Introducing AI Video Generation
HeyOtto! launches AI Video for kids and teens 8–18. Start from an idea, turn a book into a video, or turn an image into a video. No face uploads.
Key Takeaways
- AI Video generation for ages 8–18.
- Kids start from an idea, turn a book into a video, or turn an image into a video.
- There are no face uploads and no real-person likeness.
Kids already make pictures and stories with AI. The next ask is usually a short clip: a school explainer, a book-trailer, or a how-to. Adult video tools were not built for that. A kids product should be.
This is a launch note first: what kids and teens ages 8–18 can make, how to start, and where parents stay in the loop. If you want the parent safety checklist (filters, no adult generators, visible output), use Safe AI video generation for kids.
Introducing AI video generation on HeyOtto!
We're excited to announce something new: kids and teens on HeyOtto! can now turn their stories, drawings, and ideas into short animated videos.
Read more at AI Video.
For everything Otto can do in one place, start at the platform overview.
What's new:
Start from an idea
Turn an idea into a video by designing an original character and scene. Plain language is enough. A short school explainer, a story scene, or a how-to.
Turn a book into a video
Kids who already made a book in HeyOtto! can turn that book into a video—a short book-trailer or scene, not a recap of someone else’s characters. Books still live at the Books feature page.
Turn an image into a video
Start from a still they already made—a diagram, a scene, a how-to still—and ask Otto to turn that image into a video. Images stay filtered on the Images feature page. Still no face uploads, no real-person likeness.
How to try introducing AI video generation tonight
1. Pick one job: school explainer, story, or how-to. One job is easier to finish.
2. Write original characters or diagrams. No classmates, teachers, or celebrities.
3. Paste a starter prompt in chat. Iterate for a clearer school version, a simpler story beat, or a calmer how-to.
4. A parent can review the request and the result from the Parent Dashboard.
Notes: Parents can toggle on and off this feature in the parent settings.
Copy-paste starters and master prompts
Start from this idea: a short explainer video about the water cycle. Classroom-friendly, original drawings, no real people.
From a book: Turn this storybook idea into a video:
From an image: Turn this image idea into a video
For fill-in-the-blank master prompts, use AI Story Video, AI School Project Video, and AI How-To Video.
What does not change for parents
AI Video sits on the same family account. Age settings and family values still apply before a video is created. Parents can review activity. HeyOtto! does not use a child’s face or photos for video.
Common Sense Media’s parent guide on generative AI is a useful outside read on how kids already use gen AI at school and at home: Parents' Ultimate Guide to Generative AI.
Try AI Video free
Start from an idea tonight—or turn a book or an image into a video. Otto is the family AI assistant. Filters run for ages 8–18. When you are ready, try free.
Sources & Citations
HeyOtto! AI Video lets kids start from an idea, turn a book into a video, or turn an image into a video, with filters and no face uploads.
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About the Author
Natalie Gibson
Founder & CEO
Natalie Gibson is the Founder and CEO of HeyOtto, an AI platform built to help children safely explore artificial intelligence with meaningful parental visibility and control. She has spent her career building products in highly regulated environments, with experience spanning privacy, security, and data protection frameworks including COPPA, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-aligned systems. Her work has consistently focused on trust, safety, and building technology where compliance and user protection are foundational—not optional. Natalie started HeyOtto after experiencing firsthand how quickly children began using general-purpose AI tools that were never designed for them. As a parent, she saw a gap between what kids were capable of using and what families could responsibly trust. That gap became the foundation for HeyOtto. Today, she leads product vision and company direction with a focus on age-adaptive AI, parental sovereignty, and transparent system design. Her work centers on one belief: families should not have to choose between powerful AI and safe AI.
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