148 words make one minute.

What’s the next documentary?

IdeaScriptVoiceover
January 15, 1919. Just after noon, a steel tank in Boston’s North End split open. Two point three million gallons of molasses rolled into Commercial Street as a wave twenty-five feet high.
1,480 words≈ 10:00 voiced
VoiceMichaelStyleGraphiteSubtitlesMinimal
≈ 10 min · 110 credits · shown before you start
02

Pick and preview a voice

Choose an AI narrator and listen to it before you build. Prefer your own voice? Switch to Voiceover and upload the recording.

Voice · listen before you build36 voices
PeterBritish · low · lively
OwenAmerican · low · lively
NovaAmerican · low · calm
MichaelAmerican · medium · lively
03

Review the shots

ViCut splits the script into scenes and finds a photo, map or clip for each sentence, with its source and licence. Swap any shot.

04

Render and publish

Download the MP4, subtitles, thumbnail options and the YouTube pack with title, chapters and credits.

The Great Molasses Flood: A Wave That Rewrote EngineeringReady
VoiceoverScenesSubtitlesExport 1080p
Title
The Great Molasses Flood: A Wave That Rewrote Engineering
Description · chapters
0:00A Tank Built to Fail
1:45The Wave
4:28The Trial That Changed the Rules
Footage credits
Great Molasses Tank, Boston · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Boston Molasses Flood plaque · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
+ 42 more
7:51
MP4 · 1080pSRT3 thumbnailsTags
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Your script

Your words, matched shot by shot

What ViCut does with your script

  • Narrates your textViCut doesn’t write a new script. It voices yours and splits it into scenes, one sentence at a time.
  • A shot for every sentenceThe places, people and dates you name become searches for photos, maps and archive footage.
  • Source and licence on every shotWikimedia Commons, Openverse, Pexels, Pixabay and USGS maps. Credits go into the YouTube description.
Great Molasses Tank
Great Molasses TankWikimedia Commons · Public domain
Boston, 1943 · topographic map
Boston, 1943 · topographic mapUSGS · Public domain
Molasses Flood plaque
Molasses Flood plaqueWikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

When another tool fits better

  • Animated and fictional storiesMade-up characters and worlds have no real footage to show.
  • Presenter and avatar videosViCut makes narrated documentaries, not videos with a person on camera.

For these, a tool built on AI generation is the better pick. Compare AI video tools →

Scripts

Scripts ViCut turns into videos

Countdown lists script to video example
Countdown lists13 Maine towns, one by one
History script to video example
HistoryThe Great Molasses Flood, 1919
True crime script to video example
True crimeCases, trials and cold cases
Places to live script to video example
Places to liveMain streets people are moving to
Engineering script to video example
EngineeringWhy the bridge fell
Cold War script to video example
Cold WarThe air-raid sirens
Railroads script to video example
RailroadsThe station that closed
Business script to video example
BusinessBuildings that became logos
Nature script to video example
NatureThe Maine coast in a winter storm
Space script to video example
SpaceWhy we never went back to the Moon
Old houses script to video example
Old housesWho built the Victorian houses
Science & tech script to video example
Science & techHow a hard drive stores data
What you get

Everything your script needs to go live

Researched script

Chapters, narration and a source for every figure.

36 AI voices or your recording

Pick a voice or upload your narration; ViCut cuts to it.

Maps and charts

Historical maps, numbers and timelines drawn in your style.

Subtitles

Burned in or as an SRT file.

Thumbnails

Options made from the video’s own frames.

YouTube pack

Title, description with chapters, credits and tags.

English, Spanish, German
Examples

Watch what ViCut makes

Frames from real ViCut renders: narration, footage, chapter cards and subtitles as they come out of the render.

From $0.42 per finished minute. A 20-minute video uses 20 minutes of your plan.

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FAQ

Questions about script to video

How do I turn a script into a video with AI?

Paste the script into ViCut’s Script mode, pick and preview a voice, and build. ViCut narrates the text, finds a licensed photo, map or clip for each sentence and shows you the storyboard. Swap any shot, then render the MP4 with subtitles and the YouTube pack.

Will ViCut change my script?

No. In Script mode ViCut voices your text and builds the storyboard from it. If you want ViCut to research and write the script for you, start from an idea instead.

How long can the video be?

About 148 words make one minute of narration, so 1,500 words is roughly 10 minutes. Videos can run up to 35 minutes.

Can I use my own voice instead of an AI voice?

Yes. Record your narration and upload it in Voiceover mode; ViCut cuts the video to your recording.

Which languages does Script mode support?

Scripts in English. Videos from an idea or from your own voiceover also work in Spanish and German.

Your script, shot by shot.

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