Script to video: paste it, read it, make it
Your words, scene by scene, with nothing made until you say go.
TallyReel turns a script into a finished video. Paste your own script (or type one idea and let it write one), check every scene on the Review step, then it records the voice, finds stock footage or paints AI pictures for each line, adds word-timed captions and music, and renders the video in the cloud.
Plans: Every plan, including Free (300 free credits once, about 3 videos up to 30 seconds, with a small TallyReel mark). Starter makes videos up to 3 minutes, Plus up to 5 and Pro up to 15. 100 credits are a minute of stock video.
Most script to video tools take your text and guess. TallyReel shows its work first: the script is split into scenes you can read and change, the length is set from how long the words take to say, and nothing is rendered until you approve it. You can start from a blank idea, from a script you wrote, or from a script you like the style of.
The same flow makes vertical 9:16 Shorts, Reels and TikToks and wide 16:9 YouTube videos of 3 to 15 minutes. Pictures come from real stock footage, AI art in a style you pick, or your own photos and clips, and the finished video lands in your Library, ready to edit scene by scene or to schedule.
Updated 18 October 2026 ยท by Danish, who makes TallyReel
How it works
- Paste a script or type an idea. Pick Paste your script and drop in up to 6,000 characters. Leave a blank line between scenes, or paste it as it is and TallyReel splits it. Or type one idea, or press Surprise me, and it writes the script for you.
- Let the script set the length. A pasted script picks the nearest length that fits how long it takes to read aloud, and a script written in another language switches the video to that language and a voice that speaks it.
- Pick the look and sound. Choose stock footage, AI art or your own files, a voice, a caption style, music (matched to the video, a mood, your own tracks or none), a color finish and a few optional effects.
- Read it on Review. See every scene with a word and scene count. Edit any line, or press Rewrite. If you change the idea or the length after it was written, TallyReel tells you and offers to rewrite it to fit.
- Make it. The cloud records the voice, matches a picture to each line, times the captions to the voice and mixes the music. A Short usually takes 3 to 5 minutes, a video with AI pictures about 10.
What people use it for
What happens to your script
Each scene is one or two spoken sentences. TallyReel reads the scene, picks search words or a picture description for it, and times the scene to the voice, so a long line holds its picture longer and a short punchy line cuts quickly. If you wrote the script yourself, your words are what gets read. The writer only rewrites when you press Rewrite or ask it to write for a new length or language.
When TallyReel writes the script, it starts with a hook, plans the shots and writes in the language you picked. Signed in, you always see the script on Review before anything is made. Signed out, the script is written when the video is made, so sign in if you want to read it first.
Videos are billed by the second: a 40 second stock Short uses 67 credits, a 3 minute stock story uses 300. If a video fails, its credits come back.
Lengths and formats
- 30 second and 60 second Shorts, vertical 9:16, for TikTok, Reels and YouTube Shorts.
- 3 and 5 minute videos, wide 16:9, for YouTube. 3 minutes needs Starter, 5 minutes needs Plus.
- 10 and 15 minute documentaries, wide 16:9, on Pro.
- A series: give a premise or a list of topics and make up to 30 episodes in one go.
Honest limits
- The paste box takes up to 6,000 characters, which is roughly 1,000 English words. A full 15 minute script is longer than that, so for documentaries type the idea and let TallyReel write and plan it.
- Stock footage depends on what the libraries have. Very specific scenes (a named street, a rare object) often get a close match rather than the exact thing, so AI art is the better pick for those.
- The voice reads what you wrote. Check names, numbers and abbreviations on Review, because the voice says them exactly as typed.
- Long videos (3 minutes and up) are made in the cloud. TallyReel Studio, the desktop app, makes the Shorts on your own computer.
Questions
Can I turn my own script into a video with AI?
Yes. Choose Paste your script, drop it in, and TallyReel uses your words as they are. It splits them into scenes, picks pictures, records the voice and adds captions and music. You can edit any scene on Review before it is made.
Is there a free script to video tool?
The Free plan gives 300 free credits once, about 3 videos up to 30 seconds each, with a small TallyReel mark, using 4 voices. Paid plans start at $19 a month for 4,000 credits and no mark.
How long does it take to turn a script into a video?
In the cloud a Short usually takes 3 to 5 minutes, and a video with AI pictures about 10 minutes. Longer videos take longer. You can close the page and come back; it shows in your Library when it is ready.
Do I have to split the script into scenes myself?
No. A blank line between paragraphs marks a new scene, but you can paste the script as one block and TallyReel splits it for you.
Can I change the video after it is made?
Yes. Open it in the editor to rewrite a line, swap a picture or redo one scene. Only the changed parts are made again, and scene edits use your free fixes (30, 100 or 300 a month by plan), then 20 credits a saved edit.
What languages can the script be in?
Scripts can be written in any of TallyReel's 44 languages. The Make page lists English, Hindi and Urdu; paste a script in another language, such as Spanish or Arabic, and the video switches to that language and a voice that speaks it.
Pick one. Make it tonight.
Type the idea into TallyReel, read the script, and it makes the video for you: in the browser, on your phone, or in Studio on your own computer. Start on the free plan.