Below are 2 apps which can generate a video from a script or a webpage URL that you enter.
Invideo
Lumen5
I have had a go with both apps. In a way, they are both very similar in that:
- On the left-hand page, you write, or paste in, a script. Each section (can be one sentence, or a short paragraph) separated from another one by space.
- Alternatively, you can enter a webpage URL. The app will generate a series of sections for you. Even if the webpage is long, the app will break it down into short sections, so that each section contains text that can comfortably appear in one scene.
- Background music will be inserted automatically.
- When you are happy with the sectioning (which is editable), you can generate the video. In the video, each section will appear in one scene, which is by default 5 seconds in length (but you can adject the duration of each scene).
- From my tryouts, the sectioning ability is not bad.
- But the visuals are mainly decorative, and most of the time have little to do with the content of the section text, though Lumen5 seems to do a little bit better in this regard (ie, the visual has more relationship with the section content).
- Nevertheless, Lumen5 allows you to get a share link immediately, or download the video. However, InVideo requires a paid plan in order to give you a share link (though you can just play the video from the dashboard; just that you can't share it with others).
BOTTOM LINE
1. Lumen5 is slightly better than InVideo.
2. Don't expect the visuals will closely relate to the text content.
3. Do not go for a long video, since the video is simply text after text (with accompanying visuals). It's simply like Reading, in a different format.
4. Use your own text if possible, rather than use a webpage.
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