Tool №01 · by Tools For News

Turn any post into a video. In seconds.

Paste, OCR, or type. Rebuild any tweet, Truth Social post, or screenshot as an animated video with typewriter sound or highlighter effects. Export clean MP4. Ship before the news moves on.

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No install Runs in browser MP4 or WebM export
What it does

The whole newsroom toolkit, in one browser tab.

Postcast rebuilds any social post as an animated video — from the moment you paste the text to the moment you drop an MP4 into your edit.

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Typewriter with keyboard sound

Characters type in, one by one. Pick from Classic, Mechanical, Soft laptop, or Typebar — the keyboard audio is baked into the recording. Speed and volume are yours to control.

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Highlighter animations

Full text appears at once. Pick ranges. Your marker sweeps across them at the pace you choose, in the color you choose. Perfect for emphasizing what matters in a politician's tweet.

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OCR any screenshot

Drop an image, get the text. Tesseract-powered optical character recognition runs in your browser. Works with tweets, screenshots, PDFs, or anything you can paste.

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X, Truth Social, and anything else

Preset templates for X/Twitter and Truth Social. Custom header image support. Full control over the footer metadata — reposts, likes, time, date — so your rebuilt post matches the original exactly.

The workflow

Four steps. Under a minute.

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Paste or OCR

Drop a screenshot into the OCR zone, paste text from your clipboard, or type it in manually.

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Style it

Pick X or Truth Social preset. Choose typewriter or highlighter. Set the footer numbers. Drop a header image if you want.

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Record

Press record, then play. Postcast captures the animation plus sound at the FPS and bitrate you choose. 30fps, 60fps, up to 16 Mbps.

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Download MP4

WebM ships instantly. MP4 transcodes in-browser with ffmpeg — no servers, no queue. Drop the file into Premiere, DaVinci, Final Cut, CapCut.

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you're shipping more.

Three tiers. No lock-in. Cancel any time. Yearly plans save ~30%.

Free
$0/ forever
No credit card · ever
  • Full tool access
  • Typewriter + highlighter
  • OCR + all platforms
  • 720p export · 15 sec · centered watermark
  • 3 exports per day
Pro
$12/ month
Billed monthly · cancel anytime
  • Unlimited exports
  • 1080p export
  • Up to 2-minute recordings
  • No watermark
  • All future features
  • Priority support
Studio
$29/ month
Billed monthly · cancel anytime
  • Everything in Pro
  • 4K export
  • Up to 10-minute recordings
  • 3 team seats included
  • Commercial license
  • API access (beta)
  • Dedicated onboarding
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A social post to a clean MP4 in under a minute. This is the tool I've been rebuilding by hand for six years.
— Testimonial from a news editor (your quote goes here)
FAQ

Questions, answered.

Does Postcast work on Windows?
Yes. Postcast runs entirely in your browser — any modern Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox on Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, or iPad. There's nothing to install.
What video format do I get?
WebM natively (fast, high quality). If you need MP4, Postcast transcodes in the browser using ffmpeg.wasm — no server queue, no upload. Both formats include the typewriter keyboard audio.
Can I use Postcast commercially?
Free and Pro tiers grant a personal-use license. The Studio tier includes a commercial license — which is what you need if you're using exports on a monetized channel, a client project, or any paid context.
Is my text stored on your servers?
No. All text processing, OCR, animation, and recording happen in your browser. The text you type or paste never leaves your machine. The only thing we store is your account email, subscription status, and export count (for free-tier limiting).
Can I cancel any time?
Yes. Cancel from your account page in one click. Your Pro or Studio tier remains active until the end of the current billing period, then automatically reverts to Free.
Who makes Postcast?
Postcast is made by After Video Inc., a New York corporation founded by Rocco Contini — a broadcast cinematographer turned app developer with 15 years in news production (RAI, Sky Sport, AFP, NOWNESS). Postcast is the first of several tools being released under the Tools For News umbrella.
How is this different from using Premiere or After Effects?
Postcast does one thing extremely well — rebuild a social post as an animated video with synchronized keyboard audio — in about 30 seconds. Premiere can obviously do more, but it can't do this specific workflow this fast. Postcast is a speed tool. Use it, get the MP4, drop it into Premiere.

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No credit card · 3 free exports per day · No install