Turn a blog post into a drawn explainer video
A good blog post already has the shape of an explainer: a promise, a few points, a takeaway. The work is cutting it to the length a viewer will sit through and giving each point a picture. Doodaro takes the trimmed text, builds a storyboard of drawn scenes, and lets you fix the scenes that need it one at a time.
You can paste the link and let Doodaro read the page, upload the post as a file, or copy the text you want narrated into the script box and ask the story assistant for a short draft. The result is an MP4 you can embed back in the post and share on social.
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How it works
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Paste the link, or the post itself, and cut it down
Paste the address of the post, or copy its text into the Story box. A blog post is written to be read, so it is usually too long to narrate. Keep the intro, the three or four main points and the takeaway. Or paste the whole post and ask the story assistant to draft a 300-word video script from it.
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Doodaro builds the scenes
Pick a style such as Illustrated Ideas, a calm educational look with muted color, and click Build scenes. Each main point becomes one or two scenes with a drawn picture and narration. The storyboard shows all of them as cards.
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Review, then export
Listen to each scene. If a picture shows the wrong thing, edit the picture description on that card and click Redraw. If a sentence reads badly out loud, edit the narration and click Revoice. Then render the full MP4.
Example: a 1,400-word post on why sourdough needs a long rise
The post was cut to a 310-word script with five points. Build scenes produced eight scenes. Scene 6 drew a loaf in an oven when the narration was about the dough resting overnight in the fridge, so the picture description was changed to 'covered bowl of dough on a refrigerator shelf, clock showing 12 hours' and that scene was redrawn. The final video ran 2 minutes 5 seconds.
- Style: Illustrated Ideas
- Voice: clear British English narrator
- Length: 2 minutes
- Format: 16:9
Best practices
- Cut a 1,000 to 1,500-word post to about 300 words. Narration runs near 150 words per minute, and a 2-minute explainer keeps more viewers than a 9-minute reading of the whole post.
- Keep no more than 5 main points. Each point turns into 1 or 2 scenes of 6 to 12 seconds, which gives you 8 to 10 scenes in total.
- Rewrite sentences longer than 20 words. What reads fine on a page sounds long when a narrator says it over a drawing.
- Put the takeaway in the first 10 seconds and again at the end. Viewers who leave early still get the point, and the closing line gives the last scene something to draw.
- Make a square 1:1 or portrait 9:16 cut of the first 45 seconds for social posts. The format is a project setting, and the same scenes are redrawn to fit.
Frequently asked questions
How do I turn a blog post into a video?
Copy the text of the post, paste it into Doodaro's Story box and cut it down to the main points, or ask the story assistant to draft a short script from what you pasted. Build scenes turns the script into drawn scenes with narration. You check the storyboard, redraw or revoice any scene that misses, and export an MP4.
Can I paste a link to my blog post?
Yes. Choose 'Paste a link' in the Story screen and Doodaro reads the page, keeps the visible text and shows the slides it found in your headings. Check what came in before building scenes, because pages carry author boxes and related links that do not belong in a video.
How long should the video version of a blog post be?
Around 2 minutes for most posts, which is about 300 words of narration. If the post is a long tutorial, split it into two or three short videos, one per section, rather than one 10-minute video.
Will the drawings match what the post is about?
Each scene gets a picture description written from its narration, and the picture is drawn from that description. When a picture misses, edit the description on that scene and click Redraw. Only that scene changes.
Can I make the video in a different language than the post?
You can write the script in another language and pick a narrator for it. The voice library covers a dozen-plus languages with filters for language, accent and region. Doodaro does not translate a finished video, so translate the script first.
Can I embed the video in the blog post itself?
Yes. Export the MP4 and upload it to your video host or your site, then embed it at the top of the post. Doodaro does not publish to platforms for you.
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Ready to draw your next story?
Start with 2 free minutes. No card needed. Your script becomes a storyboard you can fix one scene at a time.