Article to Video AI
Convert Blog Posts to Viral Videos
Content marketing is a treadmill. You write a brilliant 2,000-word blog post. It gets shared on Twitter once, drives traffic for three days, and then enters the "Content Graveyard." It sits on page 4 of Google, unseen. This is a waste of intellectual capital. What if that text could be reborn? What if it could become a YouTube explainer, a LinkedIn slideshow, and a TikTok tip video? FlowVideo AI's Article to Video tool is the resurrection engine. Paste a URL, and our Large Language Models (LLM) summarize the text, storyboard the key points, select relevant stock footage, and generate a voiceover narration. It turns static text into dynamic video motion.
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Article to Video
Cost: 60 credits / conversion
Supports Medium, WordPress, Substack, News sites.
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Our AI will parse your article, extract key insights, and match them with semantic stock footage.
The Double Dip Strategy
The modern consumer is bimodal. Half of them want to read (Articles). The other half, drastically growing, want to watch (Video). If you only have text, you are ignoring 50% of the market. However, creating video is expensive. Writing a script takes time. Finding footage takes hours.
FlowVideo AI automates this "Format Arbitrage." Input: A URL (e.g., yourblog.com/5-seo-tips). Process: The AI reads the page. It identifies the H1 (Title) and H2 (Subheaders). It extracts the "Golden Nuggets" (Key facts). Output: A 60-second video where "Tip #1" is shown on screen with a background clip of a computer, narrated by a professional voice.
This is the "Double Dip": You rank on Google for the text article, and you rank on YouTube for the video. You dominate the Search Engine Results Page (SERP) twice with one idea.
Why Use Article to Video AI?
Asset Recycling (ROI)
The Technology: From DOM to MP4
DOM Parsing (The Scraper)
We don't just copy-paste. We parse the "Document Object Model" (DOM) of the webpage. We look for <article> tags to ignore the sidebar ads and footer links. We identify <blockquote> tags to highlight quotes visually. We download the images embedded in the article to use them in the video.
Summarization Pipelines (LLM)
A 2,000-word article is too long for a video. It would be 15 minutes long. We use a summarization model (like GPT-4) to condense the text. Input: 5 paragraphs about the history of coffee. Output: "Coffee originated in Ethiopia in the 15th century." (Concise script). Control: You can set the target length: "Short (30s)", "Medium (2m)", "Long (Full Read)".
Audio Synthesis (TTS)
Converting script to speech. We use Neural Text-to-Speech. It breathes. It pauses at commas. It raises pitch at question marks. It is indistinguishable from a human narrator for most informational content.
Step-by-Step Guide: Blog Post to Video
Ingest
URL: Paste the link to your article. Source: Alternatively, paste the raw text or upload a PDF.
The Brief
Format: Choose "Landscape (16:9)" for YouTube or "Vertical (9:16)" for TikTok. Tone: Choose "Educational", "News", or "Marketing". This determines the music and the editing pace. Length: Select "Summary (1 min)".
Script Review
AI Action: The system generates a script on the left and storyboard scenes on the right. Edit: Read the script. Did it miss a key nuance? Edit the text. The video assets will update automatically. Emphasis: Highlight key words in Bold. The AI will put these words on screen as text overlays.
Asset Swap
Review: Watch the preview. Swap: Scene 3 shows a "Dog" but you want a "Cat." Click the "Swap Media" button. Search "Cat" in our Stock Library (Storyblocks/Shutterstock integrated). Click to replace.
Branding & Export
Logo: Upload your transparent logo to the "Watermark" corner. Outro: Add a "Call to Action" slide: "Read the full article at [Link]." Export: Download 1080p MP4.
Comparison: Text-to-Video Tools
| Feature | Lumen5 | InVideo | FlowVideo AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summarization | Basic (Extractive) | Basic | Advanced (Abstractive LLM) |
| Asset Library | Stock only | Stock + Generation | Stock + Gen AI + Article Images |
| Voiceover | Robotic | Good | Ultra-Realistic Neural |
| Branding | Templates | Templates | Deep Brand Kit |
| Cost | Expensive Tier | Subscription | Freemium |
Industry Use Cases
News Publishers
Article: "Breaking: Hurricane approaches coast." Video: 30s update with satellite imagery B-roll. Posted to Instagram Stories to drive swipe-up traffic.
E-Commerce Blogs
Article: "5 Ways to style a scarf." Video: A compilation of the product photos from the article, animated with music. Used as a Facebook Ad.
Corporate HR
Article: "New Policy Handbook." (Boring PDF). Video: A friendly 2-minute explainer video summarizing the 3 key changes. Sent to employees via Slack.
What Users Are Saying
We doubled our time-on-page.
Sarah K.
Content Director, NewsHub
“Converting articles to video summaries doubled our Instagram engagement overnight.”
Tom B.
E-Commerce Blogger
“My 'How to Style' posts become video tutorials automatically. Traffic to product pages up 150%.”
HR_Team_Lead
Corporate HR, Fortune 500
“Policy documents are now friendly 2-min videos. Employee compliance understanding improved 80%.”
Troubleshooting: Conversion Issues
Wrong Images
Use the "Asset Swap" tool. Sometimes "Bank" means "River Bank," sometimes "Money Bank." AI isn't perfect; manual review is required.
Voice Mispronunciation
Use "Phonetic Spelling." If it says "SEO" as "Seo" (one word), write it as "S. E. O." in the script editor.
Too Short
Change the "Summary Density" slider to "Detailed." Or manually paste larger chunks of text from your article into the editor.
Text Overload
Break one long scene into 3 short scenes. Click the "Split Scene" button to spread the text over more visuals.