Turn a link into a video: paste a URL, get a drawn explainer
Most of what you want to say is already written down somewhere: an article, a help page, a product doc. Turning it into a video used to mean copying, cutting and reformatting it by hand.
Now you paste the link. Doodaro fetches the page, keeps the visible text, and shows you the slides it found in the headings. You decide whether the video follows that outline or the full text, edit anything you like, and then build the storyboard.
Two things stay your job, and both matter. Read what came in, because web pages carry sidebars and sign-up boxes that should never be narrated. And only use pages you own or have permission to use.
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How it works
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Paste the link
In Story, open 'Paste a link' and paste the address of a public web page, or a direct link to a PDF, Word, text or Markdown file. Doodaro fetches the page and pulls out the visible text: no menus, no cookie banners, no ads.
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Check the slide outline
Doodaro reads the headings and lists on the page and shows the slides it found, with the number of points in each. Choose 'Use the outline' for a tight, structured script, or 'Use the full text' when you want every word. Both open in an editable box first.
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Build scenes and export
Pick a drawing style and a narrator, press Build scenes, and each slide becomes a scene with its own picture and narration. Fix a single scene if it misses, then export the MP4 in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1.
Example: a 1,400-word help center article turned into a 2-minute explainer
A support article about resetting a password was pasted as a link. Doodaro found seven slides from the page's headings, including a three-step list. 'Use the outline' cut the 1,400 words to a 240-word script. Two scenes were rewritten by hand because the article's wording was too formal to narrate, and the video ran 1 minute 55 seconds.
- Style: Illustrated Notes
- Voice: friendly American English narrator
- Length: 2 minutes
- Format: 16:9
Best practices
- Link to one page, not a whole site. A single article of 800 to 2,000 words makes a 2 to 3 minute video; a landing page with 6 sections makes a weak one.
- Prefer the outline for how-to pages and the full text for a story or an interview, where the wording is the point.
- Read the outline before building scenes. Web pages hide sidebars and calls to action inside the text, and you do not want 'Subscribe to our newsletter' narrated as a scene.
- Rewrite the first slide by hand. Page titles are written for search engines, and a video needs a spoken hook in the first 5 seconds.
- Use pages you own or have the right to use. Publishing a video of someone else's article is a copyright problem, and platforms treat reused content harshly.
Frequently asked questions
Can I turn a URL into a video?
Yes. In the Story screen choose 'Paste a link', paste the address, and Doodaro reads the page and shows the text plus a slide outline it found in the headings. You review that text, press Build scenes, and every slide becomes a drawn scene with narration.
Which links can Doodaro read?
Public web pages, and direct links to PDF, Word (.docx), text and Markdown files, up to 8 MB. Pages behind a sign-in, a paywall or a bot check cannot be read: save those as a PDF and upload the file instead.
Does Doodaro copy the whole page?
It reads the visible text only, and leaves out navigation, styling, scripts and images. You then see the text and the outline before anything is used, and you can edit or delete any part of it.
What are the slides Doodaro finds?
A slide is one section of the page: its heading plus the two or three sentences or list items that carry the point. This is plain parsing, not AI writing, so every line comes from the page itself. Each slide becomes one scene when you build the storyboard.
Is it better to paste the link or the text?
The link is faster and keeps the structure, which gives you the slide outline. Paste the text when the page will not load, when you only want a few paragraphs, or when you have already edited the wording.
Can I turn my competitor's article into a video?
You should not. Use your own pages, your own documents, or sources you have permission to use. Reusing someone else's writing raises copyright problems, and platforms like YouTube do not reward reused, mass-produced content.
Related use cases
Turn a blog post into a drawn explainer video
Copy the key text of a blog post into Doodaro, trim it to a 2-minute script, build the storyboard, redraw one scene and export a drawn explainer.
Turn a PDF or report into an explainer video
Upload a PDF or paste its link, let Doodaro pull out the text and the slides, build a storyboard of drawn scenes, fix the one chart scene that misses, and export an MP4.
Turn product docs into a how-it-works video
Paste a feature page or help article into Doodaro, build a storyboard of drawn steps, redraw the one step that misses, and export a how-it-works MP4.
Turn a script into a whiteboard video in minutes
Paste a finished script, let Doodaro split it into drawn scenes with narration, fix the one scene that misses, and export an MP4 whiteboard video.
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.