Medium to video: turn your Medium articles into short videos
Paste a story link. tovid finds the full text in your Medium RSS feed, writes a narrated script with captions and gets a video ready for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Reels.
How Medium to video works
Medium story pages block automatic reading, so tovid takes another route: your Medium RSS feed. The feed at medium.com/feed/@username, or a publication's feed, carries the full text of your latest stories.
Paste a story link and tovid looks it up in the author's feed, then turns the text and photos into scenes, a voice-over, a natural voice and word-by-word captions. Or connect the feed as a content plan and each new story becomes a video at your posting times.
Members-only stories only show a preview in the feed. For those, paste the story's text in the "Content" box and the video is made from what you pasted.
Why turn Medium stories into videos
Reach beyond Medium
Your ideas reach people on TikTok, Shorts and Reels who would never open a long read.
Full text, not a summary
The feed carries the whole story, so the script follows your argument rather than a teaser.
Works for publications too
Use a publication's feed to turn every new story it publishes into a video.
Your voice, edited by you
Rewrite any line of the script, swap photos or change the voice before rendering.
How to turn a Medium article into a video
- 1
Paste the story link
tovid finds the story in the author's Medium RSS feed. For a members-only story, paste its text in the "Content" box.
- 2
Edit the script
Check the scenes, the voice-over and the photos in the studio, and pick 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1.
- 3
Render and share
Download the MP4 or post it to YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and Threads, with a link back to the story.
Who it is for
Medium writers
Turn a story into a video teaser that sends readers to the full piece.
Publication editors
Connect the publication's feed and give every new story a video for its social accounts.
Tech and startup founders
Engineering posts and essays become short explainers for people who prefer to watch.
Pricing
One video from a Medium story works on every plan, Free included. A daily content plan from your Medium feed needs Starter or above.
Free
Includes thisLite
Starter
Growth
Scale
Pro
60s video = 25,000 · 90s = 31,500 · 120s = 37,500 credits · 500 credits per channel post
Frequently asked questions
Is tovid connected to Medium?
No. tovid is not affiliated with Medium and needs no plugin or Medium login. It reads the public RSS feed Medium publishes for every author and publication.
Why does tovid read the RSS feed instead of the story page?
Medium story pages block automatic reading. The RSS feed is public and carries the full text of your latest stories, so tovid reads it from there.
Where is my Medium RSS feed?
medium.com/feed/@yourusername for your profile, or medium.com/feed/publication-name for a publication.
Can I turn a members-only story into a video?
The feed only has a preview of members-only stories. Paste the story's text in the "Content" box and the video is made from it.
What about older stories?
The feed only lists your latest stories. If an older story is not found there, paste its text in the "Content" box.
Can every new Medium story become a video?
Yes, from the Starter plan: connect your Medium feed as a content plan and new stories become videos at your posting times.
Related features
Your Medium stories, now in video feeds too
Paste one story link and see the script in a few minutes.