Script to video: paste your text, get a video with a voice, pictures and subtitles
Have a script for a story, an explainer or a history video? DubLocal Studio reads it with an AI voice, splits it into scenes, finds photos and clips that fit each line and builds the video in the style you choose, with background music, sound effects, subtitles and your channel logo. Make one video or a whole batch of scripts at once.
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Updated October 2026 · The DubLocal team
How to turn a script into a video
- 01
Paste the script
Paste text or open a TXT or SRT file. Every sentence becomes a scene; paste several scripts to make a batch.
- 02
Pick a style
Choose one of 84 styles and see its sample right in Studio; each script in a batch can have its own.
- 03
Choose the voice and music
Pick the voice, reading speed, background music (listen first), sound-effect level, subtitles and channel logo.
- 04
Make the video
Studio narrates, splits the scenes, finds pictures, renders and saves the MP4 with an SRT to your folder; ChatGPT also writes 4 scored titles, a description with chapters, hashtags, tags and a thumbnail prompt for YouTube.
84 styles, watch each one
The first 18 were made in Studio from their own scripts, with pictures found for each line and narration by one of Studio's Vietnamese voices; each clip is the first part (up to 15 seconds) of the video. The other 66 were drawn by ChatGPT from a script written for each style; their samples run about 15 seconds, with no sound.
- Photos
2.5D moving photo
The photo is split into layers and the camera drifts slowly to give it depth.
- Photos
Reveal
The photo appears area by area, as if it were being developed.
- Photos
Archive
Sepia, film grain and worn edges, like a history documentary.
- Photos
Real footage
Real video clips for each line first; moving photos fill any gaps.
- Comics
Colour comic
Colour comic linework, halftone dots and yellow caption boxes.
- Comics
Black-and-white manga
Black and white, heavy screentone and diagonal manga transitions.
- Moving text
Kinetic text with pictures
Words appear with the voice over a picture, keywords highlighted.
- Board & cutout
Pin board
Photos pinned to a board, the camera gliding from one to the next.
- Board & cutout
Cutout
The subject is cut out of the photo and pasted onto paper.
- Hand-drawn
Pencil
A pencil sketches the picture stroke by stroke from the photo.
- Hand-drawn
Watercolour
Line drawing, then watercolour spreading across the paper.
- Hand-drawn
Oil paint
The photo becomes an oil painting with thick brush strokes.
- Maps
Map
Studio draws a map for every line: countries and provinces shaded, flight paths, areas worked out from the data.
- Explainer
Red circle
A red marker circles and points at the exact detail being talked about.
- Explainer
Case file
Photos clipped into a folder, typewriter text, stamps and underlines.
- Data
Countdown
Ranks roll down to number one, each with its own picture and a big number.
- Data
Versus
A split screen, a VS badge and a bar for every stat compared.
- Data
Timeline
A year axis runs to each date, the year rolling and a photo hung at that moment.
- Cartoon
80s Cel Anime
Cel anime linework, a neon city and the violet dusk of an 80s film.
- Cartoon
1950s–60s Cartoon
Flat shapes, pastel colours and sparse backgrounds of mid-century animation.
- Cartoon
1930s Rubber Hose Cartoon
Black and white, limbs like rubber hoses, objects dancing to the beat.
- Cartoon
Sci-Fi Sitcom Toon
Bold outlines, a glowing green portal and comic science gadgets.
- Hand-drawn
Chalkboard
Chalk lines appear on a blackboard, words and diagrams following the lesson.
- Hand-drawn
Crayon Picture Book
Scribbled crayon strokes and round characters, like a children's picture book.
- Hand-drawn
Impasto Oil Painting
Thick slabs of colour like built-up paint, swirling with the motion.
- Hand-drawn
Chinese Ink Wash
Misty mountains, ink bleeding into paper and plenty of empty space.
- Hand-drawn
One-line Drawing
A single unbroken line turning into shape after shape.
- Hand-drawn
Urban Sketch
Pen sketches on paper, with the city gaining colour as the story goes.
- Hand-drawn
Watercolor Brush
Soft washes on paper, the scene moving from dry land to forest and sea.
- Hand-drawn
Whiteboard Explainer
Markers draw a diagram on a whiteboard, each idea adding a stroke.
- East Asian
Paper-cut Lightbox
Layers of cut paper with warm light shining through each opening.
- East Asian
Red Paper-cut
Red paper cut into patterns, with figures and villages in a folk style.
- East Asian
Shadow Puppetry
Puppets on a glowing orange screen, jointed and cut with fine patterns.
- East Asian
Ukiyo-e
Mountains, waves and rain in the flat colours and bold lines of Japanese prints.
- Print
Copperplate Engraving
Dense engraved lines build the picture on paper, like an old book plate.
- Print
Halftone Dossier
Halftone dots, big type and stamps, telling the story as a case file.
- Print
Printed Long Take
Paper and black ink, the camera pulling back through the hills in one take.
- Print
Risograph Print
Misaligned inks and coarse grain, with bright colours overlapping.
- Print
Silkscreen Travel Poster
Flat colour and big type, every scene like a travel poster.
- Print
Woodcut Print
White cuts on black ink, rough and strong like a woodblock.
- Graphic
Art Deco
Gold on dark, with the geometric lines and sunbursts of the 1920s.
- Graphic
ASCII / CRT Terminal
Pictures built from glowing characters on an old CRT screen.
- Graphic
Blueprint
Thin lines, gears and a title block, in the manner of a technical drawing.
- Graphic
Pictogram Motion
Flat pictograms morphing from one scene into the next.
- Graphic
60s Spy Title Sequence
Silhouettes running across bold colour, like a spy film's opening titles.
- Graphic
Stained Glass
Panes of coloured glass lighting up, the story told window by window.
- Graphic
Swiss Motion Graphics
A clear grid, big numbers, sans-serif type and one red accent.
- Keynote
Circuit Board
Glowing traces run past components, the current leading the story.
- Keynote
Dark Tech Keynote
A dark stage and softly lit interface cards, made for a product launch.
- Keynote
Data Storytelling
Charts draw themselves with the narration, a pencil marking what matters.
- Keynote
Sci-fi Hologram HUD
Glowing wireframes and floating readouts, like a sci-fi film display.
- Keynote
Isometric Infographic
Tilted 3D scenes on a light ground, with each step on its own small plot.
- Keynote
Isometric Picture Book
Tiny people in a tilted space, told like a picture book.
- Keynote
Living Screencast
A software screen runs by itself, with a moving cursor and a small guide.
- Keynote
Transit Map
Lines grow into a colourful map, with stations lighting up as you speak.
- Documentary
Caption News
Big captions over a cheerful street, easy to follow with the sound off.
- Documentary
Time-lapse Symphony
A city in fast motion from dawn to night, traffic turning to streams of light.
- Documentary
Live Countdown Split-screen
A running clock, with more screens opening up towards the deciding moment.
- Documentary
Constructivist Montage
Red, black and cream, with hard diagonals and slanted type from old posters.
- Documentary
Broadcast News Package
Lower thirds, charts and headline panels at a TV news pace.
- Documentary
1920s Newsreel
Scratched black and white, title cards and crowds, like an old newsreel.
- Documentary
Sports Telestrator
Arrows and circles drawn right on the pitch to break down each move.
- Documentary
Visual Investigation
Clocks, maps and photos compared moment by moment on a dark desk.
- Evidence
Archive Light Table
Photos, a magnifier and a ledger on a light table, each detail checked.
- Evidence
Engineering Briefing Board
Drawings on paper comparing each option, with labels and measurements.
- Evidence
Data Physicalization
Numbers become stacks of blocks on a table, so the difference is plain to see.
- Evidence
LiDAR Survey
A cloud of laser points sweeps the forest to reveal the ground below.
- Evidence
Microscope Story
Zooming through the lens until cells appear beside a scale bar.
- Evidence
Satellite Briefing
Seen from orbit, comparing the same land across the years.
- Evidence
Exploded Teardown
An object separates into layers in 3D, with every part named.
- Evidence
Projection on White Model
A white model lit up with colour, one layer of the story at a time.
- Games
Game Show Flat
Bright colours, a scoreboard and funny characters, like a TV game show.
- Games
HD-2D
Pixel characters in a 3D scene with real light and depth.
- Games
Microgame Frenzy
Pixel art and seconds-long challenges, one after another, faster each time.
- Games
16-bit Pixel RPG
Castles, party members and a save screen from a 16-bit role-playing game.
- Cinema
Liminal Found Footage
Endless yellow corridors, a shaky camera and something just behind you.
- Cinema
1920s Silent Film
Black and white, worn frame edges and the big gestures of silent cinema.
- 3D materials
3D Toy Bricks
Everything is built from 3D toy bricks, assembled as the story goes.
- 3D materials
Desktop Flythrough
The camera flies past photos, apps and screens laid out on a desk.
- 3D materials
Glass Product Render
A clear glass object turns on black, light sliding along its curves.
- 3D materials
Low-poly Isometric Island
A 3D island built tile by tile, trees and houses rising as day turns to night.
- 3D materials
Memphis Diorama
A candy-coloured model, dotted patterns and four seasons on one scene.
- 3D materials
Paper Pop-up Book
Paper pages open and the scene stands up, page after page.
- 3D materials
Tilt-Shift Miniature
A city like a tabletop toy, blurred at both ends with tiny traffic.
A picture for every line, found for you or your own
ChatGPT in Studio reads the script, splits the scenes and writes picture search terms for each line; Studio searches royalty-free stock libraries and Wikimedia Commons, picks the best match and lists the source of every picture in a file next to the video. When the libraries run out or have nothing that fits, Studio keeps searching from your own PC: Creative Commons photos from Openverse, web images (DuckDuckGo, Bing, Pinterest, Flickr, Yandex, Baidu…) and 5.5-second clips from YouTube and Bilibili for the Real footage style. Without ChatGPT, Studio still makes the video, one scene per sentence.
You can also add your own photos and videos, or paste links from any source Studio's downloader supports: Studio uses them first, in order, and cuts long videos into several clips. Scenes still missing a picture get one from the stock libraries, then from YouTube and Bilibili clips; the source of each picture and clip is listed in the file that comes with the video.
For the hand-drawn styles (pencil, watercolour, oil paint), Studio prefers public-domain paintings by the great masters from open museum collections and redraws them stroke by stroke.
- Every scene gets a picture: if one source is blocked Studio asks another, and only reuses a neighbouring scene's picture when you are offline
- Real footage prefers video clips over photos, skips trailers, music videos and games, and crops logos and subtitles at the edges
- Use only your own pictures, or yours first and then search for more
Background music, sound effects, subtitles and logo
Studio comes with 12 original music tracks, picked to suit the style or chosen by hand, with a preview before you use them, or your own uploaded music; the music ducks under the voice. Sound effects sit at a 5–7% level so they are heard without covering the voice.
Subtitles use the same fonts as dubbing (more can be downloaded from Google Fonts), with size and position you set, an optional blur layer behind them so the words read on a busy picture (set its strength, height and width), and a preview on a sample frame. The logo and channel name come from your channel template in Studio, or upload a different logo.
Landscape for YouTube, vertical for TikTok and Shorts
Choose 16:9 or 9:16, in 1080p or 720p for slower PCs. Each style has its own transitions between lines. For a batch, paste several scripts separated by a line with ---, and Studio makes the videos one after another.
Watch DubLocal Studio from start to finish (Vietnamese audio)
The tutorial covers installing, opening a video, transcribing, translating, casting, generating voices and exporting MP4.
Frequently asked questions
What do I need to make a video from a script?
DubLocal Studio on a Windows PC and a paid license. ChatGPT helps split the scenes and find closer-matching pictures; without it, Studio still makes the video.
Where do the pictures come from, and is there a copyright issue?
First from royalty-free photo and video libraries, Wikimedia Commons and Creative Commons photos licensed for commercial use (Openverse). When those have nothing, Studio uses web images and short clips from YouTube and Bilibili: these may belong to someone else, so check them before you publish. Studio writes the author, license and link of every picture to a .credits.txt file next to the video. You can also use only your own pictures.
Can I make many videos at once?
Yes. The Batch tab takes up to 30 scripts at a time; each script can have its own style, and the music can be one track for all, a different track in turn, or random.
Can I make videos in English, Japanese or Korean?
Yes. Choose the script language: English, Vietnamese, German, French, Spanish, Indonesian, Japanese or Korean. Studio reads it with the voice you pick, as in Text to speech, and the subtitles and on-screen text follow that language; Japanese and Korean use fonts that come with Windows. The Map, Red circle, Case file, Timeline, Countdown and Versus styles only make Vietnamese videos for now.
Which voices can read the script?
The Studio voices for the script's language, including the voice bank for Vietnamese, with an adjustable reading speed. In Vietnamese scripts numbers are read out as words while the subtitles keep the digits.
How long does one video take?
On our test PC, a 30–40 second video at 720p takes about one to two minutes, including the voice, scenes, picture search and rendering; videos up to 30 minutes work too and take longer. 1080p and the hand-drawn styles take more time.
Do I get a separate subtitle file?
Yes. Every video comes with an SRT file; burn the subtitles into the video or only export the SRT.