PDF, Word, text, or paste a link

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

Upload a PDF, Word, Markdown or text file, paste text, or paste a link. Up to 5MB (about 25 pages read) on Free, 10MB (about 35) on Plus, 20MB (about 50) 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. Free videos also carry a small docreel.app badge in the corner.

Pricing

Simple pricing

Everything is free while DocReel is in beta. Paid plans are coming soon.

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
Small docreel.app badge on videos
Coming soon
Plus
$19 / month
For occasional use
10 videos every 30 days
Files up to 10 MB
Reads the first ~35 pages of a document
1080p MP4 export
Shareable video links
Videos kept while your plan is active
No DocReel badge on videos
Coming soon
Pro
$29 / 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
No DocReel badge on videos
A custom-animated scene in every video

Every video costs real money to make. If DocReel is useful to you, a coffee on Ko-fi helps keep it free. Need more than the Free plan today? Email us.

FAQ

Questions

Is DocReel free?

Yes, while it's in beta: you get 3 videos every 30 days on the Free plan. Paid plans with more videos and longer documents are coming. If DocReel is useful to you, you can support it on Ko-fi — it helps cover the AI and server costs.

What kind of documents work best?

Anything that explains something in text: lessons, how-to guides, help-center articles, onboarding docs, technical explainers. You can upload a PDF, Word (.docx), Markdown, HTML or plain-text file, paste text, or paste a link to a public web page, PDF or Google Doc. Old .doc files, PowerPoint and scanned PDFs (pictures of pages) don't work yet — DocReel needs the text, so save those as .docx or a text-based PDF first.

How long can my document be?

Files can be up to 5 MB on Free, 10 MB on Plus and 20 MB on Pro (PDFs up to 200 pages). A video covers about the first 25 pages of text on Free, about 35 on Plus and about 50 on Pro. For a long manual, upload the chapter you want explained. Pasted text can be up to 200,000 characters.

Can I use a Google Doc or a web page?

Yes — choose Paste a link. For Google Docs, Slides and Drive files, set Share → General access to “Anyone with the link” first. Pages behind a sign-in (Notion workspaces, intranets, paywalls) can't be read; open them, copy the text and use Paste text instead. DocReel downloads the page once to make your video, and nothing on the page is run.

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 Plus and Pro. To write the script, your document's text is sent to Anthropic's Claude; the narration text is sent to Google's Gemini to generate the voice (with our own server or OpenAI as a backup). 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 or Word file, paste text, or paste a link. See what comes out in a few minutes.

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