CivicReel

Government program flyers, turned into video.

About half of eligible people never claim benefits like Fair Fares. The information exists — the format doesn't. CivicReel turns one structured flyer into vertical short-form videos, in any language, for pennies.

3 videos · 3 languages·$0.057 total·paid per-call via Zero
🇺🇸English· 0:22
🇪🇸Español· 0:21
🇨🇳中文· 0:37

Source program: Fair Fares NYC — 50% off subway & bus fares for low-income New Yorkers.

The cost story

Every paid step runs through Zero's x402 micropayments — no API keys, no accounts. Three finished videos:

Script × 3 — Gemini 2.5 Flash via Zero$0.027
Voiceover × 3 — OpenAI TTS via Zero$0.030
Captions + assembly — local ffmpeg$0.000
Total$0.057

For comparison, a city's outreach budget for a single program runs into the millions.

How it works

1

Flyer JSON in

One structured program description — name, benefit, eligibility, how to apply.

2

Script

5-beat structure (hook → stakes → benefit → trust barrier → CTA), facts constrained to the input. Gemini 2.5 Flash via Zero.

3

Translate

Native per-language scripts — English, Spanish, Mandarin — preserving timing.

4

Voiceover

Natural narration per language. OpenAI TTS via Zero, paid per call.

5

Captions

Word-timed, burned-in, styled — with CJK support.

6

Assemble

ffmpeg stitches background, captions, voice, and CTA card into a 1080×1920 MP4.