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 ToolsBear Video Maker - free offline article-to-video tool
 https://toolsbear.com
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WHAT IT DOES
Turns any article or script into a narrated 720p MP4 video:
slides + AI voiceover + presenter avatar. No sign-up, no
watermark removal fees, no uploads - everything runs on your PC.

REQUIREMENTS
- Windows 10 or 11
- Internet on FIRST RUN only (downloads a portable ffmpeg ~80 MB,
  saved into the bin\ folder - nothing is installed system-wide)

HOW TO USE
1. Open article.txt and replace the sample with your own text.
   Format:
     # Your video title          (one line, optional)
     ## Section heading          (starts a new slide)
     Normal text = narration + bullet points on the slide
2. Double-click make-video.bat
3. Wait a few minutes. Your video is in the out\ folder.

OPTIONS (advanced)
Run from PowerShell:
  powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File make-video.ps1 -InputFile my.txt -Output my.mp4
  -Voice "Microsoft Zira Desktop"   (pick an installed Windows voice)

BETTER VOICE (optional)
If you have Python installed, run once:
  pip install edge-tts
The script will auto-detect it and use natural neural voices
instead of the built-in Windows voice.

CUSTOM AVATAR (optional)
Drop a square portrait photo named presenter.jpg next to the
script and it becomes the on-screen presenter. Delete it to use
the ToolsBear badge instead.

NOTES
- Keep sections short; ~600 chars of narration per slide max.
- Files in work\ are intermediate slides/audio/clips - safe to
  delete.
- You are responsible for the content you feed the tool.

(c) ToolsBear - free tools, no sign-up. https://toolsbear.com
