Japanese training video generator
Turn an SOP, policy or onboarding handbook into a narrated, chaptered training video in Japanese. Make the English and Japanese versions from the same file so the steps match.
Free to start, no credit card. The Free plan includes one lifetime AI Creation Credit.
Direct answer
How do I make a training video in Japanese from an SOP?
Upload the SOP, policy or handbook, set the output language to Japanese, and Scholarly scripts a narrated, chaptered module from those files only, keeping your step order. Viewers watch in a browser with Japanese captions and a searchable transcript.
- 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 Japanese module of about 2 minutes at up to 720p, with Scholarly branding, shared by link. MP4 export is paid. No credit card.
- Paid plans: Premium includes 15 AI Creation Credits a week, up to 10 sources per module, 1080p, target lengths up to 45 minutes and watermark-free MP4 export. A module over 15 minutes costs 1 extra credit, over 30 minutes 2. Scholarly Teams adds a shared library and roles.
- What goes in: SOPs, policy PDFs, onboarding handbooks, product guides, enablement decks and recorded walkthroughs. Up to 10 files per module on Premium, 20 on Laureate.
- What comes out: A narrated training module with a chapter per stage, captions and a transcript. Paid plans export a watermark-free MP4 for an LMS, intranet or wiki.
- How Japanese is handled: Narration, on-screen steps and captions are in Japanese. Generate an English version from the same source when a team works in both. Narration is spoken by a multilingual voice that is told to speak Japanese instead of guessing the language from the text, and asked to read numbers and units the way a native speaker says them.
Updated October 2026
Sample
What Japanese training narration sounds like
Narration
機械の保守作業を始める前に、電源を切り、遮断器に自分の錠を掛け、個人タグを取り付けてください。錠を外せるのは、それを掛けた本人だけです。
Illustrative sample written for this page to show the format. Your output is written from your own files.
How it works
From SOP to Japanese training video
- 01
Upload the procedure
Add the SOP, policy or handbook, plus any deck or recording that shows the process.
- 02
Set the language to Japanese
Pick Japanese as the output language. Add a short instruction such as the audience and the terms that should stay in English.
- 03
Review and share
Watch the module, check equipment names and numbers, then share the link or download the MP4 on a paid plan.
Language details
How Scholarly handles Japanese
What changes when the output language is Japanese, taken from how the speech and rendering pipeline actually works.
Voice
Narration is spoken by a multilingual voice that is told to speak Japanese instead of guessing the language from the text, and asked to read numbers and units the way a native speaker says them.
Script and layout
Kanji, kana and English terms render on every scene with a font that covers Japanese, and captions and the transcript are in Japanese.
Variants in the picker
The picker has one Japanese entry, and Japanese is also one of Scholarly's interface languages.
Check before you share
Check the readings of personal names, company names and uncommon kanji in the first scenes; add a reading in the instructions if one is misread.
Where it is used
Who makes Japanese material like this
Training for teams in Japan
Turn English manuals and decks from a global head office into Japanese training modules, or the other way round.
Certification study
Turn textbooks and past-exam notes into Japanese lectures, flashcards and practice questions for professional certifications.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can my source be in English and the output in Japanese?
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 Japanese in the creation panel, and the script, text and narration are written in Japanese. Leave the setting on Auto and Scholarly follows the language of the source instead.
Can I turn an English document into Japanese material?
Yes. Pick Japanese as the output language and the lecture, episode, cards or quiz are written in Japanese from the English source. The reverse works too: a Japanese document can become English material.
Can I make a training video in Japanese for free?
Yes, once. The Free plan includes one lifetime AI Creation Credit, which renders a roughly 2-minute Japanese module at up to 720p, enough to judge it on a real procedure. Paid plans add longer modules, 1080p and MP4 export.
Does it use an avatar or a presenter?
No. Scholarly makes narrated scenes with diagrams and on-screen steps, not a synthetic presenter, and it does not lip-sync a face. If a talking head is a requirement, an avatar tool is the better fit. On a paid Teams plan you can see who on your team finished a shared module and how they did on its questions; Scholarly does not assign training or issue certificates, so keep those in your LMS.
Is Scholarly's interface available in Japanese?
Yes. Scholarly's interface is available in Japanese: choose 日本語 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 Japanese once as your default in Settings, or per creation in the language row of the creation panel.
Keep exploring
Other formats in Japanese
Every format below is made from the same uploaded source, so a lecture, an episode and a quiz can share one document.
Japanese: Video lectures
Narrated, chaptered video lectures from PDFs, slides and notes, with Japanese narration and on-screen text.
Japanese: Podcasts
Three-speaker episodes from documents and recordings, spoken in Japanese, with a transcript and citations.
Japanese: Flashcards
Editable decks written in Japanese from your material, with spaced-repetition review.
Japanese: Quizzes
Multiple choice, true/false and short-answer questions in Japanese, each with a cited explanation.
See employee training
The full guide to this format: limits, exports and examples.
Video Lectures
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Everything Scholarly makes in Japanese
Video lectures, training videos, podcasts, flashcards and quizzes in Japanese, on one page.
Make your first Japanese version from a file you already have
Upload a document, pick Japanese, and review the result before you share it.
Free to start. No credit card required.