Cinematic lessons from your curriculum.
Paste reviewed lecture notes or a course outline. Onira produces a narration-led, avatar-free visual lesson in a reviewable production run, ready for instructional and factual review.
30+
Languages supported
Same lesson, multiple exports
No avatar
Narration-led visuals
No uncanny talking-head AI
$149
Creator plan/mo
3,750 credits each month
Variable
Provider-dependent processing
Varies by duration, quality, capacity, and retries
Cost per educational lesson
| Cost driver | External production | Onira |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Custom quote or payroll | From $149/mo |
| Turnaround | Scope dependent | Provider-dependent |
| Workflow | Specialist production roles | Automated pipeline + educator review |
Choose the right teaching format
Synthesia and HeyGen are strong when a presenter, localization, or enterprise training workflow should carry the lesson. Onira is designed for a different format: narration-led scenes and visual explanations without a required avatar.
External production can provide deep custom direction, but price and schedule depend on animation, filming, voice, licensing, accessibility, and revision scope. Compare actual quotes rather than generic industry ranges.
The useful question is whether the concept needs a presenter, a live demonstration, a diagram, a cinematic metaphor, or a combination. The production method should follow that teaching need.
Onira produces cinematic lessons without an avatar
Paste your lecture notes or course outline. OpenAI GPT-5.4 structures the content into a clear educational arc - introduction, core concepts, worked examples, summary - and generates a screenplay where every abstract idea has a specific visual treatment.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image produces scene-specific visuals for each concept. ElevenLabs eleven_v3 narrates in your chosen supported language, ElevenLabs Music scores the lesson, and Remotion assembles the candidate export for educator review.
Each lesson remains a separate production and requires educator review. The value is a repeatable pipeline with published credit math, not a promise that an entire course appears in one day.
Every educational format and audience
Online courses, university lectures, corporate training, K–12 supplements - Onira produces the same cinematic quality across every format.
Online courses
Bring a reviewed curriculum outline. Onira structures each module into a narration-led visual lesson for subject-matter, accessibility, rights, and LMS review before upload.
YouTube education channels
Avatar-free visual explainers for physics, history, economics, philosophy, and more. No camera or editing software; every export still needs subject review.
Corporate training
Onboarding, compliance, and skills content at scale. Same prompt-to-video pipeline, same production quality, across dozens of training modules.
K–12 supplementary content
Age-appropriate visual lessons that complement classroom instruction. Abstract concepts rendered concrete with AI-generated imagery.
University lectures for online cohorts
Turn lecture notes into polished video presentations students can rewatch at their own pace. More useful than a slide recording. Less work than a studio shoot.
Global multilingual exports
Produce narration-led lessons in 30+ supported languages via ElevenLabs eleven_v3. Each localized lesson is a separate production and requires language, factual, visual, and instructional review.
From curriculum notes to finished lesson
Paste your lesson content
Paste lecture notes, a course outline, or describe the topic directly - 'Explain how neural networks learn' or 'Intro to macroeconomics, module 3.' Onira works from whatever you have.
OpenAI GPT-5.4 structures the lesson
The pipeline organizes content into a clear educational arc: introduction, core concepts, worked examples, and summary. Each section gets specific visual scene direction.
Cinematic production pipeline
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image generates visuals for each concept. ElevenLabs eleven_v3 delivers narration in your target language. ElevenLabs Music scores the lesson. Remotion assembles the final cut.
Finished lesson for final review
A complete video lesson candidate with narration, visuals, score, captions, and assembly. Review the exact export before choosing whether to upload it to a course platform, YouTube, or an LMS.
Four things no other edu-video tool combines
Narration-led by default
Avatar platforms are useful when a presenter should carry the lesson. Onira instead builds narration-led visual lessons where scenes, diagrams, and examples carry the explanation.
Scaffolded educational structure
OpenAI GPT-5.4 structures each lesson from reviewed notes: introduction, core concepts, worked examples, and summary. The educator remains responsible for instructional accuracy and sequencing.
ElevenLabs narration in 30+ languages
eleven_v3 voice synthesis delivers clear, authoritative narration across 30+ languages. Produce the same lesson in Spanish, French, German, and Japanese - same visuals, localized audio.
Cinematic visual quality
Every abstract concept gets an original AI-generated visual - not clip art, not stock photos. Gemini 3.1 Flash Image produces imagery built around your lesson content.
Original score per lesson
ElevenLabs Music generates a scored original composition for each video. The audio tone matches the subject matter - focused for technical content, warm for humanities.
Repeatable Course Pipeline
Use the same sourcing, review, narration, and visual standards across a course series. Each lesson is a separate production and still needs educator review.
Produce your first cinematic lesson
Paste your notes. Choose a language. Onira produces a narration-led, avatar-free visual lesson for you to review before publishing on a course platform or YouTube.
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Frequently asked questions
How is Onira different from Synthesia or HeyGen for educational video?
Synthesia and HeyGen produce AI talking-head avatar videos. Onira produces cinematic narration-led visual lessons - no avatar, no uncanny valley. The visuals are built around the lesson content, not around a face reading a script.
Can I produce lessons in multiple languages?
Onira supports narration-led production in 30+ languages through ElevenLabs eleven_v3. Treat each language as a separate reviewed production; wording, timing, visuals, and instructional fit can change and are not guaranteed to remain identical.
How much does it cost to produce an educational video with Onira?
The Creator plan is $149/mo for 3,750 credits. Production cost depends on duration, quality profile, provider operations, and retries; the app shows an expected-to-maximum estimate before each run. External production quotes vary by scope and team.
Do I need to film anything?
A camera or physical studio is not required for the generated workflow. Educators still need to review the lesson, and may choose external editing when the accepted export needs changes outside Onira's supported revision controls.
What subjects and formats does Onira support?
Any subject - physics, history, economics, medicine, law, language learning, compliance training. Formats include online course modules, university lecture recordings, corporate onboarding, K–12 supplementary content, and YouTube education channels.
Does Onira integrate with Canvas, Moodle, or other LMS platforms?
Onira exports standard MP4s with burn-in captions that can be reviewed and then uploaded to an LMS accepting video files, including Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, Schoology, Teachable, Udemy, and Skillshare. There is no native LMS plug-in today; the workflow is download, review, and upload manually. SCORM packaging is not shipped.