French AI video generator
Turn a PDF, slide deck or notes into a narrated video lecture in French, with titles and captions in French too. Every scene is written from the files you upload.
Free to start, no credit card. The Free plan includes one lifetime AI Creation Credit.
Direct answer
Can AI make a video lecture in French from my documents?
Yes. Upload a PDF, deck or notes, set the output language to French, and Scholarly writes a script from your files, narrates it in French and renders chaptered scenes with French text on screen. The source can be in English or any other language.
- Free plan: One lifetime AI Creation Credit and one upload (up to 8 MB; the first 32 pages of a PDF are read), enough for one French video of about 2 minutes at up to 720p. It carries Scholarly branding and is watched and shared by link; MP4 download is paid. No credit card.
- Paid plans: Premium ($30/mo in US dollars, lower local prices in some countries) includes 15 AI Creation Credits a week, up to 10 sources per video, 1080p, target lengths up to 45 minutes and watermark-free MP4 downloads. A video over 15 minutes costs 1 extra credit, over 30 minutes 2. Laureate ($99/mo) includes 80 credits a week and 20 sources.
- What goes in: PDFs, slide decks, Word files, notes, images, YouTube links and recordings. Up to 10 files per video on Premium, 20 on Laureate, 1 on Free.
- What comes out: A chaptered video with diagrams, charts and illustrations, narration, captions and a transcript, shareable by link. Paid plans download a watermark-free MP4.
- How French is handled: Narration, scene text and captions all follow French. Built-in English scene labels are left out of non-English lectures instead of appearing untranslated. Narration is spoken by a multilingual voice that is told to speak French, or Canadian French when you pick it, and asked for native pronunciation.
Updated October 2026
Sample
How a lecture sounds in French
Narration
Les intérêts composés signifient que vous gagnez des intérêts sur vos intérêts : chaque année, le gain s'ajoute au solde et les intérêts de l'année suivante sont calculés sur un montant plus élevé.
Illustrative sample written for this page to show the format. Your output is written from your own files.
How it works
From document to French video lecture
- 01
Upload the source
Add the PDF, deck or notes the lecture should teach. Combine several files when a topic is spread across them.
- 02
Choose French
Set the output language to French in the creation panel. If the source is already in French, Auto picks it up.
- 03
Generate and review
Scholarly scripts the lecture from your files, narrates it in French and renders the scenes. Watch it, check names and terms, then share the link.
Language details
How Scholarly handles French
What changes when the output language is French, taken from how the speech and rendering pipeline actually works.
Voice
Narration is spoken by a multilingual voice that is told to speak French, or Canadian French when you pick it, and asked for native pronunciation.
Script and layout
Latin script, left to right. Titles, captions and the transcript are written in French along with the narration.
Variants in the picker
The picker lists French and Canadian French. Choose Canadian French for Quebec vocabulary and spelling in the script and to name Canadian French to the narrator.
Check before you share
Terms differ between France and Quebec. Pick the entry that matches your audience and check product and legal terms in the first scenes.
Where it is used
Who makes French material like this
Training for France, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada
One master document becomes the French module for every francophone office, with the script adjusted for Canada when you pick Canadian French.
Teams across francophone Africa
Onboarding and product training for teams in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal or Côte d'Ivoire, made from the same source as the English version.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can my source be in English and the output in French?
Yes. The source and the output do not have to share a language. Upload an English PDF, deck or recording, set the output language to French in the creation panel, and the script, text and narration are written in French. Leave the setting on Auto and Scholarly follows the language of the source instead.
Does it support Canadian French?
Yes. Canadian French is its own entry in the picker: the script follows Quebec vocabulary and spelling, and the narrator is told to speak Canadian French.
Is the French AI video generator free?
You can try it free: the Free plan includes one lifetime AI Creation Credit, enough for one roughly 2-minute video at up to 720p in French, shared by link. Premium includes 15 AI Creation Credits a week, longer target lengths, 1080p and MP4 downloads.
Does the video show French on screen or only speak it?
Both. Titles, key points and diagram labels are written in French along with the narration, and the captions and transcript follow the same language. English product names or technical terms from your source can stay in English where that is how your audience says them.
Is Scholarly's interface available in French?
Yes. Scholarly's interface is available in French: choose Français as your app language in Settings › Appearance › App language, and new accounts open in it when your browser asks for it. What you create has its own output language: pick French once as your default in Settings, or per creation in the language row of the creation panel.
Keep exploring
Other formats in French
Every format below is made from the same uploaded source, so a lecture, an episode and a quiz can share one document.
French: Training videos
Narrated, captioned training modules from SOPs, policies and onboarding handbooks, in French.
French: Podcasts
Three-speaker episodes from documents and recordings, spoken in French, with a transcript and citations.
French: Flashcards
Editable decks written in French from your material, with spaced-repetition review.
French: Quizzes
Multiple choice, true/false and short-answer questions in French, each with a cited explanation.
See video lectures
The full guide to this format: limits, exports and examples.
Video Lectures
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Everything Scholarly makes in French
Video lectures, training videos, podcasts, flashcards and quizzes in French, on one page.
Make your first French version from a file you already have
Upload a document, pick French, and review the result before you share it.
Free to start. No credit card required.