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đź§  The AI Shortcut: How I Create Daily Videos Without Editing, Recording, or Voiceovers

TL;DR: I was spending hours each week editing short videos. Now I use Textideo — an AI tool that turns any text or image into a video with voiceover in seconds. Here's how I use it and why it's a permanent part of my workflow.

🎥 The Problem: Video Content Is Powerful — But Painfully Slow to Make
Let’s face it.
If you’re a creator, indie hacker, or educator, video is one of the best ways to get attention online.

But actually making videos?
It sucks up your time like nothing else.

Writing a script

Recording voiceover

Finding visuals

Editing, timing, subtitling…

Exporting and reformatting for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Reels…

It takes hours to make a 60-second video — and that’s if you’re fast.

I needed video content for my projects, but I was drowning in the work.
So I looked for a way to automate the pain without losing quality.

✨ The Fix: AI Video Creation That’s Actually Useful
After trying a few complicated “AI video generators” that required coding or prompt engineering, I stumbled across Textideo.

It felt like Notion met Canva met a robot video editor — and it actually worked.

Textideo lets you:

âś… Enter any short piece of text (or upload an image)
âś… Auto-generate a video with motion visuals
âś… Add voiceover (multiple accents and tones)
✅ Export in TikTok / Reels / YouTube Shorts formats — ready to post

No timeline. No microphone. No editing software.

⚡ My Workflow Now Takes Less Than 5 Minutes
Here’s what I do almost every morning:

Write a short idea in text (e.g. “Why you shouldn’t post every day on social media”)

Paste it into Textideo

Choose a voice and video format (e.g. 9:16 with a confident American voiceover)

Preview → Download → Upload to TikTok/Instagram/YouTube

I now publish 5–6x more video content with the same amount of effort.

🎯 Why Textideo Works (When Other Tools Didn’t)
Most “AI video” tools fall short for one of three reasons:

❌ Problem ✅ How Textideo Solves It
Too hard to use No login, no tutorial needed
Boring visuals Dynamic motion scenes, smooth pacing
Robot voices Human-like voiceovers in different styles

The whole point is to simplify the content process, not just add more tools to it.

🛠️ Ideal Use Cases
I’ve used Textideo for:

Twitter/X content repurposed into video

Summarizing blog posts as reels

Creating teaser clips for product launches

Explaining ideas in voice + visuals (for non-native audiences)

Daily content experiments without the “record-edit-export” cycle

If you’re running a newsletter, podcast, or product account — this is a major time-saver.

đź”— Try It Free (No Login Required)
🎥 Website: https://textideo.com

No signup

No watermark

Works on desktop + mobile

Free to try

đź’¬ Final Thought
The best productivity tools don’t just “save time” — they make something possible that used to be too time-consuming to even try.

Textideo did that for me with video content.
Now I’m publishing more, testing more, and spending way less time in editing hell.

If video is on your to-do list but always feels like too much, give it a try.

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