How to turn an article into a video (without learning to edit)
You've got an article — a blog post, a news story, a lesson, a piece of research — and you want it as a video. Here's the honest version of the three ways that actually works today.
Three ways to get there
The manual way
Script it yourself, record narration, source or shoot footage, cut it together, add subtitles. Doable, but it's a production job, not a five-minute task.
The DIY-automation way
Chain a few AI tools together: an LLM for the script, a voice-cloning API for narration, an image generator for visuals, a captioning tool, then assemble everything by hand in an editor or a no-code automation builder. It works, and it's flexible — but you're the integration layer. Every stage still needs your attention: picking the right visual for each line, timing the voice to the footage, tuning transitions. Four or more separate tools, one of them you.
The one-click way
Paste the article or its URL, choose a language and aspect ratio, and submit. Kineo's default flow — no toggle to flip, no setting to remember — runs the whole pipeline unattended: script, segmented narration, per-segment visuals, an optional talking-head avatar in your choice of display style (full-screen or corner, cutout or framed, realistic or redrawn to match the video's art style), and a final cut with subtitles and music. Nothing pauses for you to approve a step. If you want to review images or clips before they lock in, there's a step-by-step review toggle for that — off by default, because most people just want the finished video.
What you get back
A finished vertical (or 16:9) video, up to 3 minutes, ready to post. Kineo is bring-your-own-key (WaveSpeed) — you pay the compute provider their own price directly, with $0 platform markup. Your first video is free, no key or card required.