We use optional analytics cookies to understand how Kinoslide is used. Privacy Policy

Document to explainer video

Publish-ready explainer videos in minutes

Kinoslide turns PDFs, reports, manuals, and course material into narrated explainer videos. Review the storyboard, edit each scene, then export a finished MP4.

Make your first video free See examples

Formats

Three formats. Same source document.

Pick the format that fits your audience and where you will publish. Each one below is a finished video drafted from a real document.

Presentation

Narrated slides that move.

Animated charts, text that lands with the narration, and 18 templates. Built for course modules, certification prep, and anything that also needs a deck you can hand out.

Course modulesCertification prepProduct documentation

Step by step, hand-drawn, built to explain.

Hand-drawn scenes that build the idea one piece at a time, so the viewer only sees what the narration is on. Made for processes, decisions, and concepts.

Process explainersConcept explanationsCourse modules

More about Whiteboard

Explainer

Paper Trail or Blackboard. Pick the look.

Paper Trail pins your material to an evidence board and moves the camera between the cutouts. Blackboard writes it out in chalk. Both suit longer lessons and case walkthroughs.

Concept deep divesCase walkthroughsLonger lessons

More about Explainer

Not sure which one fits? Compare the formats side by side.

How it works

Upload a document. Review the draft. Export.

Kinoslide drafts the script, visuals, and voiceover together. You spend your time on the scenes that need a second look.

Upload the source document

Pick the pages you want and the format: Presentation, Whiteboard, or Explainer.

Draft the video

Kinoslide drafts the script, visuals, and voiceover in your chosen language.

Review and refine

Review the storyboard, regenerate scenes, and edit any line before the final render, on Pro and Scale plans.

Export and share

Download a finished MP4 for your LMS, course platform, or content library.

Kinoslide storyboard editor showing a Blackboard explainer slide with its narration

The storyboard editor. Every slide, its narration, and a prompt box to change either.

Themes

One document, many looks.

Presentation ships with 18 built-in themes. Every tile below is a real generated slide.

Executive Cobalt

Midnight Minimal

Finance Briefing

Hardline Grid

Jade Masthead

Retro Terminal

See every theme on real slides

What you get

Everything a finished video needs, drafted in one pass.

Script and voiceover

Kinoslide reads the source document and drafts the script and voiceover. You set the duration and language.

Scene visuals

Diagrams, illustrations, charts, and slide content are built for each scene to match the narration.

Editing and storyboarding

Review the storyboard before rendering, regenerate a scene, and rewrite any line. Available on Pro and Scale.

Multilingual

Publish in English, French (France), French (Canada), or Spanish. Script, narration, and on-screen text all translate together.

Export options

Export a finished MP4 for your LMS, course platform, or library, or download the presentation slides as a PDF or PowerPoint file.

Use cases

One workflow, many ways to use it.

Creators and publishers

Turn researched material into video without a production crew

Start from scripts, articles, research notes, or source PDFs.

Education and courses

Build clear video modules from material you already have

Use readings, course notes, manuals, and instructor guides.

Training and internal communication

Make internal knowledge easier to watch and keep current

Start from SOPs, onboarding guides, policies, and product documents.

Reports, research, and briefings

Present dense information without building every slide by hand

Use reports, studies, proposals, and technical documents.

Pricing

Free to start. Pay as you make more.

Paid plans add more video minutes each month, storyboard review, multilingual output, and shared workspaces.

See plans

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Any PDF. Reports, course notes, manuals, research papers, and scripts all work.

Presentation uses animated slides for structured modules, briefings, and walkthroughs. Whiteboard reveals ideas step by step for process explanations and concept-heavy material. Explainer comes in two looks, Paper Trail and Blackboard, and suits longer lessons and case walkthroughs.

Every plan includes a monthly credit allowance, and one credit makes one minute of video. A 5-minute video uses 5 credits, deducted when you submit it. The free plan includes enough to try each format.

On Pro and Scale plans, yes. You can regenerate individual images or edit transcript snippets, and each change only rerenders that section.

English, French (France), French (Canada), and Spanish. The script, on-screen text, and narration are all generated in the language you choose.

Most videos are ready within a few minutes, and you can watch the render progress as it runs.

Yes. Every time you create a video, you choose the page range so Kinoslide only uses the section you want.

Yes. Your documents are encrypted, stored securely, and never used to train AI models.

From the blog

Get started

Start with the document you already have.

Free to start. Draft a video from a source document, then refine the scenes that matter before publishing.

Make your first video free See all features