AI Video Lecture Generator

Scholarly is built specifically for studying rather than presentations. The AI lecture generator works from your own PDFs, notes, slides, or topic prompt, keeps the explanation grounded in that source, and then turns the same material into flashcards, a quiz, and a searchable transcript - so the lecture is the start of a study loop, not a one-off video.

Yes. Scholarly's free plan lets you use one lifetime AI Creation Credit to generate an AI lecture with no credit card. A free lecture is about 2 minutes at 720p and includes Scholarly branding. Watermark-free output is paid: turn the logo off when you generate, then download that MP4. Premium includes 15 AI Creation Credits each week, longer source material, and a custom length up to 45 minutes.

Yes. Upload a textbook chapter, lecture slides, or any PDF and the AI lecture generator reads it (up to 32 pages per PDF on Free, 1,000 on Premium, 3,000 on Laureate), including figures and equations, before writing a narrated lesson with chapters and on-screen visuals. You can also try the dedicated PDF to Video tool for the same workflow.

Yes, both. Paste typed notes, upload a Word or Markdown file, or photograph handwritten pages, and the lecture follows your notes' scope and terminology. Or type a topic prompt like "explain the Krebs cycle for a biochem exam" and the AI builds the lesson itself; when you have real course or work material, add it as a source so the lecture sticks to it instead of the open web.

Yes, on any paid plan. Premium and Laureate download the finished lecture as an MP4, and turning the Scholarly logo off when you generate gives a watermark-free file; the export pack adds the companion slides PDF (Standard mode), the script, and caption files. On the Free plan you watch the video in Scholarly and share it with a view link that opens in the browser, but download is not included.

It is a narrated lecture built from new scenes, not a recording of your source: a natural voice explains the material while diagrams, charts, equations, and step-by-step builds animate in sync, and the AI can add generated pictures or figures cut from your source. The video is 16:9 (Short is vertical), split into chapters, with captions you can switch on, a searchable transcript, optional question checkpoints, and AI chat. Standard is the default style; Illustrated, Short, Manim Math Animation, and Freestyle are the other modes.

Narration, captions, and the transcript can be generated in 70+ output languages and regional variants, including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, and Chinese. The source and the lecture do not have to share a language, so an English PDF can become a Spanish, Hindi, or Arabic lecture. Arabic and Hebrew lectures are laid out right to left, and on-screen text follows the lecture's language.

On the Free plan, a video lecture is a fixed length of about 2 minutes. On Premium and Laureate you set a target length up to 45 minutes before generating (15 minutes is the default), and the lecture is planned to that length. Each video costs 1 AI Creation Credit with the default model, plus 1 extra credit above 15 minutes and 2 extra above 30 minutes. The vertical Short format keeps its own fixed length. Generation takes longer than the runtime: a 2-minute lecture usually takes 8 to 20 minutes, and a 45-minute lecture about 55 to 95 minutes.

Yes. Upload the slides, PDF chapter, or notes you teach from, choose a length, language, and voice, and Scholarly generates a narrated, chaptered lecture video with captions, a transcript, and question checkpoints. Premium and Laureate set any length up to 45 minutes, render in 1080p, and download the MP4 with .vtt and .srt captions for your LMS. Turn on Use my script as written to keep your exact wording. There is no avatar or on-screen presenter.

Yes. Upload the PDF, select the pages for one module, and choose a length up to 45 minutes on a paid plan. For a full course, make one lecture per chapter or module: shorter lectures stay focused and are easier to regenerate when the material changes. Download each one as an MP4 with captions and upload it to your course platform.