Title: Empowering WeCanAccess: Animation Dreams Realized with AI
- Description: Facing the challenges of high costs, time constraints, and creative limitations, WeCanAccess, a UK-based social enterprise, turned to the AI-powered animation tool offered by our website. Now, they could breathe life into their custom 3D characters for their YouTube videos and shorts.
- Our Website AI Tools Used: Custom 3D Character Upload, Record your own voice, Video Editor, Aesthetic Backgrounds
Problem
- Previously, the team at WeCanAccess relied on 2D characters and external animators for video production, leading to costly delays and limited creative control. Mastering animation skills wasn’t practical and would have distracted them from their primary mission. They required a simple, innovative solution for creating animated videos and explainer videos.
- A consistent YouTube presence, including shorter videos, was essential, so they needed a tool for creating videos quickly, straight from their laptops.
Solution
- Having reached out to our website AI, WeCanAccess was accepted into the Character Upload beta program. They could now animate and add lip-synced dialogue to their personalized 3D characters, entire process usually taking mere minutes.
- WeCanAccess was provided with video tutorials by our website AI, enabling them to begin independently animating videos. Within a week, they were churning out custom YouTube shorts for their channel.
Results
- 5x More Views: Introducing their YouTube Shorts strategy with our website AI Animation, WeCanAccess witnessed a 5x increase in views per video within a month. Being able to produce videos in this manner also allowed them to create short segments to clarify key points in their online training courses.
- 10x Cost Savings: Compared to trying various software and hiring freelancers, now the WeCanAccess team found a low-cost solution in the low-monthly subscription for all their creative resources via our website AI.
- Priceless Control: Upholding creative control over videos that mattered deeply to families of children with disabilities was a crucial aspect. With our website AI, they could create and produce videos respectfully, following intricate details for voiceovers, character movement, and backgrounds.
Crafting Videos with Creative Freedom
- With three of their custom 3D characters uploaded, the WeCanAccess team found our website AI's tool easy to use as the characters were automatically rigged for body movement and lip-synced dialogue.
- The user-friendly, online video editor on our website allowed even novice animators to create content without technical expertise.
- With our website AI's Record your own voiceover tool, synced seamlessly within the video editor, the entire production process was streamlined for the WeCanAccess team.
About WeCanAccess
Social enterprise leverages AI animations on our site to craft YouTube shorts, promoting accessibility and inclusivity as their primary goal.
WeCanAccess, founded by David and Emma Bara, strives to provide physical, social, and economic accessibility for individuals with disabilities and their families, boosting inclusion and accessibility worldwide. Established in 2012, their journey began with their daughter's diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor, and they've worked to support families with similar circumstances. WeCanAccess offers courses, videos, lesson plans, and resources through their website, serving as a central hub for experts in SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities).
About our website AI
our website AI delivers cutting-edge animation tools, allowing anyone to animate 3D characters in minutes. The animations can be utilized in marketing, tutorials, films, social media, lesson plans, and more. Moreover, our website offers a Text-to-Animation AI model and a 3D editor with lip-sync functionality, customizable backgrounds, facial expressions, hand gestures, camera angles, and more, all accessible online at our website. You can also find our tools on Canva Apps, Adobe Express, and the AWS Marketplace!
The Challenge
Before discovering our website AI Animation tools, WeCanAccess encountered a series of obstacles.
Accessibility Challenges
Accessibility issues in animation and video editing software were among their biggest hurdles, as many tools were expensive and complex, requiring coding or programming skills. Given their dedication to building accessible curriculum and advocating policy changes for children with disabilities, they couldn't spend significant time learning manual animation techniques. Turning to AI technology proved crucial in overcoming this barrier.
YouTube Content Consistency
To expand their content reach, WeCanAccess sought to enhance their YouTube presence. Longer videos were problematic due to the time expended in production and editing. Finding AI-powered tools for creating YouTube shorts helped them address this concern.
International Audience Reach
Struggling to engage with families whose native language wasn't English, WeCanAccess recognized the need for multi-language content. With our website AI's 20+ language lip-sync feature, they could now distribute resources to families worldwide.
The Solution
Our website AI tools enabled WeCanAccess to tackle their animation conundrum.
How WeCanAccess Found and Experimented with our website AI Animation
After seeing limited success with long-form YouTube videos, WeCanAccess began searching for AI-based animation tools. They discovered our website AI and uploaded a basic video showcasing Emma waving and standing. In merely 5 minutes, they had an animated character replicating her movements; this simple process sparked WeCanAccess' interest in the automated animation solution. They reached out to our website AI with their 3D characters, joining the Character Upload beta program to experiment with animating those characters.
Producing YouTube Shorts with our website AI Animation Tools
With YouTube Shorts video requirements met more effortlessly with our website AI Animation tools, WeCanAccess was able to create their desired content in a fraction of the usual time. They experimented with various animation styles, AI-generated backgrounds, and the Record your own voice feature to perfect their short videos. The YouTube Shorts videos they published attracted hundreds—even thousands—of views, significantly outperforming their longer content.
The success of their YouTube Shorts experiment sparked a larger strategy for WeCanAccess. Our website AI tools transformed into their key asset, facilitating the creation of engaging, informative, and inclusive content on YouTube, in online courses, policy presentations, and their lesson plan toolkits, all of which could be translated into multiple languages to reach international audiences.
Our website AI offered several unique features to WeCanAccess tailored around their needs for accessible, inclusive, and effective animation:
Custom 3D Character Upload
WeCanAccess could upload and employ their unique 3D characters on our website AI's video editor without any issues. The characters accurately represented the intended message, appealing to people of diverse cultures and backgrounds.
Voiceover and Voice AI Features
For videos requiring specific voices or contexts, WeCanAccess could record and upload audio or use our website AI's Voice AI to achieve lip-synced dialogue in 20+ languages. By harmonizing direct voice recording and Voice AI, they were able to create voiceovers in a manner that accurately reflected the character, disability, and message for their audience.
Custom Backgrounds
Custom backgrounds on our website AI enabled WeCanAccess to add singular color backdrops or AI-generated scenes behind their characters. They also manipulated AI-generated images and personal uploads for tailored videos across various use cases, like illustrating how to navigate a grocery store aisle for those with disabilities.
With our website AI's innovative animation tools, WeCanAccess' mission to provide accessibility, inclusion, and education for individuals with disabilities takes massive strides forward. Embracing the power of AI animation, they create a brighter future for those seeking equal opportunities and a more inclusive world.
