What it is: the audio-and-video corner of AI automation, where AI voices scripts, narrates posts, summarizes videos, generates clips, and captions footage.
Who it is for: creators, teachers, and small teams who make audio or video, or have a backlog of it to caption, summarize, or repurpose.
Where to start: pick the build below that matches your chore, and follow it end to end. Make is the friendliest tool to build in.
Good to know: this is a multi-model set, ElevenLabs and OpenAI for voice and video, plus Claude for the writing. Audio and video also cost more than text, so watch volume.
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Audio and video are slow to make and slow to mine. Voicing a script, narrating a post, captioning a clip, or pulling notes out of a long video are each a manual grind. This page is the audio-and-video set of our AI automation hub, a group of build guides that hand those grinds to a workflow.
A note up front: this set leans on the right model for each job. ElevenLabs and OpenAI handle voice and video because Claude does not speak or render, while Claude does the writing, scripting a post for audio, or turning a video transcript into an article. Best tool for each step.
What is video and voice automation, in plain English?
It is a short chain that makes or mines media. Something starts it (a script in a sheet, a published post, a video link, a dropped clip), an automation tool carries it through a step or two, and you get back a voiceover, an audio version, a video, a draft, or a captioned clip. The AI model does the creative or listening step. The tool does everything around it.
Across these builds the AI step does one of a few jobs:
- Voices a script into natural speech.
- Narrates a written post into an audio version.
- Summarizes a video’s transcript into text.
- Generates a short video, or captions an existing one.
What can you automate first?
Each guide takes one real media chore from an empty canvas to a working automation, with a screenshot of the finished build and a free importable template. Pick where your time goes:
| Build | What it does | The model |
|---|---|---|
| Generate voiceovers | A sheet of scripts becomes a folder of audio | ElevenLabs |
| Turn posts into audio | Each post gets a listenable audio version | Claude + OpenAI |
| Summarize a YouTube video | A link becomes a clean blog draft from the transcript | Claude |
| Generate videos from text | A prompt list becomes short clips | Sora |
| Auto-caption videos | Drop a clip, get it back captioned | Captioning AI |
Every guide comes with a free importable template. Subscribe to the daily newsletter and grab them all on the thank-you page, next to our Special Reports. Import one, connect your own accounts, and you are running in minutes.
Why pair these models with an automation tool?
Because the apps are built for one job at a time. A voice tool voices one script; a video model makes one clip; you download and file each by hand. Fine once, painful for a batch or a backlog.
Make turns them into pipelines. It watches the sheet or folder, sends each item to the right model, and files every result, no clicking. The models do the creative or listening step; Make does the repeating and the filing. And where writing is involved, Claude scripts the post or summarizes the video before the media model takes over. Right tool, each step.
Is it safe, and what does it cost?
Safe, with two caveats. First, mind consent and privacy: do not voice-clone or caption people without permission, and keep private recordings in locked-down folders. Second, audio and video cost more than text, voiceovers by the character, video by the clip, with generated video the priciest AI step in this whole cluster. Generate deliberately, lean on free tiers while testing, and the builds stay affordable for normal use.
How much does it cost to start?
Make’s free plan covers 1,000 operations a month. The model costs vary: voiceovers and captions are cheap per minute, Claude is a fraction of a cent, and video generation is the one to budget for. Google Drive and Sheets add nothing. Start on free tiers, generate what you actually need, and your first builds cost very little.
Do you need to know how to code?
No. Every guide is connecting boxes on a visual canvas and, where there is an AI writing step, a plain-English prompt. The media steps are mostly picking a voice, a length, or a caption style. Our Make AI scenarios roundup and the AI Tools Directory are good next stops.
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Common questions
Why does this set use ChatGPT and ElevenLabs, not just Claude?
Because Claude does not speak, render video, or caption. Those need media models. Claude still does the writing, scripting posts and summarizing video transcripts, where it is strongest.
Which build should I start with?
The one that matches your chore. Make a lot of audio? Start with voiceovers. Drowning in video to mine? Start with the YouTube summarizer.
Is it expensive?
More than the text builds. Voice and captions are cheap per minute; video generation is the one to budget for. Free tiers cover testing.
Is generated video ready for real use?
For mood and concept, increasingly yes; for brand-exact footage, not yet. Use it where rough-but-evocative works.
Is the Claude chat app the same as the API?
Same models, different door. The automations talk to the APIs, so you need keys from the consoles.
Sources and official documentation
- Make Help Center
- Claude API overview (Anthropic)
- ElevenLabs API docs
- OpenAI video and audio (docs)
- Generative AI — Grokipedia
Last reviewed: May 2026. These tools update their interfaces often; check the official docs above for current details.