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✓Male & female reading voices
✓Direct YouTube upload
✓12 colour themes
✓Up to 3,000 characters per video
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Paste your text
Copy any passage from a book, worksheet, or story. Familiar text your child already loves works best.
💡Have a physical book? Use Google Lens (Android) or Apple Live Text (iPhone) to photograph each page and paste it below. Add as many pages as you need. Or type directly — any text works.
✨ Simplify with AIPaste up to 10,000 chars — AI condenses it to fit your video
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Customise your video
Pick the layout, audio, and colour theme. The karaoke view shows the active line highlighted and the next line dimmed below it as a preview.
Layout & audio
AI Voice
Joanna US ♀
Kendra US ♀
Ruth US ♀
Matthew US ♂
Stephen US ♂
Joey US ♂
Kevin Child ♂
Background music
🎵 Picking a track...
Colour theme — 12 options
YouTube Details (optional — set now, upload later)
Generate your video
Watch the karaoke preview render live. Each word highlights in sequence while the next line waits dimly below.
Ready.
Publish to YouTube
Connect your channel and publish your reading video directly — no download needed.
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Connect your YouTube channel
Sign in with Google to connect your YouTube channel. TurtleHurdle uploads your reading video directly. You control the title, description, and privacy settings before anything goes live.
We only request upload permission. We never read, edit, or delete your existing videos.
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One last step
Subscribe to the TurtleHurdle YouTube channel to unlock all features. We post weekly reading videos by age and level — free to use with your child.