Hark users say it makes whole videos from a chat

What users report: six people have posted videos they say Hark made or helped make, from animation and voiceover to editing and uploading. These are user reports. Hark hasn't announced video, and its own pages don't mention it.

What changed#

Hark Pro launched Oct 6. Its pricing page says "Using its own computer, Hark handles things to keep you a step ahead," and lists "Orders food," "Juggles email" and "Creates docs." Nothing about video.

Uzer Kayat posted Sunday that both of his app launch videos "were made with @hark_labs," and that "Hark handled the animation, the voiceover and the background music." He says he got a second, meme version just by asking for one. A developer who goes by olax_bonnke posted that he made "a full video ad" for a gas plant app with "Script, a Nigerian voiceover, captions, music," and that when he wrote "the voice sounds flat," Hark "re-recorded it line by line." enrico said "Hark did the title, descriptions etc and upload" for a video, which he said went to YouTube. LarMedAI posted a video he says Hark made "of the automated process," with his own voice cloned in ElevenLabs. Cosmospira compared animations from three models, including "Hark Pro."

Why it matters#

Our read: a short promo usually takes a script tool, a voice tool, an editor and a music library. These users describe doing it in one chat, which helps if you ship small apps or run a channel alone.

How to use it#

These steps come from what the users describe. We haven't tried them.

1. Hand over the material: screenshots, your footage, or permission to find clips.
2. Say the length, style, voiceover and music you want.
3. Give specific notes on each draft.
4. Ask for a second cut if you want one.
5. Check the rights to every clip and song before posting.

Prompt (ours, untested):

Make a 45-second animated launch video for my app from these screenshots. Write the script, add a voiceover and background music, and show me a draft before you change anything big. Only use footage and music I'm allowed to post.

Good to know#

• Quality varies. Charlie Shenmi asked Hark to cut a one-minute edit of the TV drama Joy of Life and find the footage itself. One moment matched well, but he wrote that the rest "felt rather chaotic," with "shots repeating constantly."
• Rights are on you. That edit set TV footage Hark found online to a song. Hark hasn't said how it handles copyright.
• Iterating costs usage. Kayat said he went through "at least 6 to 8 versions." One user, Rikon, said a "$20 top-up" ran out "in 10 minutes" (not tied to video). Another, Jules, asked for "a bit more subscription quota." Brett Adcock, who founded Hark (Business Wire), replied: "Good feedback, will work on it".
• Hark hasn't said which model makes the videos, or posted about video at all.

What to watch#

Whether Hark adds video to its Using Hark page or names the model, and whether Adcock changes quotas after this week's feedback.