AlsonAI originally helped users turn a manuscript into an illustrated storybook. With this update, AlsonAI has become a more complete creative editing workflow where users can continue shaping the final book after generation.
The core experience has changed from:
Submit a manuscript and generate an illustrated storybook to: Start with a manuscript, generate an illustrated book, directly edit and refine the story text, guide image changes through regeneration prompts (with preserved visual consistency across characters/scenes/backgrounds/objects), and finalize the book with full creative control.
AlsonAI is built for AI-assisted, user-owned storytelling.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
We’re excited to share the next evolution of AlsonAI: animated stories.
AlsonAI started with a simple idea: anyone should be able to turn a meaningful story into a beautiful illustrated book. Families, students, educators, healthcare teams, and youth programs have used it to create personal books, classroom projects, therapeutic stories, and keepsakes.
But we always wanted the stories to move.
For a long time, we had to deprioritize animation because the technology was not ready for the kind of storytelling we cared about. Characters changed too much. Visual style drifted. A scene could look impressive, but it did not feel consistent enough to turn someone’s story into a real animated experience.
That has changed.
With our new video pipeline powered by Gemini Omni, AlsonAI stories can now become animated scenes, book trailers, read-aloud videos, short-form clips, and eventually serialized story worlds.
This opens up a much bigger creative canvas:
A child’s story can become a mini animated movie.
A classroom writing project can become a multimedia showcase.
A family memory can become a book and a keepsake video.
A character can come back across sequels, shorts, and new adventures.
A story can now live on the page, on YouTube, in Reels, in Shorts, and in classrooms.
We see this as a major step toward AlsonAI becoming a story studio: one place to create the book, bring the characters to life, and turn original stories into media people can read, watch, share, and build on.
We’d love your feedback, especially on which animated use cases you’d want us to prioritize first: book trailers, read-aloud videos, classroom showcases, social shorts, or serialized story episodes.
Played around with it for a bit and was actually surprised how solid the illustrations came out, especially in the watercolor style. Editing text page by page felt really natural too, didn't have to fight with the interface.
@kardelen415764 Love to hear this feedback. I'd love to hear what your book was about!