Supports PDF, Markdown, and plain text

Turn any document into an animated explainer video

Drop in a lesson, a how-to or a help article. Get a narrated video with animated scenes and captions — in your document's language.

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why-we-have-seasons.md
Why We Have Seasons
The real reason: a tilted Earth
2 min
Real DocReel output
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Upload a doc, get a video

PDF, Markdown, or plain text. Up to 5MB (about 25 pages read) on Free, 20MB (about 50 pages) on Pro. Your video will be ready in a few minutes.

Best results with documents that have at least a few paragraphs of explanatory text.
The output

Videos that respect your viewer's time

Every video is planned from your document — no fixed template, no stock footage.

Animated scenes
Numbers count up, steps flow into each other, timelines and comparisons build as the narrator speaks.
Your document's language
Narration and on-screen text follow the language of your document.
Captions built in
Readable with the sound off, for feeds and autoplay.
1080p MP4, yours to use
Length fits your document. Share a link or download the file for your docs site, LMS or help center.
See it in action

Four documents, four videos

Real DocReel output, not edited by hand. Click any one to play.

Education
2:16
Why we have seasons
From a science lesson
Technical
2:17
What happens when you type a URL
From a technical explainer
Multilingual · 中文
2:06
如何开启两步验证
From a help-center article (sample app, Chinese)
Workplace
1:49
Your first week at Fernway
From a new-hire guide (sample company)

Made on the Pro plan, which adds one custom-animated scene to each video. Everything else is the same on Free.

Pricing

Simple pricing

Start free. Upgrade if you need more.

Free
$0 / month
For trying things out
Get started
3 videos every 30 days
Files up to 5 MB
Reads the first ~25 pages of a document
1080p MP4 export
Shareable video links
Videos kept for 30 days
Pro
$10 / month
For regular use
30 videos every 30 days
Files up to 20 MB
Reads the first ~50 pages of a document
1080p MP4 export
Shareable video links
Videos kept while your plan is active
A custom-animated scene in every video

Need more? Email us — we'll work something out.

FAQ

Questions

What kind of documents work best?

Anything that explains something in text: lessons, how-to guides, help-center articles, onboarding docs, technical explainers. PDF, Markdown and plain text are supported. Scanned PDFs (pictures of pages) don't work yet — DocReel needs the text.

How long can my document be?

Files can be up to 5 MB on Free and 20 MB on Pro (PDFs up to 200 pages). A video covers about the first 25 pages of text on Free and about 50 on Pro. For a long manual, upload the chapter you want explained.

Which languages are supported?

The narration and on-screen text follow the language of your document — the gallery above includes a video made from a Chinese article.

How long does it take?

Usually a few minutes. You can close the page — we email you a link when your video is ready.

What happens to my documents and videos?

Uploaded documents are deleted after 30 days. Videos are kept for 30 days on Free, and for as long as your plan is active on Pro. To write the script, your document's text is sent to Anthropic's Claude; the voice is generated on our own server, or by OpenAI for some languages. See the privacy policy.

Can I edit a video?

Not yet. An editor for changing scenes, voices and timing is in design — email us if you'd like early access.

Ready to make your docs watchable?

Drop in a PDF, Markdown, or text file. See what comes out in a few minutes.

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