Make Reddit Story Videos With AI
The r/AITA storytime format — an AI voice reads the drama over gameplay-style footage with bold captions. Fully automated.
Reddit story videos narrate a dramatic post — AITA verdicts, revenge stories, workplace chaos — over engagement-holding background footage with word-by-word captions, and they remain one of the highest-volume faceless formats on TikTok and YouTube Shorts. The format is pure pipeline, which makes it fully automatable: paste the story text, pick a voice (the format's signature is a slightly detached TTS read — free Edge voices nail it), choose a background loop, and ViralMint handles TTS, Whisper-timed captions and the render. With free voices the per-video cost is effectively zero, which matters for a format where accounts post three times daily. Story selection is the skill: the first sentence has to contain the conflict.
How to make a Reddit story video with AI
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Pick a story with a hook
The first line must carry the conflict: 'AITA for skipping my sister's wedding after what she did to my dog?' If the premise needs three sentences of setup, pick a different story.
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Choose the voice and loop
The genre's signature read is a clear, slightly flat TTS voice — free Edge voices work perfectly. Pair with a satisfying background loop from stock or your own gameplay.
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Auto-assemble and post
TTS renders the narration, Whisper timestamps every word, bold centered captions burn in, the loop cuts to length. Split long stories into parts — 'part 2 in comments' is the format's growth engine.
Example prompts to start from
From ViralMint's free prompt libraries — click any card for the full prompt and recommended settings.
Frequently asked questions
Can I legally use Reddit posts?
Reddit posts are user content — best practice is to rewrite/paraphrase the story (which also dodges the repetition detectors platforms run) or write original stories in the format. Many top accounts write fiction; the audience demonstrably doesn't mind.
Why does this cost basically nothing?
Every step runs locally except optional premium voices: Edge TTS is free, Whisper is free, caption burn and render are local FFmpeg. Volume formats need zero-marginal-cost pipelines, and this is one.
What background footage should I use?
The genre standard is 'satisfying' or gameplay-style loops — ViralMint's stock search covers both, or import your own recorded gameplay. Avoid copyrighted game captures you don't have rights to.
Make your first Reddit story video today
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