You can learn more about Vidcast's approach to AI in AI Transparency Technical Note in the Cisco Trust Portal.
Unleash the power of Vidcast's new AI Vidcast Generation feature and transform your static .PDF and PowerPoint files into captivating videos with seamless, content-accurate narration. Imagine converting your library of training presentations into dynamic videos within minutes, or quickly creating professional presentations without sacrificing quality- AI Vidcast generation will help with that!
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You will be prompted to upload your .PDF or PowerPoint presentation, which can be done by clicking on the upload field, or by dragging your file there.
You can then choose whether the script will be generated (Generative AI talk track) or if you want the narrator to read your slide notes verbatim.
Tone will set in what manner the script will be generated- Business professional will most likely suit your business proposal more than storytelling tone! We recommend you to explore tones we offer, to make sure it fits your use case the best.
Choosing Narrator language will determine the output language of the generated Vidcast. Do you want to quickly produce your presentation in German? We got you covered!
And finally, you can select Narrator voice to be either male or female (not applicable to all languages).
When you are happy with your setup, click on Generate Vidcast button to get the process started.
It will take a couple of minutes for your Vidcast to generate, please do not close or leave the page while we are analyzing and generating the video.
Once the video has been generated, you will be taken into the edit screen. On the left, you will see a video preview where you can play the generated Vidcast in full. On the right, you will see a card for each individual slide in you presentation. You will be able to play just that slide, review the generated script, or edit it.
You can also copy the script into your clipboard and paste it into any text document by clicking on the Copy script button int the top right corner. Once you finished your edits, click on Finish button to save the video into your library.
After the generated video is saved into your library, creator or editors will be able to download the original or enhanced file from the playback page.
Download original file will download the original .pdf or PowerPoint file you used to generate this video.
Download enhanced file will download your .pdf or PowerPoint file with the generated script added as notes.
You can also get back to script editing at any time by clicking on Edit script above the video, or by selecting Edit AI script option in the Edit panel.
Please note that once you change duration of the video (trim/ clip/ stitch), the video will re-process and you will be no longer able to download original/enhanced file.
Tips, tricks and limitations
We can currently generate videos only for files with up to 30 slides/pages.
Although we support horizontal documents, we recommend using AI Generated Vidcast mainly for documents in the landscape mode, to ensure the best viewing experience.
If you notice some graphical artifacts with your .ppt/.pptx file, we recommend saving the presentation in .pdf file. You can upload the pdf file to replace incorrectly rendered slides by clicking on Upload PDF button on the Edit script screen
If you choose to have your slide notes read verbatim, make sure that all slides have notes (with up to 3000 characters per note). We are not able to narrate your document if some slides/ pages do not have notes.
By default, the preview is played at 1.2x speed. If there are any voice artifacts, we recommend changing the playback speed to 1.0x for more naturally sounding voiceovers.
Questions? Start a chat with our support team or reach us at help@vidcast.io