AI Lecture Video Generator
office hours, on demand
Turn lecture notes, chapters, or readings into narrated video lessons students can rewatch anytime.
Upload your notes or chapter
Click or drag it here. Nothing is uploaded until you generate.
- •Text-based PDF, Word, Markdown or TXT, up to 50 MB.
- •Headings help: each section becomes a scene.
- •Scanned pages work, but clean text gives better narration.
Trusted by teams, schools, and organizations around the world
DistilBook generates lecture videos from your teaching material: upload notes or a chapter PDF, approve the AI-drafted lesson narration, and it produces illustrated slides with clear voiceover and subtitles. A typical lesson runs 8 to 12 slides and 5 to 10 minutes, generated in under 30 minutes, which makes recording a full unit's videos a weekend job instead of a semester project.
You start free: signing up gives you 10 credits with no credit card, a slide costs 10 credits, so the first slide of your video generates free and you can watch it in full; the rest unlocks on a paid plan. DistilBook accepts PDF, Word, images, plain text, a web article link, or a written prompt, and you approve the AI narration script before anything renders. Paid plans start at $20 per month for 230 credits, roughly 23 slides, which removes the watermark and unlocks MP4 export at up to 1440p. Narration is available in 20 languages, and the ai lecture video generator output can carry your own logo and brand colors. Whiteboard and motion videos can be made in 16:9 landscape or in 9:16 vertical for Shorts, Reels and TikTok. Since April 2026, more than 1,400 people have made over 2,800 videos with DistilBook, most of them from PDFs.
Last updated : timings, limits and prices on this page were checked against the live product.
What do the videos look like?
Untouched DistilBook output. Press play on any of them.
How does it work?
Upload teaching material
Lecture notes, a textbook chapter, a study guide, or slides exported to PDF. The planner builds a lesson structure with one concept per slide.
Review like a syllabus
Check the narration for accuracy and level. Simplify terms for intro courses or add rigor for advanced ones, per slide.
Generate the lesson
Each concept gets custom artwork with highlight animations timed to the narration, in a consistent style across your whole course.
Post to your LMS
Export MP4 with subtitles for Canvas, Moodle, or Google Classroom, or share the web link directly with the class.
What do you get in every video?
| Video styles | 19 styles: hand-drawn whiteboard plus motion graphics |
|---|---|
| Narration | AI voices in 20 languages, reviewed and editable before generation |
| First result | First narrated slide plays in about 6 minutes |
| Branding | Your logo, colors, and company text on every slide |
| Editing | Edit narration, slide images, titles, and reveals before rendering |
| Export | MP4 at 720p, 1080p, or 1440p, plus a shareable web link |
| Inputs | PDF, Word, images, plain text, web articles, or a written prompt |
What does it cost?
The first slide generates free with 10 signup credits. Paid plans are priced per slide, so a video costs a predictable amount.
| Plan | Price | Credits | What that makes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 10 credits on signup | First slide generated, watermarked preview | No credit card |
| Basic | $20 / month | 230 credits / month | About 23 slides, 45 minutes of video | MP4 download, no watermark |
| Pro | $50 / month | 650 credits / month | About 65 slides | 1080p export, longer videos |
| Max | $100 / month | 1,340 credits / month | About 134 slides | 1440p export, priority queue |
One slide costs 10 credits. Yearly plans are 30% cheaper. Full details on the pricing page.
Who is this for?
University lecturers
Flip the classroom without a recording studio: students watch the generated lesson before class, and contact hours go to discussion.
School teachers
Absent students and revision weeks stop costing you repeat performances. The lesson video is always available and always the same quality.
Tutoring and test-prep
Build a full topic library from your existing prep material, in the languages your students actually speak.
Frequently asked questions
How do I turn lecture notes into a video?
Upload the notes to DistilBook as PDF, DOCX, or text. It structures them into a lesson, drafts narration you approve, and generates illustrated slides with voiceover and subtitles, merged into one video.
Can students in different languages use the same lesson?
Generate the same material with narration in any of 20 languages, including Hindi, Spanish, and Russian. Each language run is its own video with matching subtitles.
Is the narration accurate enough for teaching?
You review every sentence before generation, which is the accuracy control. The AI drafts from your material only, and you correct anything before audio exists.
How is this different from recording my screen?
No recording session, no retakes, no editing. The visuals are purpose-drawn per concept rather than a webcam over slides, and updating the lesson means rerunning one slide, not re-recording the hour.
How does DistilBook compare?
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