A few months ago, Google introduced Vids, a new app in its Workspace productivity suite that leverages Gemini’s artificial intelligence to create videos. And this week, the firm announces the availability of this new tool for certain paying Workspace users. Vids is not a competitor to Sora, OpenAI’s AI generates video clips from text descriptions, but rather a tool for businesses that allows employees to generate presentation videos with extreme ease, reason for which this tool is integrated into Google Workspace.
Generate a presentation video in just a few clicks
In any case, for people who regularly have to create videos, whether for technical support, for training, or for a meeting with colleagues, Vids should save a lot of time. From a description and a file, Vids is able to generate a storyboard. The user can then choose a style, and the AI will offer them an editable draft. “Gemini composes your video project with scene suggestions, including recommended media, text, per-scene scripts, and even a background music track”explains Google.
A paid tool and still limited to English
For those who are not comfortable with their own voices, Vids also offers a selection of synthetic voices. Otherwise, the tool includes a teleprompter as well as an editing tool that will allow you, with the help of AI, to remove gaps in your audio recording. However, at the moment, the most important features of Vids are only available in English. “Currently, Vids is available in the user’s local language, but AI features (e.g. Help me create a video, read-along teleprompter) and templates are currently only available in English”indicates the firm.
In any case, this tool is a good illustration of how AI can improve worker productivity.
- A few months ago, Google introduced Vids, an AI-powered video creation tool
- And it is now deployed on certain paid versions of the Workspace productivity suite
- Vids makes it easy to generate presentation videos from a text description and a file, thanks to the power of Gemini AI
- But at the moment, the AI features of this tool only understand English
