Free AI script to video generator
Turn Any Script Into a Video
Paste your script. Pictory’s script to video AI gives every line a scene, a visual, a voice and captions, and keeps your words exactly as you wrote them.
- Your script, word for word
- A scene for every sentence or line break
- 170+ AI voices in 29+ languages
- Free to try, online in your browser
4.6/5Trusted by over 20,000 teams and institutions worldwide.
What is script to video AI?
Script to video AI is software that turns a written script into a finished video. Pictory’s AI script to video generator reads your script, makes a scene for each sentence, matches a visual to every scene and adds an AI voiceover and captions. Your words stay exactly as written.
No script yet? The AI video script generator writes one from a topic. Choose the video type, the platform and the length, then edit the draft before any scene is built.
It runs online in your browser and it is free to try, so you can go from a script to a video you can share in one sitting.
Sleep tips scriptScript · 180 words
Your video is ready12 scenes · AI voice · captions
What Pictory does
AI video generator from script: what Pictory does
Pictory is an AI video generator from script. Paste a script and you get an AI video from script, one scene per sentence, with a visual, an AI voiceover and captions. Use the AI video maker from script for ads and lessons: script to AI video, then edit any scene.
Your source, any format
A script is just the start.
Bring any format.
No script handy? Start from an idea, a link, slides or a recording instead.
Idea to Video
One sentence in. Script and scenes out.
Text to Video
Paste any text and get a finished video.
URL to Video
Drop in a link. Pictory turns the page into a video script.
PPT to Video
Your slides and notes, narrated and on screen.
PDF to Video
Turn reports and guides into videos people actually finish.
Audio to Video
Give podcasts visuals and captions for YouTube.
Images to Video
Upload photos and clips. Get a story back.
Screen Recorder
Record, then edit it like a document.
Blog to Video
Turn a post into a video for social.
How it works
How to turn a script into a video
To turn script into video, paste your script into Pictory’s script to video tool and choose sentence or line-break scenes. Pick a format, a brand kit and a layout theme. Pictory adds a visual, an AI voiceover and captions to every scene. Edit anything, then download the MP4.
Paste your script
Paste it in and keep every word. Or let the AI video script generator write it.
Polish it with Ask AI
Shorten, lengthen, rephrase or change the tone. Pick 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1.
Choose a layout
Pick a theme such as Kinetic or Chic and apply your brand kit.
Edit and download
Swap a visual, change the voice or add an avatar. Download the MP4 or share a preview.
Features
Script to video AI generator features: script generator, scenes and voices
AI video script generator
An AI video script generator built in
Give it a topic and the AI writes the video script. Choose explainer, marketing, internal comms or tutorial, then the platform and the length. Edit the draft in the video script editor, and the scenes follow the text.
- A script from a topic or a short brief
- Shorten, lengthen, rephrase or change the tone with Ask AI
- Estimated video length shown as you edit
AI voices and captions
Your script read by an AI voice
Pick one of 170+ AI voices by language and accent, or clone your own. Captions come straight from the script and stay in time with the voice.
- 170+ AI voices, or a clone of your own
- Captions that match the script word for word
- Keywords highlighted on screen
Warm · English (US)
Captions onMatched to your script
Scenes and brand
A scene for every line, in your brand
Each sentence or line break becomes a scene with a visual matched from 18M+ stock clips and images, including Getty Images. One brand kit puts your logo, fonts and colors on all of them.
- Sentence scenes or line-break scenes
- Swap any visual, or generate one in AI Studio
- Your logo, fonts and colors from your brand kit
More AI video features
Your complete AI video generation tool
AI avatars
Add a talking presenter, or a digital twin of you.
Captions
Accurate, synced captions in your brand style.
Translation
Captions and voiceover for every market.
Text editing
Edit the transcript to edit the video.
Team workspaces
Share projects and brand kits with your team.
API
Generate branded videos from your own product.
AI Studio
Create any image or video you need with generative AI
The latest image and video models, built into the editor. Generate it, then drop it straight into your scene.
Generate and edit images
Describe it, or edit an existing image with a prompt.
Keep characters consistent
Use reference images to keep the same person or product in every scene.
Create video clips with sound
Generate clips with audio. Yes, characters can talk.
Extend any clip
Keep any clip going with a new prompt, even one you uploaded.
✓Get four options at once
Generate up to four versions and keep the best one.
Stay on brand
Bring in your brand from a website, a document or a logo, and it is applied to every scene.
✓
Choose your model
Pick a model for stills or 5 to 10-second clips.
Also in AI Studio: Nano Banana Lite for images and Omni Flash for video.
Use cases
Who is using script to video AI?
YouTubeFaceless YouTube videos from a script
Write the script, pick a voice and publish a full video without filming.
- Advertising
Ad scripts as promo videos
Turn an approved ad script into a promo video in every format the campaign needs.
- Education
Lesson scripts as class videos
Turn a lesson script into a captioned video students can replay.
- Agencies
Client scripts as explainer videos
Turn a signed-off client script into an explainer video the same day.
Why Pictory
Loved by creators, trusted by enterprise teams
From solo creators to global L&D teams. Read the case studies
4.6 / 5
Average rating on G2, plus Capterra’s Best Ease of Use award for 2025.
20,000+
companies and institutions creating video with Pictory.
SOC 2
and GDPR compliant, ready for enterprise security reviews
GDPR
Case studies
Teams that scaled video with Pictory
“Pictory is the easiest, most efficient way to get from an idea in text to multimedia imagery on the screen. It’s the critical component to get us out of death by PowerPoint.”
Read the Whirlybird Labs case study“Pictory helps us consistently deliver the high-quality videos we’re known for, content we’re proud of and our clients are proud to use. They always get a five-star response.”
Read the VRC case study“82% of our 10,000+ partners keep coming back to our training videos even though they aren’t mandatory courses. That’s how we know the content’s working.”
Read the AppDirect case study“It increased subscriber growth by 78% and cut my video creation time from a couple of hours to a few minutes. It’s been a godsend.”
Read the NetRock case study“Through Pictory videos, leads up by 500%, video production costs are down 90%.”
Read the Online Super Tutors case study“We only launched our new app a few months ago and already have over 500 subscribers. People come back regularly to watch more videos made with Pictory.”
Read the Game of Yield case study
Compare
Script to video AI vs. video editing software
One 90-second script, made into a video two ways. In Pictory, text to video production with script, visuals and voice happens in one place.
| Step | With Pictory | Traditional editing software |
|---|---|---|
| First draft | A scene for every line in minutes | Only once the footage and voiceover are ready |
| Voiceover | 170+ AI voices, or a clone of your own | Record it yourself or hire voice talent |
| Visuals | Matched by AI from 18M+ assets or generated in AI Studio | Shoot footage or search stock libraries yourself |
| Captions | Taken from the script and time-synced | Added, then checked and styled on the timeline |
| Changing the script | Edit the text and export again | Re-record and re-edit on the timeline |
| Your branding | One brand kit on every video | Set up fonts and colors in every project |
| Formats for each channel | Choose 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1 per version | Re-edit each version |
Video API
Make video at scale from your own product
Send text, links or slides to the Pictory API and get branded videos back, automatically.
POST /v1/video/storyboard
{
"videoName": "q3-update",
"scenes": [{ "text": "Q3 in 90 seconds..." }]
}Enterprise
Enterprise video at scale
Custom plans, onboarding and support for company-wide rollouts.
- SOC 2 and GDPR compliant
- Custom plans and personalized onboarding
- Shared brand kits and team workspaces
- Dedicated support
Pictory. Paste your script to create video from script: a scene for every sentence, a matched visual, an AI voiceover and captions. You can edit any scene before you download.
Look for a tool that makes a scene for each sentence, lets you edit the script as text, offers natural AI voices, adds captions and applies your brand kit. Pictory does all of these, with 170+ AI voices in 29+ languages.
Yes. You can try script to video AI free online with Pictory’s free trial, a free AI video generator from script that runs in your browser: 300 credits for 14 days (about 10 minutes of video), with no credit card required. Plans start at $25 a month, billed annually.
Videos downloaded on the free trial carry Pictory branding. Paid plans remove it, so your videos download without a watermark.
Yes. Pictory uses your script as written, with one scene per sentence or line break. The captions and the voiceover follow the same words.
Yes. Edit the text of a scene, then use Apply Changes to update the AI voiceover. The captions follow the new words, and you can also swap a visual or change the voice.
Yes. Pictory’s video script generator writes a script from a topic. Choose the video type, the platform and the length, edit the draft, then turn it into a video.
Short sentences and one idea per line work best, because each line becomes a scene. The editor shows the estimated video length as you write.
Yes. Create a voice clone from a short recording and it reads every script you paste. Or choose from 170+ AI voices across 29+ languages.
Pictory turns a script into a video scene by scene, with visuals, a voiceover and music. For shots that stock footage cannot give you, AI Studio generates images and short clips from a prompt.
Yes. Your videos, including stock footage, images and music from the library, are cleared for commercial use.
Yes. The Pictory API generates branded videos from text, so you can turn scripts into videos at scale inside your own product.
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