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ArticleVideoRobot User Guide

1. Getting Started ................................................................................ 3
1.1. Creating a New Project .............................................................................................. 3
1.2. Opening Existing Projects ......................................................................................... 4
2. Using the AVR Wizard .................................................................... 5
2.1. Paste Your Article ...................................................................................................... 5
Article Title ............................................................................................................................................ 5
Article Body ........................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2. Arrange Articles into paragraphs .............................................................................. 5
2.3. Summarize Article ...................................................................................................... 7
Heading Only ........................................................................................................................................ 7
Heading with Subheading ...................................................................................................................... 7
Heading with One Picture ...................................................................................................................... 8
Heading with Two Pictures..................................................................................................................... 9
Heading with Video................................................................................................................................ 9
Headline / Subheading / 1 Picture .......................................................................................................... 9
2.4. Select Your Movie Background ............................................................................... 10
What are backgrounds? ....................................................................................................................... 10
Background Color or Picture ................................................................................................................ 10
Advanced Display Properties ............................................................................................................... 11
Font: ................................................................................................................................................... 11
Headline Color:.................................................................................................................................... 11
Sub-Headings Color ............................................................................................................................ 11
Background ......................................................................................................................................... 11
2.5. Uploading Photos, Videos and Music ..................................................................... 12
2.5.3 Photos .................................................................................................................................. 12
Uploading from your PC:...................................................................................................................... 12
Using Stock Photos (AVR Library)........................................................................................................ 12
Accessing Previous Uploads ................................................................................................................ 12
2.5.4 Videos ................................................................................................................................... 13
The Upload Process ............................................................................................................................ 13
Accessing Existing Videos ................................................................................................................... 13
2.5.5 Music .................................................................................................................................... 13
Using the AVR Music Library ............................................................................................................... 14
Accessing Existing Music..................................................................................................................... 14
2.6. Using VoiceOvers..................................................................................................... 15
Uploading a Voice file .......................................................................................................................... 15
The built-in Text-to-Speech engine....................................................................................................... 15
Buying more Voices............................................................................................................................. 15
Record Voice....................................................................................................................................... 15
2.7. Author Information / Resource Box ........................................................................ 17
Adding Photos/Logos........................................................................................................................... 17
Displaying your website address through the movie .............................................................................. 17
Branding your movies .......................................................................................................................... 17
2.8. Publishing your AVR Movie ..................................................................................... 18
Distributing your video: ........................................................................................................................ 18
Publishing to MySpace/Facebook ........................................................................................................ 18
Converting your AVR movie to AVI format ............................................................................................ 19
Converting your article into a Flash Video............................................................................................. 19
The Advanced Editor ........................................................................................................................... 20

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1. Getting Started
1.1. Creating a New Project
Login to ArticleVideoRobot, by going to the following URL:

http://articlevideorobot.com/login.html

Once you login to the Members Area, click on the Create New link found on the Create New
Project option

The AVR application will open in a new browser window. Click on the Create a New Project
button to start a new AVR movie project.



1.2. Opening Existing Projects

All existing AVR projects will be listed under the Open Existing Projects section in the
Members Area. To open the project, click on the Edit link below project name and AVR will
open the project in a new browser window



2. Using the AVR Wizard
2.1. Paste Your Article

Once you click Create New option to launch the AVR wizard, will open in a separate window.
The first step in the Wizard is to paste your article.

Article Title

The article title is the one-line overall summary of your article. Copy and Paste the article title
into the textbox that says Insert Article Title here

Article Body

The Article Body represents the entire contents of your article. Copy and Paste the entire
content of your article into the textbox that says Paste your full article here. There is an
additional setting called Automatically break my article into paragraphs option. When you
enable this option, AVR will automatically break every paragraph in your article into a separate
entity.

2.2. Arrange Articles into paragraphs

This is the first step towards converting your article text into video elements. In this
window, AVR lists the paragraphs as separate entities broken down from the original article



content. The paragraphs will be automatically numbered. Clicking inside a paragraph textbox
will expand the textbox to reveal the full paragraph content. Use this to preview your paragraph
and ensure that the contents were properly copied over. One can also edit the paragraph
content directly in this step.

To the right of each paragraph, notice that there are two arrow keys. The paragraphs can be
rearranged using the arrow keys, for example, clicking the Down arrow key on a paragraph will
move the paragraph one level down. Clicking the Up arrow will move the paragraph one level
up



2.3. Summarize Article

The Summarize Article is the important step of AVR where you summarize your paragraphs
and convert them into video articles. The AVR wizard provides you with six default templates to
summarize your paragraphs. The Summarize Article window can be broken down into three
sections. The first section on the left displays the entire paragraph. The second section is
where you’re provided with the actual settings and fields to summarize your paragraph. The
third section on the right lists all available paragraph summary templates.

Heading Only

This template summarizes the first sentence or the main sentence of your paragraph as a
heading while the rest of the paragraph content is read-out via the integrated text-to-speech
feature of AVR.

Simply copy the first sentence and paste into the Headline textbox. Then click on the
VoiceOver button to select a voice character to read out the textbox. You can choose from
various voices from the Voice dropdown list. Click on Speak Text to preview the voice. Once
you have selected a voice click on OK button to accept and close the Voice Library window.

Heading with Subheading

This template extends the base Heading Only template by allowing the entire paragraph to be
broken into smaller sentences called Subheadings.



Copy the first sentence in the paragraph and paste this into the Headline textbox. Then copy
summarize each sentence into the Subheadings textboxes (one sentence each into the
textbox) to summarize the paragraph.

When the paragraph is finally summarized, you can add the Voice Over option to the
paragraph by selecting a desired voice.

Note: To see a preview of quick preview of the template, click on the Preview Frame Layout
button found on the bottom right of the screen. AVR will open a small popup window that shows
the style of the Frame Layout (below is a preview of the Heading with Subheading Layout)

Heading with One Picture

This template allows adding pictures to summarize your paragraph. The template is divided into
the Headline section and the Picture section. The Headline section is a summary of the
paragraph or in most cases, the first sentence of the paragraph.



Select a picture by clicking on the Select button to open the Picture window. AVR gives the
option of selecting an appropriate picture from its library of thousands of pictures. AVR also
allows one to upload their own pictures into their account and then select this to be used with
AVR.

The final option of the template is the VoiceOver where you can select a voice for the text-to-
speech feature.

button found on the bottom right of the screen

Heading with Two Pictures

This template is an extension of the Heading with One Picture template. This template allows
you to add a second picture to better summarize the paragraph. The two pictures are displayed
side-on-side in the center of the window.


Heading with Video

This template gives you the option of adding a video file to summarize the paragraph. If you
have a video file handy, then you could simply upload this into AVR to be used with this
template. The video is displayed in the center of the window with the main heading (i.e. the first
sentence of the paragraph).

This template also gives the option of adding VoiceOver to the template to make the summary
more effective.


Headline / Subheading / 1 Picture

This template combines many options templates of AVR. It gives the ability to summarize the
sentences as Subheadings as bulleted points. One can then add a picture that will provide a
brief summary of the paragraph.




2.4. Select Your Movie Background

What are backgrounds?

Backgrounds are the common image that is displayed through the entire article video.
Backgrounds are important in the sense they add that extra bit of depth to your video article
giving the needed impetus to achieve maximum effect. The Select Your Movie Background
step of the AVR wizard allows one to select a movie background and customize many common
settings like Fonts, Headline Colors etc.

Background Color or Picture

AVR gives you the option of setting a picture or simply a plain color as your video background.
The default option is to set a picture of a background.

The wizard by default displays a picture to be used as the background. Notice the arrows to the
left and right of the default picture – these allow scrolling through the pictures list. If you want to
upload a custom picture or to choose more pictures from the library, click on Set Background
Picture button to open the Background Library window. The Background Library window also
allows you to also select a solid color (i.e. no image background) as the background.



Advanced Display Properties

The Advanced Display Properties let us you customize the following options of your AVR
movie

Font:

You can set a base font for the entire AVR movie by selecting the font from the Select Text
Font dropdown list.

Headline Color:

Use the dropdown list under the Headline field to select the font color for all the Headlines in
your AVR movie. Please note that this will apply to all Headlines in all the paragraph templates.
To open the dropdown list, click on the small downward-triangle arrow on the bottom right of the
box.

Sub-Headings Color

As is the case with Headline Color, you can also select a common font color for all the Sub-
Headings to be used in your AVR movie

Background

This is the color that will be used as the background color of a text object, say a Headline or
Sub-Heading.



2.5. Uploading Photos, Videos and Music

The biggest feature of AVR is its extensive support for Photos, Videos and Music. While you
might have a great article, you’re still left with the task of supporting the article with the relevant
photos, videos and sound files. Searching the Google might be a good option for pictures, but
its not the case with videos and music as finding quality videos and music files are a real
challenge which does take lot of time and effort. AVR’s powerful search features and extensive
set of AVR picture and music greatly reduces the time one would spend scouting around the
net for these media files.

2.5.3 Photos

The Picture Library is your window to managing all your uploaded and Stock Picture images.
The Picture Library can be accessed from the Frame Layout templates that has the option of
adding a picture.

Uploading from your PC:

To upload an image to AVR, simply switch to the Upload Picture tab and select the picture by
clicking o n the Browse button. AVR currently supports the following image formats: JPG,
JPEG, GIF, PNG

Using Stock Photos (AVR Library)

If you do not have the required pictures with you, do not worry, as AVR contains a vast library
of thousands of pictures to search from. Switch to the Stock Pictures tab, enter the search
term in the Search textbox and click Go. AVR will list all available matches. Click on an image
and click the OK button to select it.

Accessing Previous Uploads

The Picture Library also maintains a database of all previous pictures that were uploaded into
your account. Use this feature if you would want to use an image file that already exists in your
AVR account



2.5.4 Videos

AVR gives you the option of uploading your custom video files to your account. AVR’s built-in
Video Library is your one-stop shop for managing all the videos uploaded to your account. The
Video Library window can be accessed from the Heading with Video Frame Layout


Switch to the Upload Video tab and click on the Browse button to upload video files. The
following video formats are supported AVI, MOV, MP4, FLV, MPG, and WMV

The Upload Process

When uploading videos, it is important to note that the upload process depends on your internet
connection. Some ISPs may set upload connection speeds/upload limits which might affect the
upload performance. Also, it is always advisable to use smaller video files and/or keep the size
of the video files to the absolute minimum as possible.

Accessing Existing Videos

To access video files that were previously uploaded simply switch to the Previous Uploads tab

2.5.5 Music

AVR also allows your own music files to be uploaded to your account and used as background
music files for your AVR movie. The Select Background Music step in the AVR movie creation
wizard allows you to choose a music file to be used.



To open the Music Library, click on the Set Background Music button. This will open the
Music Library window, from where you can upload or search music.


To upload your own music files, switch to the Upload Music tab and click on the Browse
button to upload video files. Though the current supported music format is only MP3, we will
continue to add support for more formats.

Using the AVR Music Library

The Stock Music tab in the Music Library lists all available music from AVR’s library that one
can choose from. Please note that is a royalty-free music that you can use for your AVR
movies. Also note that the library is constantly expanded by adding new files

Accessing Existing Music

To access music files that were previously uploaded simply switch to the Previous Uploads
tab



2.6. Using VoiceOvers

One of the most remarkable features of AVR is its ability to convert your articles into speech by
the use of its built-in text-to-speech engine. The Voice Library window can be invoked by
clicking on the Select button next to the VoiceOver field in any of the Frame Layout templates.

Uploading a Voice file

AVR gives you the option of uploading a sound file with your voice recorded in the MP3 format.
This feature is useful when you have an existing voice recording that you wish to use.

The built-in Text-to-Speech engine

AVR comes with a powerful text-to-speech that reads out the text in your paragraph. You can
select from a variety of voices by simply selecting it from the Voice dropdown listbox. When you
have selected a voice, click on the Speak Text button to preview it.

AVR comes with lots of voice characters to choose from. Each voice has a distinct tone and
accent to suit different scenarios. You would want to test the voices and select it based on your
message and how you want to have it delivered. A careful examination of the voices and
selecting the best voice will go a long way in determining the effectiveness of your video article.

Buying more Voices

If you feel that the built-in voice characters are not enough, you can simply go ahead and buy
additional voice characters by selecting the Buy More Voices button.

Record Voice

If you decide to have your own voice added to your video article, then AVR lets you do so, with
the least effort! You need to look for any recording software or worry about uploading the



recorded file to your account – AVR takes care of all this with its real-time support for voice
recording.

To record your voice, switch to the Record Voice tab. You’ll notice the familiar Windows Sound
Recorder like interface. To start the recording, simply click on the brown Circle button

Please note that you might encounter the following security message when you start your
recording. Click on the Allow option when prompted. This will allow AVR access to your
microphone hardware and record the audio stream.



2.7. Author Information / Resource Box

The final step in completing your video article is the Author Information screen. You can use
the Author Information screen to enter your name and your contact information so that viewers
of your video article would be able to have your contact information handy. The Author
Information slide is shown at the end of your AVR movie.

Adding Photos/Logos

You can also include a picture of yourself and/or a logo (e.g. your company logo) by clicking on
the Select button. This will open the Picture Library window from where you can upload your
photo or your company logo and then add it to the Author Information page

Displaying your website address through the movie

When you select the Show website link throughout the movie option, AVR will display your
website address at the bottom of the AVR movie. This is very useful as it gives your viewers the
option to immediately visit your website for detailed information which greatly increases the
success rate of your video article.

Branding your movies

Use the Show logo on first screen option to show your company logo or your brand identity
before the start of the AVR movie. If you are creating a number of video articles this feature is
extremely useful as it serves the dual purpose of branding your movies with your logo and
increasing the recall value of your brand.



2.8. Publishing your AVR Movie

The final step in creating your AVR movie is selecting the Publishing Options. With its powerful
publishing features, AVR gives you virtually every possible option to publish your video article
to the web or download it as a file to your PC at the click of a button.

Before you select a publishing option, click on the Preview your movie button to double-check
that your movie is exactly the way you want it to be. The Preview your movie opens an instant
preview of your AVR movie inside a browser window. If you want to make any changes, you
can simply hit the Back button in the wizard to go back to any of the previous steps.

Distributing your video:

By clicking on the Distribute this video button, AVR lets you to publish your video to popular
video sites like YouTube, Metacafe, Google Videos etc. without having to login to each one of
them separately.

Publishing to MySpace/Facebook

AVR also lets you publish your AVR video article to popular social networking sites like
MySpace, Facebook, Orkut, Friendster, etc. When you click the Add to Web/MySpace AVR will
open a publish window similar to the one show below



The entire list of websites that AVR supports will be listed in the Publish Online window. Simply
click on the relevant site and AVR will publish the video article to the selected site in a jiffy.
Alternatively, you can also copy and pate the HTML code from the Publish Online window if
you would wish to use the AVR movie in your personal website or blog (which is not listed in the
Publish window).

Converting your AVR movie to AVI format

AVI is a high-resolution video file format that offers high quality video output at a reduced file
size. AVI format’s superior compression techniques help to achieve optimum quality while
maintaining the file size to a minimum.

AVR gives you the option of exporting the video article to an AVI file which you can then use
offline (as a presentation). By clicking on the Download as Video (AVI), you open the Video
Download Request window.

Enter your email address in the textbox provided and click OK. AVR will convert your video
article to AVI format at its video servers and email you the link to download the AVI file.

Converting your article into a Flash Video

Shockwave Flash or SWF is the preferred format for delivering rich multimedia and vector
graphics/animations over the web. SWF offers a high-degree of interactivity and extremely
small file sizes making it the ideal format for multimedia content delivery over the Internet.



By selecting the Download as Flash Video (SWF) option, you’ll be able to download your
video article as a SWF file. You can then add this SWF file to your webpage or download this
file to keep a local copy of your AVR movie.

The Advanced Editor

AVR’s uses a powerful Flash Editor that allows you to add more properties and/or edit
additional features of your AVR movie. The editor has number of options that control the
formatting, effects, videos, pictures, text-to-speech, etc. If you are a experienced user of Flash
or similar multimedia or movie editing software, then you will find the Advanced Editor a great
tool to customize your AVR movie to the maximum.


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