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What novel and script to video tools accept as source text

Which tools read FDX or Fountain files?

Storyboarder.ai is the one tool on the register that names FDX and Fountain, in a list with PDF, Word and TXT. Fountain is a plain-text way of marking up a screenplay: scene headings start INT or EXT, names are in capitals, dialogue follows the name. From 2 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

Where the 29 intakes fall on this questionOf the 29 tools on the register, 1 has pages that answer this question (Storyboarder.ai); the other 28 are silent on it or give a reading that does not bear on it.Which tools read FDX or Fountain files?Pages answer it1 toolStoryboarder.aiPages silent28 toolsNothing on this point was found on thepages read.Out of 29 intakes
Fig. 1 Counted from the register; the table on this page quotes each vendor that answers.
The tools that answer this question, with their accepted formats reading, checked 2026-09-25.
ToolReadingWhat the vendor says
Storyboarder.aiFile types namedPDF, FDX, Fountain, Word or TXT scripts, or a shot list imported from Excel

Inclusion rule. Tools whose own pages state something that answers the question; every other tool on the register is silent on it. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.

1In the vendors' words

Upload your script (PDF, FDX, Fountain, Word, or TXT), import a shot list via Excel, or just type your idea.

Storyboarder.ai, home page FAQ

Scene Headings start with INT, EXT, and the like. Character names are in UPPERCASE. Dialogue comes right after Character.

Fountain, syntax page

2What to take from it

A Fountain file is plain text, so a tool that takes pasted text will usually accept its contents, but only a tool that names the format promises to read the markup as a screenplay. FDX is the Final Draft format; no Final Draft page describing it could be opened on the day, so it is not defined here.

  • Formats, FAQ: how does it work
    PDF, FDX, Fountain, Word or TXT scripts, or a shot list imported from ExcelStoryboarder.ai, home page FAQ / recorded 2026-09-25
  • Screenplay files, the basic rules
    Fountain marks a screenplay in plain text: headings start INT or EXT, names are uppercase, dialogue followsFountain, syntax page / recorded 2026-09-25

3From source text to episodes

After the intake question in “Which tools read FDX or Fountain files”, SceneMixer describes what it does with the text:

SceneMixer separates the script language from the production language: the output (episode outlines, storyboards, on-screen text) follows your interface language, and target-region localization adapts character names, casting, and scenery for Western, East Asian, Southeast Asian, or Latin American audiences.

SceneMixer, Turn a Novel into a Video Series with AI — “Can I turn a Chinese web novel into an English-language drama?” (read 2026-10-13)

Every character comes out of the script read with a voice described in words — age, weight, pace, where it sits.

SceneMixer, How Character Voices Work (read 2026-10-13)

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