Narration in the language you teach, with a second caption line in the learner's language (captionSecondaryLanguage). Built from supported features; not yet run.
Untested. No archived video was made as a language lesson. The second caption line itself is used on our own videos, and our Oct 12 Turkish-narration short exists, but neither was made from this recipe.
Hook (nine words or fewer)
“Cinco palabras para la cocina.”
Frame 1, already in motion
A steaming pan on a hob, a wooden spoon already stirring, camera pushing in.
The brief to paste
Use autoshort_generate_chat_video to make a 30-second Spanish vocabulary short. Arguments: language "es", captionSecondaryLanguage "en", targetDuration 30, artStyle AUTOSHORTS, aspectRatio 9:16. Send this as the message (the product writes the script from it): > Teach five Spanish kitchen words in 30 seconds. Open on the first spoken line: "Cinco palabras para la cocina." > Then, one scene each: la sartén (the pan), la cuchara (the spoon), el cuchillo (the knife), la olla (the pot), el plato (the plate). Say the word, then one short example sentence. > Close by repeating the five words slowly. > Pictures: photographic, warm kitchen light, one object per scene, a pan on a hob already steaming in frame 1. No people, no faces, no readable text or labels anywhere in any image. First price it with autoshort_estimate_cost and wait for my yes. When the video is finished, call autoshort_get_video and tell me whether the second caption line is on the video.
- Art style
AUTOSHORTS(Professional). Objects only: vocabulary is shown by the object, and the words come from captions.- Length and format
- 30 seconds, 9:16.
- Language
- Narration: Spanish (es). Second caption line: English (en).
- Voice
- Voices exist per language; check autoshort_list_options with the language code. Not every language has the same voices.
- Caption look
- Picked automatically through MCP. In the dashboard's Motion graphics (beta) style, the "Paper" look is the first one listed for this genre.
- Estimated cost
- 40 credits (about $0.63 on the Starter plan, $0.80 at the $0.02-per-credit list rate). Ask for the price first: autoshort_estimate_cost quotes it for free.
- Tools it triggers
autoshort_list_optionsautoshort_generate_chat_videoautoshort_estimate_costautoshort_get_video
Visual direction for the images
- One object per word, named in the visual in plain English even when the narration is another language.
- Never ask for the word written on a card or a board: images cannot spell it. The captions carry the word.
- Same kitchen, same light in all scenes.
- Check the finished video for the second caption line: ask autoshort_get_video or watch it before you post.
Two variations
Another language pair: “Cinq mots pour la maison.”
French narration with English captions; the same five-word pattern.
Use autoshort_generate_chat_video to make a 30-second French vocabulary short. Arguments: language "fr", captionSecondaryLanguage "en", targetDuration 30, artStyle AUTOSHORTS, aspectRatio 9:16. Send this as the message (the product writes the script from it): > Teach five French words for the home in 30 seconds. Open on the first spoken line: "Cinq mots pour la maison." > One scene each: la porte (the door), la fenêtre (the window), la chaise (the chair), la table (the table), le lit (the bed). Say the word, then one short example sentence. > Close by repeating the five words slowly. > Pictures: photographic, bright home interior, one object per scene, a hand turning a door handle in frame 1. No faces, no readable text. First price it with autoshort_estimate_cost and wait for my yes. When the video is finished, call autoshort_get_video and tell me whether the second caption line is on the video.
English for a Vietnamese learner: “Five words for the kitchen.”
English narration with a Vietnamese caption line.
Use autoshort_generate_chat_video to make a 30-second English vocabulary short. Arguments: language "en", captionSecondaryLanguage "vi", targetDuration 30, artStyle AUTOSHORTS, aspectRatio 9:16. Send this as the message (the product writes the script from it): > Teach five English kitchen words in 30 seconds. Open on the first spoken line: "Five words for the kitchen." > One scene each: pan, spoon, knife, pot, plate. Say the word, then one short example sentence. > Close by repeating the five words slowly. > Pictures: photographic, warm kitchen light, one object per scene, a steaming pan in frame 1. No people, no faces, no readable text. First price it with autoshort_estimate_cost and wait for my yes. When the video is finished, call autoshort_get_video and tell me whether the second caption line is on the video.
Do not
Do not rely on the second caption line without watching the result: in two of our tests the product skipped or dropped it.
What we saw: captionSecondaryLanguage "vi" was sent but no Vietnamese caption line was burned in. (our note: qa-dumpling-ep4.md, line 34.)
Do not assume an account default for the second line: set captionSecondaryLanguage on the call.
What we saw: The account-default second caption line was skipped by the product with a warning; primary captions only. (our note: qa-dumpling-ep1.md, line 52.)
Do not ask for the word as text in the picture.
What we saw: The long uppercase no-text block made the image model redraw garbage text on 3 of 11 trial videos; a short "Pure illustration with no writing in it." replaced it. (our note: howto.md, line 7.)
Related real videos (not made from this recipe)
Earlier Istanbul short with Turkish narration, motion-graphics render mode, 12 Oct
Published on our own channel. It shows non-English narration, but it is not a lesson and was not made from this recipe; no view numbers are recorded in our files.
Our note: published.md, line 30.
Also see Language learning use case, all prompts and what each step costs.