Lecture videos built from the material you already teach
For professors, teachers, online course creators, and trainers: upload your slides, a PDF chapter, or your script, and get a narrated, chaptered lecture video with captions and question checkpoints. No avatar, no recording, no editing timeline.
Slides, PDFs, notes, or your own script · No avatar · No recording
45 min
Longest lecture on Premium and Laureate
1080p
MP4 with .vtt and .srt captions
70+
Narration languages
Who it's for
Built for people who teach from their own material
Professors and lecturers
Turn a week's slides or a reading into a recorded-style lecture for a flipped class, a missed session, or an online section, without booking a studio.
Teachers
Make a short explainer from a textbook chapter or your own handout, in the language your class learns in, with captions for every student.
Online course creators
Turn a course outline, ebook chapter, or written module into narrated lessons you can download as MP4 and upload to your course platform.
Corporate trainers
Turn a training deck or policy PDF into a narrated module, keep approved wording with Use my script as written, and publish it to your LMS.
What you can make
From slides, chapters, or a script to a lecture video
Every lecture is written from the pages you select, narrated by an AI voice, and rendered as animated scenes with chapters, synced captions, a transcript, and question checkpoints.
Slides to lecture video with voiceover
Upload a .pptx deck or a PDF export of your slides. Speaker notes are read with each slide, and the lecture is rebuilt as narrated, animated scenes rather than a screen recording.
A course module from a PDF chapter
Pick the pages of a textbook chapter, reading, or handout. The narration is written only from the pages you select, so the video teaches what your course teaches.
Your script, word for word
Already wrote the lecture? Turn on Use my script as written and the narrator keeps your wording and order instead of writing a new script.
Ready for your LMS or course platform
On a paid plan, download the MP4 and an export pack with the slides, the narration script by chapter, and captions as .vtt and .srt files.
Lectures up to 45 minutes on Premium and Laureate
1080p Full HD and a logo-free MP4 on paid plans
Narration, captions, and on-screen text in over 70 languages
Chapters, synced captions, a transcript, and question checkpoints in every lecture
Three steps from your material to a published lecture
Updated October 2026
Scholarly is an AI lecture generator for instructors: upload your slides, PDF chapter, notes, or script, choose a length up to 45 minutes on a paid plan, a language, and a voice, and it renders a narrated, chaptered lecture video with captions that you can download as a 1080p MP4.
01
Upload what you teach from
A PowerPoint deck, a PDF chapter or reading, typed notes, or a finished script. Pick only the pages this lecture should cover.
02
Choose length, language, and voice
Set a target length (up to 45 minutes on Premium and Laureate), any of over 70 languages, and a narrator voice. Turn on Use my script as written to keep your wording.
03
Review, then publish
Read the transcript against your source, then share the lecture by link or, on a paid plan, download the MP4 and captions for your LMS or course platform.
Know before you start
What Scholarly does not do
Plan around these so the lecture fits the way you already teach.
No avatar or on-screen presenter. The lecture is narrated visuals built from your material.
No recording of your own voice. You choose an AI narrator voice.
No timeline editor. To change what the lecture says, edit the source or instructions and generate again.
Not an LMS. There is no gradebook, enrollment, or completion certificate; upload the MP4 and captions to the LMS you use.
No SCORM package. The export pack holds the MP4, slides, script, and .vtt and .srt captions.
FAQ
Questions instructors ask
Can professors and teachers use Scholarly as an AI lecture generator for a course?
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.
Can I turn PowerPoint slides into a lecture video with voiceover?
Yes. Upload a .pptx deck or a PDF export of your slides. Scholarly reads each slide and its speaker notes, writes the narration (or keeps your script word for word when Use my script as written is on), and renders a narrated lecture with chapters and captions. You pick an AI narrator voice in any of over 70 languages; it is not a recording of your own voice.
Can I make an online course video from a PDF?
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.
How long can a lecture video be?
Premium and Laureate set any target length up to 45 minutes before generating, and the lecture is planned to that length. A target over 15 minutes uses 1 extra AI Creation Credit and a target over 30 minutes uses 2. For a full course, one lecture per chapter or module usually works better than one very long video.
Can students watch without an account?
Yes. Share the lecture with a link set to Anyone with the link and viewers can watch in the browser, read the transcript, and jump between chapters without signing up. On a paid plan you can also download the MP4 and host it in your own LMS.
Will the lecture say things that are not in my material?
The narration is written from the pages you select, not from general web content. Review the transcript before you publish. If the exact wording matters, turn on Use my script as written and the narrator keeps your script's wording and order.
Can I make the same lecture in another language?
Yes. Narration, captions, on-screen text, and chapter titles follow the language you choose, from over 70 languages, and the source does not have to be in the same language. Generate the lecture once per language you need. Arabic and Hebrew lectures are laid out right to left.
Is it free?
You can sign up for free and try Scholarly on your own material. Custom lengths up to 45 minutes, 1080p, turning off the Scholarly logo, and downloading the MP4 and captions need a Premium or Laureate plan. Current prices for your country are on the pricing page.
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Free makes a lecture of about 2 minutes in 720p with the Scholarly logo, to watch in Scholarly. Premium and Laureate make lectures up to 45 minutes in 1080p that you can download as an MP4, with the logo off if you choose.
With the Scholarly logo, to watch in Scholarly. Podcasts of about 2 min.
1 free AI Creation Credit total
2 lifetime images · Beta
3 lifetime AI Chat messages
1 free file upload total (8MB)
AI Meeting Notes: 3 meetings total, no reset, up to 60 minutes, notes included
5 lifetime quiz questions
1 completed practice exam total
15 lifetime voice minutes
32-page PDF to flashcards
500 lifetime autocomplete words
Use it to generate flashcards, improve a deck, or create a podcast, video lecture, slides, infographic, mind map, Summary, worksheet, spreadsheet, story book, timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, or outline — or run Deep Research. A meeting recorded with it comes with its transcript and AI Meeting Notes.
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Image creation · Beta
Shared across Image Studio and chat. Separate from AI Creation Credits. Free images are lifetime and do not reset. Paid allowances reset weekly without rollover. Limits may change during beta.
Free
2 lifetime
Premium
40/week
Laureate
80/week
AI chat
Premium and Laureate include unlimited AI chat. The chat model menu is a curated selection and is smaller than the creation catalog — some models, including the Frontier tier, are reserved for credit-metered AI creations.
Free
3 total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited
AI Creation Credits
AI Creation Credits cover videos, slides, documents, and other AI creations. Most models use 1 credit, a few use 2, and Frontier models use 3 or 4. Image Studio and chat images have a separate weekly allowance.
Free
1 total
Premium
15/week
Laureate
80/week
Podcast length
Free episodes are about 2 minutes. Paid plans can set a target length up to 60 minutes.
Free
About 2 minutes
Premium
Up to 60 minutes
Laureate
Up to 60 minutes
Video lecture length
Free lectures with a length control are about 2 minutes. Paid plans can set a target up to 45 minutes. Short uses its own short video format.
Free
About 2 minutes
Premium
Up to 45 minutes
Laureate
Up to 45 minutes
Video lecture resolution
Free
720p
Premium
1080p
Laureate
1080p
Download lectures as MP4
Free
—
Premium
Included
Laureate
Included
Scholarly logo on lectures
Free
Always on
Premium
Your choice
Laureate
Your choice
File uploads
Free
1 total (8MB)
Premium
Unlimited (300MB)
Laureate
Unlimited (1 GB each)
PDF to flashcards
Free
32 pages
Premium
1000 pages
Laureate
3000 pages
Sources per creation
Free
Up to 1
Premium
Up to 10
Laureate
Up to 20
Practice questions
Free
5 total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited
Practice exams
Free
1 total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited
Voice mode
Free
15 min total
Premium
2 hr/day
Laureate
12 hr/day
Autocomplete
Free
500 words total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited
Export to Anki
Free
—
Premium
Included
Laureate
Included
Support
Free
Standard
Premium
Priority
Laureate
Priority
Feature
Free
Premium
Laureate
Image creation · Beta
2 lifetime
40/week
80/week
AI chat
3 total
Unlimited
Unlimited
AI Creation Credits
1 total
15/week
80/week
Podcast length
About 2 minutes
Up to 60 minutes
Up to 60 minutes
Video lecture length
About 2 minutes
Up to 45 minutes
Up to 45 minutes
Video lecture resolution
720p
1080p
1080p
Download lectures as MP4
—
Included
Included
Scholarly logo on lectures
Always on
Your choice
Your choice
File uploads
1 total (8MB)
Unlimited (300MB)
Unlimited (1 GB each)
PDF to flashcards
32 pages
1000 pages
3000 pages
Sources per creation
Up to 1
Up to 10
Up to 20
Practice questions
5 total
Unlimited
Unlimited
Practice exams
1 total
Unlimited
Unlimited
Voice mode
15 min total
2 hr/day
12 hr/day
Autocomplete
500 words total
Unlimited
Unlimited
Export to Anki
—
Included
Included
Support
Standard
Priority
Priority
What customers say
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Your questions, answered
Is Scholarly free to use?
Yes! The free plan includes core study tools with lifetime allowances: 3 AI Chat messages, 500 autocomplete words, 5 quiz questions, 15 voice minutes, 1 practice exam, one free AI Creation Credit total, and 1 file upload. These allowances do not reset. Image Studio and chat also share 2 lifetime images during beta; this separate Free allowance does not reset and may change. Upgrade to Premium for 15 AI Creation Credits per week and unlimited uploads.
What uses my free AI Creation Credits?
AI Creation Credits are shared across flashcards, podcasts, videos, slides, AI Documents, Deep Research, and the Transcribe tool. The selected model determines the credit cost. Recording a meeting does not use an AI Creation Credit. Transcript and notes are included, up to 10 hours on paid plans.
Can I cancel anytime?
Absolutely. There are no contracts or commitments. You can cancel your subscription at any time from your account settings, and you'll keep access until the end of your billing period.
What payment methods do you accept?
We accept all major credit and debit cards through Stripe. Pricing is displayed in USD by default, but local currency is available in the app.
Can I use Scholarly with a class or school?
Yes. For a school or organization-wide rollout, contact us at hello@scholarly.so and we'll help you find the right setup.
What happens when I hit a free plan limit?
You'll see a prompt to upgrade. Your existing work is never lost — limits only apply to new actions. Most Free allowances are lifetime limits. The separate beta image allowance includes 2 lifetime images on Free with no reset, 40 per week on Premium, and 80 per week on Laureate. Limits may change during beta. Premium includes 15 AI Creation Credits per week, podcasts up to 60 minutes, video lectures up to 45 minutes, unlimited uploads, chat, autocomplete, quizzes, and exams, plus more daily voice time.