# ZUQ > ZUQ is an AI course generator that makes a video of anything you can describe or hand over: a 30-second explainer, one concept taken properly from first principles, a full training course of up to 30 hours with modules, narration and worked examples, or a document such as a contract explained in plain words. Name: ZUQ, one word in capitals; the domain is zuq.si. Written as Zuq or ZUQ.si or zuq.si it means the same product; ZUQ is the form to use. Company: ZUQ is a product of 9owls, Inc. (https://9owls.com), founded by Ashish Salve. ## What this does not do yet Early build: we save your request and plan the course. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course - and we will tell you the day that changes. ## Pricing today - Free (plan id free): 0 USD a month, 30 minutes of video included, 1 seat, watermarked output. - Scholar (plan id scholar): 19 USD a month, 300 minutes of video included, 1 seat, no watermark. - Lab (plan id lab): 59 USD a month, 1800 minutes of video included, 3 seats, no watermark. - Institute (plan id institute): 199 USD a month, 9000 minutes of video included, 5 seats, no watermark. - Top-up pack topup_60: 60 minutes for 6 USD, bought outright. - Top-up pack topup_300: 300 minutes for 27 USD, bought outright. - Top-up pack topup_1200: 1200 minutes for 96 USD, bought outright. - Top-up minutes never expire, and they are spent only after the month's plan allowance is gone. - Payments are live. A plan is a recurring monthly subscription and a top-up is a one-time charge, both taken through Stripe Checkout, and your card details never reach ZUQ. ## What it makes - One concept (the concept track): One idea, taken from first principles to the point where you can use it. - A whole subject (the course track): A subject broken into modules and taught in order, start to finish. - Your content (the source track): Any document, deck, contract, paper or pile of notes - handed over, taught back as video. - Runs anywhere from 30 seconds to 30 hours on a fixed ladder of 13 runtimes, pitched at beginner, intermediate, advanced or expert level. - The course track starts at 5 minutes; the concept and source tracks run from 30 seconds to 3 hours. - Minutes are the only meter. Nothing caps how many videos are built or how many modules a build is split into. - The same five steps for every track, in this order: Describe, Refine, Focus, Files, Review. - Reference files: up to 5, each under 10 MB, in PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, PDF, plain text or Markdown. - You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. - The chapter list is decided by the build worker when the job starts, from the reader's own words and whatever text was handed over. There is no outline to approve before the build begins; the notes box is the reader's lever over the shape. - Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. ## How a finished build is delivered - This hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. - A finished build gets a watch page at /v/{slug}, with its own title and preview card, which is the page a link resolves to. - The file itself is served from /media/{slug}, which re-reads the share record on every request and redirects to a signed URL that expires, so revoking a share actually revokes access. - Visibility is one of private, link, public, and a new build is private until its owner changes it. ## ZUQ - AI course generator: drop in anything, get a full course URL: https://zuq.si/ AI course generator: turn any subject or document into a full-length training video course, up to 30 hours, or a contract into a plain-words video walkthrough. ## AI course generator for complete, full-length training courses URL: https://zuq.si/ai-course-generator/ Intent: AI tool that builds a complete full-length training course from one prompt An AI course generator that plans a complete training video course from one request - modules, narration, worked examples - up to 30 hours long. ZUQ is an AI course generator. You type what you need to understand, or hand over content you already have - a business document, a vendor contract, a board deck, a policy, a research paper, a spec, a pile of notes - and it plans a complete training video course: modules in order, narration and worked examples. You choose the level and the runtime, from 30 seconds up to 30 hours. Plenty of tools make a short clip from a prompt. This one is built around the whole course - the shape of the syllabus, the order of the modules, the job of each module - rather than a single clip. Minutes are the only meter: build as many courses as you like, of any length, and ask for a change to a finished one in plain words. ### One request in, a whole course out Say it plainly, the way you would say it out loud. "I have to learn Rust by Friday" is enough. "Teach me the whole of engineering mathematics, assume nothing" is enough too. No step asks you to approve a module list before you commit. The runtime you pick is the lever that decides the shape: no module may run longer than 30 minutes, so a longer runtime is split into more modules rather than longer ones, and the deterministic plan for a 30-hour course is 225 modules of 8 minutes. The chapter titles themselves are decided when the build starts, by a model that reads the whole brief - your own words, every answer you tapped, the track, the level, the runtime, and each file you attached with the line you wrote on it. If that model cannot be reached or answers unusably, the deterministic plan is used instead. Either way the plan lands on the build card in your library, and the event log on that build names which of the two decided it. If particular chapters matter to you, say so in the notes box in your own words. ### Three tracks Every request runs on one of three tracks. Each track has its own default runtime, and you can change it. - One concept: one idea, taken from first principles to the point where you can use it. Defaults to 10 minutes. - A whole subject: a subject broken into modules and taught in order, start to finish. Defaults to 60 minutes and scales to 30 hours. - Your content: a business document, a contract, a deck, a policy, a paper or a spec you hand over, taught back in plain words. Defaults to 15 minutes. ### Pitched at your level, in the time you have Before anything is built, the course fixes what you already know, so nothing you understand gets explained to you again. Beginner assumes nothing. Intermediate assumes the vocabulary and skips the basics. Advanced assumes the formalism, and expert assumes the literature - no recap, no analogies. Runtime is yours to set, from 30 seconds to 30 hours. Length follows the subject, not a template: a longer runtime is broken into more modules rather than stretching a module to fill time, so a one-hour course and a 30-hour course are built the same way, just at different scale. ### What a finished course is designed to contain The finished course is designed to arrive as one video bundle - every module, downloadable, yours to keep. Each module carries its script, its narration and its worked examples, and a course is built to close on consolidation: recall, and the judgement calls that only make sense once the mechanics are known. Every finished build gets a watch page of its own. It is private to begin with - you, and the team on your account - and you can open it to people you name by email address, or make it public, in which case anyone holding the link can watch it and only then can it be embedded on another site or posted to a social network. Pricing is on minutes only: build as many courses as you like, of any length, and only the minutes of finished video count against your monthly allowance. A new account gets 30 free minutes a month, watermarked, no card needed. ### Files you hand over A request can carry reference files, and the Files step is where they go. It is optional - the default answer is no and it costs one tap. The picker offers PNG, JPEG, WebP and GIF images, PDF, plain text and Markdown, and nothing else: there is no DOCX, PPTX or EPUB path, and a file dragged past the picker is refused with the same sentence. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. Each file has to be under 10 MB, at most 20000 characters are read out of a PDF or a text file, and what you attach is material to work from rather than an instruction that must be obeyed: the pipeline decides whether each one fits the video it is building. The "Your content" track asks for the document by name, and the name is what travels into the brief: that picker reads nothing and sends no bytes. If the text of the document itself has to reach the build, attach the document at the Files step. ### Asking for a change afterwards A change to a finished video is a NEW BUILD, not an edit inside the file you already have. You type the change in plain words, a confirm strip names the cost before anything is spent - the full runtime of that video in minutes, so a 30-hour course is 1800 minutes again - and the new build appears in your library beside the first one. Nothing in the product edits inside an existing file, so there is no way to ask for one stretch of a video to change and leave the rest alone. The build you have is kept exactly as it is, with its own event log, and the new one is a build of its own. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. ### What this early build does today ZUQ is an early build, and the part of it that is live is the part that costs money. A request is saved, minutes really are debited, the build runs and its chapter list is decided - and then it hands back a sample file rather than your rendered video. We will say so on this page the day real rendering begins. ### Questions **Can AI make a full course, not just a short video?** Yes. ZUQ plans a complete course from one request - modules in order, narration and worked examples - from 30 seconds up to 30 hours. Most AI video tools stop at a clip of a few minutes. **How long a course can an AI course generator make?** In ZUQ, anywhere from 30 seconds to 30 hours. No module may run longer than 30 minutes, so a longer runtime is split into more modules rather than stretching any one of them to fill time. **Do I have to write the outline myself?** No, and there is no outline step to approve either. One sentence is enough to start; you pick the track, the level and the runtime, and the chapter list is decided when the build starts. It then appears on the build card in your library. If particular chapters matter, say so in the notes box. **Can it build a course from my own document?** That is the "Your content" track: name the business document, contract, deck, policy, spec or pile of notes you want taught back in plain words. That picker takes the name only. To get the text of the document itself into the build, attach it at the Files step, which takes images, PDF, plain text and Markdown - there is no DOCX or EPUB path. **How much does it cost to generate a course?** Minutes are the only meter. The Free plan includes 30 minutes a month, watermarked, no card needed; paid plans start at $19 a month for 300 minutes. Unused monthly minutes do not carry over, but purchased top-up minutes never expire. The level never changes the price. **What does asking for a change cost?** The full runtime of the video you are changing. It is a new build, not an edit inside the file you have: a 30-hour course costs 1800 minutes again, the confirm strip names the figure before anything is spent, and the original is kept exactly as it is. **Can I download the video today?** Not yet. This is an early build: your request is saved and the build runs, but a finished build hands you a sample file rather than your rendered course. We will tell you the day that changes. ## Full-length AI training courses, up to 30 hours URL: https://zuq.si/full-length-ai-training-course/ Intent: learn an entire subject with AI generated video lessons, hours long Learn a whole subject from AI generated video lessons: a full-length course of up to 30 hours, planned as modules, on one meter of minutes. A full-length AI training course in ZUQ runs up to 30 hours, in order, assuming nothing if you ask it to. That is a whole subject taught start to finish. The showcase example is the whole of engineering mathematics - 30 hours, built from the syllabus with no upload. Hours, not minutes, is the point. A short AI video covers one idea and stops. A subject needs foundations, core mechanics, worked problems, failure modes, proofs, applications and practice, in that order, and then consolidation. The only meter on the whole course is minutes of finished video. ### Thirty hours, planned as modules, in order Ask for a whole subject and set the runtime to 30 hours. What comes back is a numbered, titled module list in the order the material should be learned, sized to the runtime you chose. The arc the deterministic plan runs is orientation and prerequisites, foundations, core mechanics, worked problems, common failure modes, deeper structure, derivations and proofs, applications, edge cases, extended practice and synthesis, closing on recall and self-test. On a 30-hour course that arc runs many times over, in numbered parts, so the plan stays readable at scale. A chapter model that names the modules itself is told the same thing in a different way: open with what the learner needs before anything else makes sense, and close on consolidation or the judgement calls that only make sense once the mechanics are known. ### Where the module list comes from No step asks you to approve a module list before you commit. The runtime you pick is the lever that decides the shape: no module may run longer than 30 minutes, so a longer runtime is split into more modules rather than longer ones, and the deterministic plan for a 30-hour course is 225 modules of 8 minutes. The chapter titles themselves are decided when the build starts, by a model that reads the whole brief - your own words, every answer you tapped, the track, the level, the runtime, and each file you attached with the line you wrote on it. If that model cannot be reached or answers unusably, the deterministic plan is used instead. Either way the plan lands on the build card in your library, and the event log on that build names which of the two decided it. If particular chapters matter to you, say so in the notes box in your own words. ### What every module carries Every module has one job, and it says what that job is before it starts. It carries its own narration and its own worked examples. Nothing you already understand gets explained again, because the level is fixed before anything is built. On a whole-subject course, worked problems and extended practice are modules in their own right, not an afterthought. Chapter titles are held to one standard: name what you will be able to DO, not the topic the module covers. Every finished build gets a watch page of its own. It is private to begin with - you, and the team on your account - and you can open it to people you name by email address, or make it public, in which case anyone holding the link can watch it and only then can it be embedded on another site or posted to a social network. ### Pick the level, then the runtime Four levels: beginner assumes nothing, intermediate assumes the vocabulary, advanced assumes the formalism, expert assumes the literature. The level changes how the course is pitched, never what it costs. Minutes are the only meter, and nothing else is rationed: a 30-hour course costs 1800 minutes of your monthly allowance or top-up balance, whatever level it is pitched at. The pricing page lists what each plan grants. ### Files you hand over A request can carry reference files, and the Files step is where they go. It is optional - the default answer is no and it costs one tap. The picker offers PNG, JPEG, WebP and GIF images, PDF, plain text and Markdown, and nothing else: there is no DOCX, PPTX or EPUB path, and a file dragged past the picker is refused with the same sentence. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. Each file has to be under 10 MB, at most 20000 characters are read out of a PDF or a text file, and what you attach is material to work from rather than an instruction that must be obeyed: the pipeline decides whether each one fits the video it is building. ### Asking for a change afterwards A change to a finished video is a NEW BUILD, not an edit inside the file you already have. You type the change in plain words, a confirm strip names the cost before anything is spent - the full runtime of that video in minutes, so a 30-hour course is 1800 minutes again - and the new build appears in your library beside the first one. Nothing in the product edits inside an existing file, so there is no way to ask for one stretch of a video to change and leave the rest alone. The build you have is kept exactly as it is, with its own event log, and the new one is a build of its own. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. ### What this early build does today ZUQ is an early build, and the part of it that is live is the part that costs money. A request is saved, minutes really are debited, the build runs and its chapter list is decided - and then it hands back a sample file rather than your rendered video. We will say so on this page the day real rendering begins. ### Questions **Can AI generate a course that is hours long?** Yes. ZUQ plans whole-subject courses from 30 seconds up to 30 hours, as a module list sized to the runtime, never as one long unbroken lecture. **How many modules does a 30 hour course have?** Many short ones. No module may run longer than 30 minutes, and the deterministic plan for a 30-hour course is 225 modules of 8 minutes. The exact count and the titles are decided when the build starts and land on the build card in your library. **Do I approve the module list before it is built?** No. There is no outline step to approve: the wizard runs Describe, Refine, Focus, Files and Review, and the chapter list is decided when the build starts. The runtime you pick is the lever on the shape, and the notes box is where you say that particular chapters matter. **Can I learn a whole subject from scratch with AI?** Choose the whole-subject track and the beginner level. Beginner assumes nothing: every idea is built from first principles, in order, and worked problems and practice are modules of their own. **How many minutes does a long course need?** Exactly its runtime: a 30-hour course is 1800 minutes against your monthly allowance or top-up balance, at any level. The Free plan includes 30 minutes a month to see how a build works. **Is the full course watchable today?** Not yet. This early build saves your request, debits the minutes and runs the build, but what it hands back is a sample file rather than your rendered course. We will tell you the day that changes. ## Full-length AI training videos for employees URL: https://zuq.si/ai-training-videos-for-employees/ Intent: best AI to create training videos for employees and staff onboarding Make AI training videos for employees and staff onboarding from your own manual, procedure or policy - a full course of modules, not a clip. Hand ZUQ the manual, the procedure or the policy your staff have to know, say who it is for, and it plans a complete training course: modules in order, narration and worked examples drawn from your material. It is a course, not a clip - from a 20-minute walkthrough of one protocol up to 30 hours of onboarding. Nothing is filmed and nobody stands in front of a camera. The course is built from your material and pitched at the level of the people watching it. When the procedure changes you say what changed in plain words, and that starts a new build rather than a re-shoot. ### Start from what you already have The operating procedure, the equipment protocol, the induction pack, the safety policy, the vendor contract, the board deck - whatever your staff are meant to know, that is the material. Then answer two questions: how much the audience already knows, and how long they have. The "Your content" track teaches the document back in plain words: it maps the source, states the key definitions, works through the passages that matter, and ends on consolidation. A typical request: a flying instructor hands over ground-school notes and asks for a preparatory course in that order, in those words. The "Your content" track asks for the document by name, and the name is what travels into the brief: that picker reads nothing and sends no bytes. If the text of the document itself has to reach the build, attach the document at the Files step. ### What the Files step takes, and what it does with it A request can carry reference files, and the Files step is where they go. It is optional - the default answer is no and it costs one tap. The picker offers PNG, JPEG, WebP and GIF images, PDF, plain text and Markdown, and nothing else: there is no DOCX, PPTX or EPUB path, and a file dragged past the picker is refused with the same sentence. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. Each file has to be under 10 MB, at most 20000 characters are read out of a PDF or a text file, and what you attach is material to work from rather than an instruction that must be obeyed: the pipeline decides whether each one fits the video it is building. ### One document, pitched per team The level is set per build, so the same manual becomes a beginner course for new starters and an advanced one for the people who already know the vocabulary. Beginner assumes nothing. Intermediate assumes the vocabulary and skips the basics. Advanced goes straight at the hard parts. Expert assumes the literature - no recap and no analogies. Runtime follows the material, not a template: a new scanner protocol before Monday might be 20 minutes, and a full induction might be 10 hours. A long course gets more modules, not longer ones, and there is no limit on how many training videos you build. ### What each employee gets Every module has one job and says what it is before it starts. The whole course is built to the same structure, whatever the runtime. - Modules in order, each with its own narration and worked examples drawn from your material. - A level fixed before anything is built, so nothing the audience already knows is explained again. - A close on consolidation - recall, and the judgement calls that only make sense once the mechanics are known. - One video bundle per course, designed to be downloadable and yours to keep. - A watch page per build, private until you open it. ### Who can watch it Every finished build gets a watch page of its own. It is private to begin with - you, and the team on your account - and you can open it to people you name by email address, or make it public, in which case anyone holding the link can watch it and only then can it be embedded on another site or posted to a social network. ### Where the module list comes from No step asks you to approve a module list before you commit. The runtime you pick is the lever that decides the shape: no module may run longer than 30 minutes, so a longer runtime is split into more modules rather than longer ones, and the deterministic plan for a 30-hour course is 225 modules of 8 minutes. The chapter titles themselves are decided when the build starts, by a model that reads the whole brief - your own words, every answer you tapped, the track, the level, the runtime, and each file you attached with the line you wrote on it. If that model cannot be reached or answers unusably, the deterministic plan is used instead. Either way the plan lands on the build card in your library, and the event log on that build names which of the two decided it. If particular chapters matter to you, say so in the notes box in your own words. ### Changing it when the procedure changes A change to a finished video is a NEW BUILD, not an edit inside the file you already have. You type the change in plain words, a confirm strip names the cost before anything is spent - the full runtime of that video in minutes, so a 30-hour course is 1800 minutes again - and the new build appears in your library beside the first one. Nothing in the product edits inside an existing file, so there is no way to ask for one stretch of a video to change and leave the rest alone. The build you have is kept exactly as it is, with its own event log, and the new one is a build of its own. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. Pricing is on minutes only, and the level never changes the price. There is no per-plan limit on how many training videos or modules you build. ### What this early build does today ZUQ is an early build, and the part of it that is live is the part that costs money. A request is saved, minutes really are debited, the build runs and its chapter list is decided - and then it hands back a sample file rather than your rendered video. We will say so on this page the day real rendering begins. ### Questions **What is the best AI to create training videos for employees?** Look for a tool that builds the whole course from your own material - modules in order, narration and worked examples - rather than a clip from a prompt. ZUQ plans exactly that, from a 20-minute procedure walkthrough up to 30 hours. **Can I turn our SOP or manual into a training video?** Yes - that is the "Your content" track. Name the manual, contract, policy or deck, choose the level and the runtime, and the course teaches it back in plain words. To get the text of the document into the build, attach it at the Files step, which takes images, PDF, plain text and Markdown. There is no DOCX, PPTX or EPUB path. **How long can an employee training course be?** From 30 seconds up to 30 hours. Length follows the material, not a template, and a longer course gets more modules rather than longer ones. **Can different teams get the same material at different levels?** Yes. The level is chosen per build: beginner for new starters, intermediate for staff who know the vocabulary, advanced for the people who need only the hard parts, expert for the ones who want no recap at all. Same source, different course. **Is there a test at the end?** A course is built to close on consolidation - recall, and the judgement calls that only make sense once the mechanics are known. The deterministic plan names that final module Recall and self-test. A chapter model naming the modules itself is held to the same standard but not to that exact title. **What does it cost to update a course when the procedure changes?** The full runtime of the video you are updating, in minutes. It is a new build, not an edit inside the file you have, and the original is kept exactly as it is. **Can I put the finished video on our LMS today?** Not yet. This is an early build: the request is saved, the minutes are debited and the build runs, but what it hands back is a sample file rather than your rendered course. We will tell you the day that changes. ## AI tutor for any subject, at your level URL: https://zuq.si/ai-tutor-for-any-subject/ Intent: AI tutor that makes a course on any topic I want to master An AI tutor that builds a complete course on any subject you want to master, pitched at what you already know, from 10 minutes to 30 hours. An AI tutor is a tool that teaches one person the thing they asked about, pitched at what they already know rather than at a class: in ZUQ it plans a video course for one request, at one of four levels, from a 30-second answer up to 30 hours. Type the thing you need to understand, or name content you already have, the way you would say it out loud. ZUQ plans a complete course on it - modules in order, narration and worked examples - pitched at what you already know and sized to the time you have. One concept in 10 minutes, or a whole subject in 30 hours. It is built for one person at a time. The same product answers a parent at the kitchen table, a candidate with an interview next week and a mechanic who needs one subsystem and nothing else. What changes is the request, the level and the runtime. ### Requests it is built for These are the kinds of requests the product is designed around, written the way people type them. Each is an example of what to type, not a quote from anyone. - "My son is stuck on fractions and I cannot explain them" - a parent who needs to sit with her child on Thursday night and actually help. - "I have a Google interview in six days" - a candidate who wants the questions and scenarios they will face, not generic advice. - "Just the turbocharger. Nothing else about the engine." - a mechanic who needs one subsystem explained properly, once. - "Get me through the cardiology chapter by Thursday" - a student with one chapter between them and the exam. - "I have to learn Rust by Friday" - a programmer who needs the concept, not a 40-hour series. - "Show me how to use the new scanner before Monday" - a dentist with new equipment and a first patient booked. ### It fixes your level before it teaches Before anything is built, the course fixes what you already know, so nothing you understand gets explained to you again. There are four levels, and the level changes how the course is pitched, never what it costs. Beginner assumes nothing and builds every idea from first principles. Intermediate assumes the vocabulary and skips the basics. Advanced assumes the formalism and goes straight at the hard parts. Expert assumes the literature - no recap, no analogies. ### One concept, a whole subject, or your own material Three tracks. The composer suggests one from how you phrase the request, and you can change it. - One concept: one idea, from first principles to the point where you can use it. Defaults to 10 minutes - eigenvectors in one evening. - A whole subject: modules in order, start to finish. Defaults to 60 minutes and scales to 30 hours. - Your content: a chapter, a paper, a contract, a deck, a spec, a photo of a worksheet. Taught back in plain words. Defaults to 15 minutes. ### Length follows the subject Runtime is yours to set, from 30 seconds to 30 hours. Twelve minutes if twelve minutes is the truth. A longer request plans more modules, each a few minutes, rather than a few modules stretched to fill the time. Minutes are the only meter, at any level: the Free plan includes 30 minutes a month, watermarked and with no card needed, so you can make something real before paying anything. ### Where the module list comes from No step asks you to approve a module list before you commit. The runtime you pick is the lever that decides the shape: no module may run longer than 30 minutes, so a longer runtime is split into more modules rather than longer ones, and the deterministic plan for a 30-hour course is 225 modules of 8 minutes. The chapter titles themselves are decided when the build starts, by a model that reads the whole brief - your own words, every answer you tapped, the track, the level, the runtime, and each file you attached with the line you wrote on it. If that model cannot be reached or answers unusably, the deterministic plan is used instead. Either way the plan lands on the build card in your library, and the event log on that build names which of the two decided it. If particular chapters matter to you, say so in the notes box in your own words. ### Handing over a chapter or a worksheet A request can carry reference files, and the Files step is where they go. It is optional - the default answer is no and it costs one tap. The picker offers PNG, JPEG, WebP and GIF images, PDF, plain text and Markdown, and nothing else: there is no DOCX, PPTX or EPUB path, and a file dragged past the picker is refused with the same sentence. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. Each file has to be under 10 MB, at most 20000 characters are read out of a PDF or a text file, and what you attach is material to work from rather than an instruction that must be obeyed: the pipeline decides whether each one fits the video it is building. The "Your content" track asks for the document by name, and the name is what travels into the brief: that picker reads nothing and sends no bytes. If the text of the document itself has to reach the build, attach the document at the Files step. ### Keeping it, and sharing it Every finished build gets a watch page of its own. It is private to begin with - you, and the team on your account - and you can open it to people you name by email address, or make it public, in which case anyone holding the link can watch it and only then can it be embedded on another site or posted to a social network. ### Asking for a change afterwards A change to a finished video is a NEW BUILD, not an edit inside the file you already have. You type the change in plain words, a confirm strip names the cost before anything is spent - the full runtime of that video in minutes, so a 30-hour course is 1800 minutes again - and the new build appears in your library beside the first one. Nothing in the product edits inside an existing file, so there is no way to ask for one stretch of a video to change and leave the rest alone. The build you have is kept exactly as it is, with its own event log, and the new one is a build of its own. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. ### What this early build does today ZUQ is an early build, and the part of it that is live is the part that costs money. A request is saved, minutes really are debited, the build runs and its chapter list is decided - and then it hands back a sample file rather than your rendered video. We will say so on this page the day real rendering begins. ### Questions **Can an AI tutor teach me any subject?** You can ask for any subject, concept or document, at any of four levels. You decide the track, the level and the runtime; the chapter list is decided when the build starts. Length follows the subject, from 30 seconds up to 30 hours. **Can I ask for just one concept instead of a whole course?** Yes. The "One concept" track takes a single idea from first principles to the point where you can use it, in 10 minutes by default. **Will it explain things I already know?** No. The level is fixed before anything is built. Intermediate skips the basics, advanced assumes the formalism, and expert gives no recap and no analogies. **Can it teach from my textbook chapter or my notes?** Yes. Attach the chapter at the Files step, which takes images, PDF, plain text and Markdown - a photo of a worksheet counts. A PDF or a text file is read on your own device and only that text travels with the request; an image is uploaded. There is no DOCX or EPUB path. **How long does a lesson run?** As long as you set, from 30 seconds to 30 hours. A longer runtime means more, shorter modules rather than a few long ones, because no module may run longer than 30 minutes. **Can I change a video after it is built?** You can ask for a change in plain words, and that starts a new build costing the full runtime of the video again. Nothing edits inside the file you already have, and that build is kept exactly as it is. **Is it free to try?** Yes. The Free plan includes 30 minutes of video a month, watermarked, no card needed. Unlimited videos count against those minutes; the level never changes the price. ## What is a full-length AI generated course? URL: https://zuq.si/what-is-a-full-length-ai-course/ Intent: what is a full-length AI generated course A full-length AI course is a complete multi-module course an AI plans from one request - hours, not a clip. What it is made of and what exists today. A full-length AI course is a complete training course that an AI plans from one request - modules in order, narration, worked examples and a self-test - and that runs for hours rather than minutes, up to 30 hours in ZUQ. The term needs defining because most AI video tools make a clip: one prompt, one video, a few minutes, no structure. A full-length AI course is a different object. It is planned before it is taught, it has modules in an order, and it runs for as long as the subject needs, up to 30 hours in ZUQ. This page defines the term, contrasts it with a short AI clip, describes what a full-length course is made of, and states plainly what the ZUQ early build does and does not do yet. ### The definition Each clause of the definition does work. Complete means the course covers the subject start to finish, not one idea. Planned means the syllabus, the module count and the order are decided before any module is taught. From one request means you type a sentence or name a document; you do not write the outline. Hours rather than minutes is the differentiator. The ceiling in ZUQ is 30 hours, delivered as many short modules rather than a handful of long ones, and a shorter course keeps the same structure at a smaller size. ### A full-length course versus a short AI clip A short AI clip is one prompt turned into one video of a few minutes. It has no syllabus, no level, no order to follow and no test. It explains one thing and stops. A full-length AI course starts with a plan. The subject is broken into modules, each with one job, and the modules are put in the order they should be learned. It knows what you already know, it works examples, and it closes on consolidation rather than stopping mid-topic. A 30-hour course is many such modules, not one long clip. ### What a full-length AI course is made of In ZUQ every course, from 30 seconds to 30 hours, has the same parts. A longer runtime adds modules; it does not add new kinds of part. - Modules: a numbered sequence, each with one job that it states before it starts. A longer course gets more modules, not longer ones. - Narration: each module has a script, written and taught to the level you set. - Worked examples: on a whole subject, worked problems and extended practice are modules of their own. - A close on consolidation: recall, and the judgement calls that only make sense once the mechanics are known. The deterministic plan names that last module Recall and self-test. - A level: beginner, intermediate, advanced or expert, fixed before anything is built. - A runtime: chosen by you, from 30 seconds to 30 hours, priced in minutes only at any level. - A watch page: one per finished build, private until you open it. ### How ZUQ plans one A request runs on one of three tracks: one concept, a whole subject, or your content - a document you name: a business document, a contract, a deck, a policy, a paper, a spec, a pile of notes. Each track has its own arc. The whole-subject arc the deterministic plan runs is orientation and prerequisites, foundations, core mechanics, worked problems, common failure modes, deeper structure, derivations and proofs, applications, edge cases, extended practice and synthesis, then recall and self-test. No step asks you to approve a module list before you commit. The runtime you pick is the lever that decides the shape: no module may run longer than 30 minutes, so a longer runtime is split into more modules rather than longer ones, and the deterministic plan for a 30-hour course is 225 modules of 8 minutes. The chapter titles themselves are decided when the build starts, by a model that reads the whole brief - your own words, every answer you tapped, the track, the level, the runtime, and each file you attached with the line you wrote on it. If that model cannot be reached or answers unusably, the deterministic plan is used instead. Either way the plan lands on the build card in your library, and the event log on that build names which of the two decided it. If particular chapters matter to you, say so in the notes box in your own words. ### What a course can be built from A request can carry reference files, and the Files step is where they go. It is optional - the default answer is no and it costs one tap. The picker offers PNG, JPEG, WebP and GIF images, PDF, plain text and Markdown, and nothing else: there is no DOCX, PPTX or EPUB path, and a file dragged past the picker is refused with the same sentence. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. Each file has to be under 10 MB, at most 20000 characters are read out of a PDF or a text file, and what you attach is material to work from rather than an instruction that must be obeyed: the pipeline decides whether each one fits the video it is building. The "Your content" track asks for the document by name, and the name is what travels into the brief: that picker reads nothing and sends no bytes. If the text of the document itself has to reach the build, attach the document at the Files step. ### What changing one costs A change to a finished video is a NEW BUILD, not an edit inside the file you already have. You type the change in plain words, a confirm strip names the cost before anything is spent - the full runtime of that video in minutes, so a 30-hour course is 1800 minutes again - and the new build appears in your library beside the first one. Nothing in the product edits inside an existing file, so there is no way to ask for one stretch of a video to change and leave the rest alone. The build you have is kept exactly as it is, with its own event log, and the new one is a build of its own. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. ### Who can watch a finished one Every finished build gets a watch page of its own. It is private to begin with - you, and the team on your account - and you can open it to people you name by email address, or make it public, in which case anyone holding the link can watch it and only then can it be embedded on another site or posted to a social network. ### What this early build does and does not do yet ZUQ is an early build, and the part of it that is live is the part that costs money. A request is saved, minutes really are debited, the build runs and its chapter list is decided - and then it hands back a sample file rather than your rendered video. We will say so on this page the day real rendering begins. Until then, read every description of narration and video on this site as the product being built, not as a file you can download today. ### Questions **What is a full-length AI course?** A complete training course that an AI plans from one request - modules in order, narration and worked examples - running for hours rather than minutes. In ZUQ, up to 30 hours. **How is a full-length AI course different from an AI video clip?** A clip is one prompt turned into one video of a few minutes, with no syllabus, level, order or test. A full-length course is planned first, broken into modules with one job each, pitched at a level, and closes on consolidation. **Who decides the modules of an AI generated course?** In ZUQ the build itself does, when it starts. There is no outline step to approve: the runtime you pick decides how many modules the course is split into, a model reading your whole brief decides the titles, and a deterministic plan is used if that model cannot be reached. **Does an AI generated course include a test?** A course is built to close on consolidation - recall, and the judgement calls that only make sense once the mechanics are known. The deterministic plan always names that final module Recall and self-test; a chapter model naming the modules itself is held to the same standard but not to that exact title. **Can I get a full-length AI course today?** Not as a rendered course. The request is saved, the minutes are debited and the build runs, but what a finished build hands you today is a sample file rather than your course. We will tell you the day that changes. ## Upload a contract, get a video explaining it URL: https://zuq.si/contract-to-video/ Intent: upload a legal contract and get a video explaining what I am agreeing to Upload a contract, say what worries you, and get a narrated video that explains the clauses that answer you, in plain words. Not legal advice. Early build. A contract video walkthrough is a narrated video, planned from a contract you upload and the question you ask about it, that goes through the clauses that answer that question in plain words and names each clause as it goes. A contract is written to be complete, not to be read. The price for year two is in a schedule at the back. The notice period is one sentence in the middle. What you promise to cover if something goes wrong is in a clause you have not reached yet. ZUQ is built to take the contract you upload, ask what you are worried about, and plan a narrated video walkthrough of exactly the clauses that answer you, in plain words. This is an early build, and two things about it are worth knowing before you hand anything over. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course. This page describes what the product is being built to do, so you can decide whether it is worth a request now. A request is saved, and we will tell you the day that changes. ### Five steps, from your own words to a build The flow is the same for a supplier agreement, a lease, a term sheet or a settlement, and it is the same five steps that build a course. You say what you need, you answer the questions that come back, you attach the document, and you choose the runtime last. - Describe. Pick the shape - one concept, a whole subject, or content you hand over - and say in your own words what you need. Rough notes are fine. - Refine. Three to five questions, planned from what you just wrote: what you are deciding, who it is for, how much of it to cover, how careful the wording has to be. Every one of them is optional. - Focus. Pick what this has to achieve, or write your own line instead. Selecting nothing is an allowed answer. - Files. The step the agreement is attached at - step four, not step one, so the questions come from what you said rather than from the file. - Review. Name it, pick the runtime and the depth, read what the build will cost in minutes against your balance, and send it. ### What a walkthrough looks for Every agreement has a few places where the money, the exit and the risk are decided. The walkthrough is planned around the ones your question points to. These are the four it is planned around. - The price you agreed to is not the price in year two. That number lives in a schedule at the back. - Getting out of it has a notice period, and the notice period has a date. - Somewhere in here is what you promise to cover if something goes wrong, and how much of it. - One clause decides whether this is exclusive. You will be asked about it later, by your board. ### What comes back A narrated video in chapters, one question each. A chapter states the finding in plain words and names the clause it came from, so you can open your own copy at that clause and read the words yourself. The chapter titles are decided by the build worker when your job starts, from your own words and from whatever text it was handed. The shape named here is the fallback it uses when that call does not come back - not a list you are promised, and not one you approve before the build begins. Minutes are the only meter, and a build costs exactly the runtime it produces: a 15-minute walkthrough spends 15 minutes of your monthly allowance. The content track opens at 15 minutes and the ladder runs to 30 hours. The pricing page lists what each plan grants and what a top-up adds. If a chapter moves too fast, or you need a different clause covered, you say so in plain words and that starts a new build. The new build costs the full runtime of that video in minutes all over again, the video you already have is kept exactly as it is, and what the new build hands back is another sample file. ### Not legal advice, and why that is the point We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice. This is so that when you do talk to your lawyer, you already know which three pages to talk about. A walkthrough does not tell you whether to sign, does not score the contract, and does not predict how a clause would play out for you. It shows you what your document says at the places that matter, and names the clause. What you do with that is between you and your lawyer, and the conversation starts further along. ### Where this build stands Four things are true of this build today, and each one is shown in the flow rather than in a footnote. Early build: we save your request and plan the course. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course - and we will tell you the day that changes. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. Payments are live. A plan is a recurring monthly subscription and a top-up is a one-time charge, both taken through Stripe Checkout, and your card details never reach ZUQ. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. ### Questions **Can I upload a contract and get a video explaining what I am agreeing to?** That is what ZUQ is being built to do. You upload the contract, answer three to five questions about what worries you, and the product plans a narrated walkthrough of the clauses that answer you. In this early build no course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course. Your request is saved, and we will tell you the day that changes. **Will it tell me whether I should sign?** No. A walkthrough shows you where the price, the exit, the liability and the exclusivity are decided, in the words of your own document. Whether to sign is a decision for you and your lawyer. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice. **What kinds of contract can I upload?** Anything waiting for your signature: a supplier agreement, a lease, a term sheet, a settlement, an employment contract, a licensing agreement. The walkthrough is planned from your question, so the type of contract matters less than what you need to know about it. The picker takes PNG, JPEG, WebP and GIF images, PDF, plain text and Markdown, and nothing else. Up to 5 files, each under 10 MB, and at most 20,000 characters are read out of any one PDF or text file. **How long is the video?** You pick the runtime on the last step, and that choice is the price: a build spends exactly the runtime it produces out of your monthly minutes. The content track opens at 15 minutes and the ladder runs to 30 hours. The chapters are only the ones that answer you. **What happens to the contract I upload?** You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. The privacy policy sets out what is stored, who can see it and for how long. **Is a video walkthrough a substitute for a lawyer?** No. It is preparation for one. The walkthrough shows you which clauses carry the price, the exit, the liability and the exclusivity, so the conversation with your lawyer can start at the three pages that matter to you rather than at page one. ## Explain this document to me as a video URL: https://zuq.si/explain-a-document-as-video/ Intent: explain this document to me as a video Upload a chapter, a policy, a spec, a set of notes or a contract and get a narrated video that explains the parts you need, in plain words. Early build. A document video walkthrough is a narrated video, planned from a document you upload and what you say you need from it, that explains those parts in plain words at the level you already have and names where in the document each point came from. Some documents you have to understand rather than read: a chapter before the exam on it, a policy you are about to be held to, a spec you have to build against, a set of notes someone else wrote, a contract waiting for your signature. ZUQ is built to take the document you upload, ask what you need from it, and plan a narrated video that explains those parts in plain words, at the level you already have. This is an early build, and this is what happens to the document itself. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course. What follows is what the product is being built to do, stated plainly. A request made today is saved, and we will tell you the day that changes. ### What you can hand over The content track treats the document as the syllabus. Whatever it is, the walkthrough is planned from it and from what you say you need, rather than from a general course on the subject. - A chapter of a textbook, before the exam on it - A policy, a handbook or a set of rules you are about to be held to - A technical spec or a standard you have to build against - Notes, minutes or a report that someone else wrote - A contract, a lease or a term sheet waiting for your signature ### What the picker takes PNG, JPEG, WebP and GIF images, PDF, plain text and Markdown, and nothing else - a format that is not on that list is refused at the picker rather than halfway through a build. Up to 5 files, each under 10 MB, and at most 20,000 characters are read out of any one PDF or text file. A photograph of a page counts: hand over a picture of the worksheet or the clause and it is treated as content the same way a PDF is. ### How the video is planned You say what you need to know, the way you would say it out loud. The plan follows that question, not the table of contents. If you need one section, the walkthrough goes to that section. If you need the whole thing, it is taught in order, start to finish, and takes as long as that honestly takes. A document walkthrough is built to open by mapping the source, put the key definitions in plain words, work through the passages your question points to, say what the source assumes you already know, and end with a short recall set so you can check what stayed. The chapter titles are decided by the build worker when your job starts, from your own words and from whatever text it was handed. The shape named here is the fallback it uses when that call does not come back - not a list you are promised, and not one you approve before the build begins. ### Pitched at the level you have Before anything is planned, you say how much you already know, and the walkthrough is pitched there. Beginner assumes nothing and builds every idea from first principles, in order. Intermediate assumes the vocabulary and moves at working pace. Advanced assumes the formalism and goes straight at the hard parts. Expert assumes the literature: no recap, no analogies. Minutes are the only meter, and a build costs exactly the runtime it produces: a 15-minute walkthrough spends 15 minutes of your monthly allowance. The content track opens at 15 minutes and the ladder runs to 30 hours. The pricing page lists what each plan grants and what a top-up adds. ### When the document is a contract When the document is something you are about to sign, the walkthrough names clauses rather than chapters: the clause that sets the price and how it changes, the notice period and its date, the cap on liability and what sits outside it, the exclusivity clause. The contract to video page walks that flow step by step. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice. This is so that when you do talk to your lawyer, you already know which three pages to talk about. ### Where this build stands Four things are true of this build today, and each one is shown in the flow rather than in a footnote. Early build: we save your request and plan the course. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course - and we will tell you the day that changes. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. Payments are live. A plan is a recurring monthly subscription and a top-up is a one-time charge, both taken through Stripe Checkout, and your card details never reach ZUQ. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. ### Questions **Can I upload a PDF and have it explained to me as a video?** That is what ZUQ is being built to do: upload the document, say what you need from it and how much you already know, and get a narrated walkthrough of those parts in plain words. In this early build no course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course. Your request is saved, and we will tell you the day that changes. **Does it explain the whole document or just the part I ask about?** The parts your question points to, in the order you need them. Ask for one section and the walkthrough goes to that section. Ask for the whole document and it is taught in order, start to finish, and takes as long as that honestly takes. **What file types can I upload?** PNG, JPEG, WebP and GIF images, PDF, plain text and Markdown. Up to 5 files, each under 10 MB, and at most 20,000 characters are read out of any one PDF or text file. **What happens to the file I upload?** You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. The privacy policy sets out what is stored, who can see it and for how long. **How long will the video be?** You pick the runtime on the last step, and the build spends exactly that much of your monthly minutes. The content track opens at 15 minutes and the ladder runs to 30 hours, so a single chapter and a whole book are the same control set at two different rungs. **Is this the same as a summary of the document?** No. A summary shortens the document. A walkthrough teaches the part you need, at the level you already have, and names where in the document each point came from so you can check it against the page. **Is it legal advice if my document is a contract?** No. A walkthrough of a contract shows you what your document says at the clauses that matter and names them. It does not say whether to sign. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice. ## Explain my lease agreement before I sign it URL: https://zuq.si/lease-agreement-explained-video/ Intent: explain my lease agreement before I sign it Upload the lease, say what worries you, and get a narrated video of the clauses that answer you: rent review, service charge, break clause. Not legal advice. A lease video walkthrough is a narrated video, planned from the lease you upload and what you say worries you, that explains the clauses that answer you - rent, review, service charge, term, break - in plain words and names each clause as it goes. A commercial lease is long because it has to cover years of things that might happen. The rent is on one page, how it is reviewed is on another, the service charge is a schedule, and the break clause is one sentence with a date in it. ZUQ is built to take the lease you upload, ask what you are worried about, and plan a narrated video of exactly the clauses that answer you, in plain words. This is an early build, and this is what happens to the lease itself. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course. The example below is the one the homepage shows, and it is an example: it is not a real lease and it is not yours. ### A worked example: a 41-page commercial lease This is the example on the homepage, and every number in it is read straight off that card. The request is one line: I have a 41-page lease to sign tomorrow and I do not know what I am agreeing to. The source is Commercial lease.pdf, 41 pages, the level is No legal background, and the plan comes back as 3 chapters over 18 min. Those are the chapter titles the planner gives that request today, and they are the fallback arc rather than clause names. The chapter titles are decided by the build worker when your job starts, from your own words and from whatever text it was handed. The shape named here is the fallback it uses when that call does not come back - not a list you are promised, and not one you approve before the build begins. - Mapping the content (6:00) - Key definitions in plain words (6:00) - Recall and self-test (6:00) ### What a lease walkthrough looks for A lease decides the money in more places than the rent line. Which of these the walkthrough goes to depends on what you say you are worried about, and each chapter is built to name the clause it was read from. - The rent, and the clause that says how and when it is reviewed - The service charge: what it covers, how your share is worked out, and whether there is a cap - The term, the break clause, the date it can be used and the notice it takes - Repair: what you are asked to keep in order, and what you hand back at the end and in what condition - Whether you can assign or sublet, and what permission that takes - What happens at the end of the term, and whether anything renews on its own ### Before you sign, not after The walkthrough is for the evening before, when the lease is on the table and the meeting is in the morning. It does not say whether to sign, and it does not judge the lease. It shows you what your lease says at the clauses your question points to, in plain words, with the page it came from. Minutes are the only meter, and a build costs exactly the runtime it produces: a 15-minute walkthrough spends 15 minutes of your monthly allowance. The content track opens at 15 minutes and the ladder runs to 30 hours. The pricing page lists what each plan grants and what a top-up adds. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice. This is so that when you do talk to your lawyer, you already know which three pages to talk about. ### Where this build stands Four things are true of this build today, and each one is shown in the flow rather than in a footnote. Early build: we save your request and plan the course. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course - and we will tell you the day that changes. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. Payments are live. A plan is a recurring monthly subscription and a top-up is a one-time charge, both taken through Stripe Checkout, and your card details never reach ZUQ. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. ### Questions **Can I get my lease agreement explained before I sign it?** That is what ZUQ is being built to do: upload the lease, say what you are worried about, and get a narrated video of the clauses that answer you, in plain words. In this early build no course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course. Your request is saved, and we will tell you the day that changes. **What is a break clause?** A break clause is the clause that lets one side, or both, end the lease before the term runs out, on a set date and with a set notice. A walkthrough planned around how do I get out of this would go to the term, the break clause and the notice it takes, and name the clause it read them from. Whether your lease has one, and on what terms, is a fact of your document and not something anyone can say in advance. **What does an uncapped service charge mean?** The service charge is your share of the cost of running the building. A cap is a ceiling on what you can be asked to pay toward it in a year. Uncapped means the clause has no such ceiling, so your share can rise with the cost and nothing in the clause stops it. Whether yours is capped is in your own lease, and a walkthrough would go to that clause and its schedule and say in plain words what it found there. **Is this legal advice?** No. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice. This is so that when you do talk to your lawyer, you already know which three pages to talk about. The walkthrough shows what your lease says at the clauses your question points to, and names them. It does not say whether to sign. **How long is a lease walkthrough?** The homepage example is planned at 18 min across 3 chapters. On a real request you pick the runtime yourself on the last step and the build spends exactly that much of your monthly minutes: the content track opens at 15 minutes and the ladder runs to 30 hours. **What happens to the lease I upload?** You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. The privacy policy sets out what is stored, who can see it and for how long. **Is the example on this page my lease?** No. It is the fixed example the homepage shows, planned from a request that is not yours, and its chapter list is what the planner returns for that request rather than anything read out of your document. ## How to understand a contract before you sign it URL: https://zuq.si/understand-a-contract-before-signing/ Intent: how do I understand a contract before I sign it How to understand a contract before you sign it: where it sets the price, the exit, the liability and the exclusivity, and how a video walkthrough finds them. To understand a contract before you sign it is to know where it sets the price and how that changes, how long it runs and how you leave, what you promise to cover and up to how much, and whether it is exclusive - in the words of your own document, not in a summary of it. A contract is written to be complete, not to be read: forty pages, cross-referenced, with the numbers in schedules at the back. You do not have to read all of it to understand it. You have to know where the four decisions are made - the price and how it changes, the term and how you leave, what you promise to cover and up to how much, and whether you are locked in - and what your document says at each of them. This page is about those four places, and about how a narrated video walkthrough planned from your own contract is built to find them. This is an early build, and this is what happens to the contract itself. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course. A request is saved, and we will tell you the day that changes. ### The price, and how it changes The price on the front page is the price today. The clause that changes it is usually somewhere else: a review date, an index, a schedule at the back that names the index and the interval. A walkthrough goes to the price you are agreeing to today, how and when it can be revised, the index the increase is tied to, and what that means in year two. ### The term, and how you get out The term is a number of years, and often a renewal that happens on its own unless someone acts before a date. Getting out has a notice period, and the notice period has a date. A walkthrough goes to the term and the date it renews itself, leaving early and the notice it takes, what you still owe after you leave, and the one date to put in your calendar. ### Liability: what you promise to cover, and how much Somewhere in the contract is what you promise to cover if something goes wrong, and how much of it. Often there is a cap, and often a short list of things that sit outside the cap. A walkthrough goes to the promise itself, the cap and the exceptions to it, who defends whom if a third party sues, and what your insurance is asked to do. ### Exclusivity: whether you are locked in One clause decides whether this is exclusive: what you cannot buy or sell elsewhere, for how long, and how the exclusivity ends. It is the clause you will be asked about later, by your board or your partner. A walkthrough goes to what exclusive means in this agreement, what it covers, and how it ends. ### Why three pages is the point We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice. This is so that when you do talk to your lawyer, you already know which three pages to talk about. The conversation with your lawyer goes further if it starts at the three pages that matter to you rather than at page one. A walkthrough does not say whether to sign, does not score the contract, and does not predict how a clause would play out for you. It finds the four decisions in your own document, states them in plain words, and names the clause, so the question you take into that conversation is a precise one. Minutes are the only meter, and a build costs exactly the runtime it produces: a 15-minute walkthrough spends 15 minutes of your monthly allowance. The content track opens at 15 minutes and the ladder runs to 30 hours. The pricing page lists what each plan grants and what a top-up adds. ### Where this build stands Four things are true of this build today, and each one is shown in the flow rather than in a footnote. Early build: we save your request and plan the course. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course - and we will tell you the day that changes. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. Payments are live. A plan is a recurring monthly subscription and a top-up is a one-time charge, both taken through Stripe Checkout, and your card details never reach ZUQ. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. ### Questions **How do I understand a contract before I sign it?** Find the four decisions and read what your document says at each one: the price and the clause that changes it, the term and the notice it takes to leave, what you promise to cover and the cap on it, and whether it is exclusive. Take the pages you are not sure about to your lawyer. A video walkthrough is being built to do the finding and the plain-words part, so that you arrive at that conversation with the pages already marked. **Which clauses matter most in a contract?** It depends on what you are deciding, which is why the walkthrough starts by asking. The four it is planned around are the price and how it changes, the term and how you get out, what you promise to cover and how much, and whether the agreement is exclusive. Other clauses matter for other questions, and the walkthrough follows the question. **Do I still need a lawyer if I use this?** This does not replace one. It is meant to make that conversation shorter and better aimed: you arrive knowing which clauses set the price, the exit, the liability and the exclusivity, so the time goes on your questions rather than on finding them. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice. **Can it tell me if a contract is fair?** No. A walkthrough does not judge the contract, score it, or predict how a clause would play out for you. It shows you what your document says at the places that matter and names the clause, so you can put a precise question to the right person. **What does a contract video walkthrough look like?** A narrated video in chapters, one question each. A chapter states the finding in plain words and names the clause it came from, so you can open your own copy at that clause and read the words yourself. The chapter titles are decided by the build worker when your job starts, from your own words and from whatever text it was handed. The shape named here is the fallback it uses when that call does not come back - not a list you are promised, and not one you approve before the build begins. You pick the runtime on the last step: the content track opens at 15 minutes and the ladder runs to 30 hours. In this early build no course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course. **Can I try it now?** You can upload a contract and make a request now. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. Early build: we save your request and plan the course. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course - and we will tell you the day that changes. ## Terms of Service URL: https://zuq.si/terms-of-service/ Intent: zuq terms of service The plain-English ZUQ terms: what each plan includes, how the minutes meter works, who owns your content, cancellation, and the limits on our liability. The ZUQ Terms of Service are the plain-English rules for using zuq.si: what each plan includes, acceptable use, who owns your content, cancellation, and the limits on our liability. ZUQ is operated by 9owls, Inc. ("9owls", "we", "us"). 9owls, Inc. is the party you contract with under these terms, and the data controller for the personal data described in the Privacy Policy. Version 2026-10-06. These are the terms for using ZUQ at zuq.si. They are written in plain words on purpose, because a contract nobody reads is not much of an agreement. Making an account means you have read and agree to these terms and to the Privacy Policy. ### Who we are ZUQ (zuq.si) is the AI course and video generator described on this site, and it is a product of 9owls, Inc.. In these terms, we, us, 9owls and ZUQ mean 9owls, Inc., the company that operates the site and the party to this agreement; you means the person who creates an account. ### What you get The meter is minutes of video per month, and nothing else on your plan is rationed: you can start as many builds as you like, of any length on our length ladder. What you hand over to a build has its own limits, set out under Where this build stands below; a single file must also be under 10 MB. - Free: 30 minutes a month, exports carry a ZUQ watermark - Scholar: 300 minutes a month, $19, no watermark - Lab: 1800 minutes a month, $59, no watermark - Institute: 9000 minutes a month, $199, no watermark - Minute top-up packs never expire and are spent only after that month's plan allowance runs out ### Where this build stands You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. Early build: we save your request and plan the course. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course - and we will tell you the day that changes. Payments are live. A plan is a recurring monthly subscription and a top-up is a one-time charge, both taken through Stripe Checkout, and your card details never reach ZUQ. What that leaves to state here, because it is terms rather than a description of how you pay. A subscription keeps charging every month until you cancel it, and Cancellation and refunds below says where cancelling happens. We never see or store a card number: we hold your email address and the Stripe customer id for your account, and nothing else about how you pay. And a plan or a pack is only ever granted after Stripe confirms the money moved, never on a click in our app. So the honest shape of what money buys today is bounded by the sentence above about rendering: a plan and a top-up buy you real minutes, a real planned build and a saved library, and a finished build hands back a sample file rather than your rendered course. We will say plainly on the site the day that changes. ### Teams and seats Lab and Institute are team plans. Free and Scholar are single-person accounts. Lab carries 3 seats and Institute carries 5, counted including the account owner, so Lab adds two other people to you and Institute adds four. Only the account owner adds or removes a seat. A seat shares the account owner's account rather than having one of its own, and that has two consequences worth reading twice. A team member spends the owner's monthly minutes, from the same meter and the same allowance. A team member can also read the builds on the owner's account. Put someone on a seat only if you are content for them to see that library and to spend from that allowance. ### Acceptable use Use ZUQ for your own course and video requests, on your own account. Do not upload content you do not have the right to upload, do not use the service to build anything unlawful, hateful, or intended to harm someone, and do not try to get around the minutes meter, scrape the service, or interfere with it. An account used this way can be suspended or closed. ### Your content, and who owns it Anything you upload or type into a request stays yours, and a finished video you receive is yours to keep and use. What happens to a file you hand over is set out under Where this build stands above, in the same words the product shows you at the moment you hand it over; this clause deliberately does not restate it in different ones. ### Our content The ZUQ site, its name, and its own text and design belong to us. Nothing here gives you rights to those beyond using the site as intended. ### Not legal advice We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice. This is so that when you do talk to your lawyer, you already know which three pages to talk about. ### Cancellation and refunds A monthly plan can be cancelled at any time. Cancelling happens in the Stripe billing portal for your account, which is also where an upgrade, a downgrade and a card change happen. There is no link to that portal in the app yet, so until there is, email support@zuq.si and we will open it for you. When Stripe reports the subscription ended, your account moves back to Free. A cancelled plan runs to the end of the period already paid for, and there is no partial-month refund. A minute top-up pack is a one-time purchase and is non-refundable once minutes from it have been used; unused minutes from it do not expire. You can ask for your account to be closed at any time, and the Privacy Policy sets out how to ask for your data to be deleted or exported. ### Liability limits ZUQ is provided as it is, with no warranty that it will be uninterrupted or error-free, and this is an early build with features still being completed. To the extent the law allows, ZUQ is not liable for indirect or consequential loss, and our total liability to you for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim, or 50 US dollars if you have paid us nothing. ### Changes to these terms We may update these terms as the product changes. The version date at the top of this page is how you tell one version from another, and it is the value recorded against your account the day you agree to it. A change that matters will be shown on the site, not buried in a version bump alone. ### Contact Questions about these terms, or about your account, a build or a plan, can be sent to support@zuq.si. Questions for the company itself can be sent to 9owls, Inc. at hello@9owls.com. ## Privacy Policy URL: https://zuq.si/privacy-policy/ Intent: zuq privacy policy What ZUQ stores and why: your email and plan, the images and document text you attach, and your generated videos, plus how to ask for deletion or export. The ZUQ Privacy Policy explains what data an account, a course request, and a generated video hold in Firebase, who can read it, and how to ask for it to be deleted or exported. ZUQ is operated by 9owls, Inc. ("9owls", "we", "us"). 9owls, Inc. is the data controller for the personal data this policy describes, and the party you contract with under the Terms of Service. Version 2026-10-06. This page says what ZUQ stores about you, why, and how to get it deleted or exported. It is written to match what the code actually does, not a general template. ### Data we hold, and why An account is a Firebase Authentication record (your email and password, checked by Firebase, never seen or stored by us) plus one profile document in our Firestore database, keyed to your account: your email, your plan, the minutes you have used and bought this period, and the two dates the account was created and last changed. We hold this because the service cannot meter your plan or sign you in without it. Each course or video request you make is stored as one job document under your own account: what you asked for, the track and level you chose, its length in minutes, and its status. You can attach up to 5 files to a request, and your own one-line note about each file is stored on the request beside the file name. A PDF or a text file you attach is never uploaded. Its text is read out of the file in your browser, capped at 20,000 characters, and that text is written onto the request - where our build worker reads it, and where a model reads it to decide the chapter list for your course. If you do not want the contents of a document to travel, name the document instead of attaching it: the source-document box on the first step of the composer takes the file name only and never reads the file. An image you attach is handled the other way round. It is resized in your browser if it is wider than 1920 pixels, re-encoded, and uploaded to Firebase Storage under a path belonging to your account. The storage rules make that path create-only: no signed-in account can read, replace or delete an object there, including the account that uploaded it, and only our build worker, which holds an administrative credential, ever reads one. So an attached image cannot be fetched back or removed through the app, by you or by us. A video ZUQ generates for you is stored as a file in Firebase Storage, under a path that belongs only to your account. In this early build, a finished build hands you a fixed sample video rather than a video generated from your own request; the storage path and the access rule are the same either way. ### Who can see it The security rules behind the database and the storage bucket allow only your own signed-in account to read your profile, your requests, and your videos. Nobody else's account can read them through the app. ### Cookies and local storage ZUQ does not use advertising or tracking cookies. Firebase Authentication keeps you signed in using its own local storage in your browser, and the site may keep small local values for things like a course you started planning before you signed in, so you do not lose it. None of this is sold or shared with an advertiser. ### Data deletion and export requests There is no self-serve delete-account button in this build yet. To ask for your account and its data to be deleted, or for a copy of what we hold about you, email support@zuq.si from the address on the account. We will act on a deletion or export request without unreasonable delay. ### Not legal advice We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice. This is so that when you do talk to your lawyer, you already know which three pages to talk about. ### Changes to this policy We may update this policy as the product changes. The version date at the top of this page is how you tell one version from another. ### Contact Questions about this policy, or a deletion or export request, can be sent to support@zuq.si. Questions for the company itself can be sent to 9owls, Inc. at hello@9owls.com. ## User Agreement URL: https://zuq.si/user-agreement/ Intent: zuq user agreement signup checkbox The short agreement you accept at signup: use ZUQ honestly, your content stays yours, and how the minutes meter and this early build actually work. The ZUQ User Agreement is the short, plain-words summary of the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy that a reader accepts by ticking the box at signup. Version 2026-10-06. This is the short version of the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy - the plain summary shown at signup. It does not replace either page; where the two longer pages say more, they are what applies. ### What you are agreeing to By making a ZUQ account you agree to the following, in plain words. - You will use ZUQ for your own requests, and only upload content you have the right to upload - You will not use ZUQ to build anything unlawful, hateful, or meant to harm someone, and you will not try to bypass the minutes meter or interfere with the service - Anything you upload or write stays yours; a video ZUQ generates for you is yours to keep - Your plan gives you a set number of minutes a month, watermark-free above Free, and top-up minutes you buy never expire - You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. - Early build: we save your request and plan the course. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course - and we will tell you the day that changes. - Payments are live and are handled by Stripe: a plan is a recurring monthly subscription charged every month until you cancel it, and a minute top-up pack is a one-time charge - Your card details are entered on Stripe and never reach ZUQ - we hold your email address and a Stripe customer id, and nothing else about how you pay - You can cancel a plan at any time in the Stripe billing portal for your account; there is no link to that portal in the app yet, so email support@zuq.si and we will open it for you - ZUQ is not your lawyer and nothing it produces is legal advice ### Read the full terms This summary leaves things out on purpose to stay short. The Terms of Service covers cancellation, refunds, team seats and the limits on our liability. The Privacy Policy covers exactly what is stored about you and how to ask for it to be deleted or exported. ## ZUQ vs Coursera URL: https://zuq.si/vs/coursera/ Intent: ZUQ vs Coursera Coursera is an online learning platform. ZUQ is an AI course generator: one request or your own files in, a planned training video course out. ZUQ is an AI course generator that turns one request, or your own reference files, into a planned, full-length training video course at a level you choose. Coursera is an online learning platform. The two answer different questions, so the useful question is which one you have. Coursera is an online learning platform. ZUQ is an AI course generator, which is a different kind of thing: there is no catalogue to browse and nothing is published for anyone else. You type one request, or hand over your own reference files, and ZUQ plans a training video course for that request - modules in order, each with one job, ending in a recall and self-test module. This page sets out what ZUQ does, in detail, and what it does not do. For what Coursera offers today - its subjects, its prices, its credentials - read Coursera. Those are theirs to state, they change, and a second-hand description of them on this page would be stale before you read it. ### What ZUQ is for ZUQ builds the course that does not exist yet. The input is one request in plain words, plus up to five reference files if you have them - a chapter, a spec, a policy, a photograph of a worksheet - each with your own one-line note saying what it is and what you want from it. The output is a planned course: modules in order, each with one job, with worked examples inside them and a recall and self-test module at the end. Two choices are yours and nobody else's. The level - beginner, intermediate, advanced or expert - is chosen before the build starts, and it never changes the price. The runtime is chosen from the ladder, from 30 seconds to 30 hours, and it is the only thing priced: a build spends exactly the minutes of runtime it produces, from a monthly allowance plus top-up minutes that never expire. - Build from your own material: a chapter, a spec, a contract, a set of notes, a photograph of a page. - Ask for one concept or one chapter rather than a whole programme. - Choose the level, from beginner assuming nothing to expert assuming the literature. - Choose the runtime, from 30 seconds to 30 hours, with no cap on modules. - Ask for a course on something nobody has published a course about. ### What ZUQ does not do ZUQ issues no certificate, no diploma and no degree, and it is not accredited by anyone. If a credential is the reason you are studying, ZUQ is the wrong tool and no amount of minutes will change that. There is also no catalogue: nothing is browsable, nothing is published for other readers, and nothing is sold on. Every course is built for the person who asked for it. If what you want is to pick a course somebody has already made and start it now, that is not what this product is. - No certificate, diploma, degree or accreditation. - No catalogue and no browsing: a course exists because you asked for it. - No instructor, cohort, deadline or live session. - No publishing and no selling: a build is yours. ### Where ZUQ is today Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. This page does not describe Coursera's pricing, features or quality. Those are Coursera's to state and they change; check Coursera's own site for what it offers today. What is set out above is what ZUQ does, and it does not rank either product. What ZUQ does, for a reader comparing it with Coursera | | ZUQ | | --- | --- | | What it is | An AI course generator: one request, or your own reference files, in - a planned training video course out, in modules, ending in a recall and self-test module | | What you give it | One request in plain words, a level and a runtime. You write no script and approve no outline - the module titles are decided when the build starts, and they appear on the build card in your library | | Reference files | Yes: up to 5 reference files, 10 MB each at most - PNG, JPEG, WebP or GIF images, PDF, plain text or Markdown - and you write your own one-line note on each. Up to 20,000 characters are read from a PDF or text file | | Who writes the course | AI models plan the course and write its chapters from your one request or your own files. You write nothing: no script, no outline, no module list | | How long it can be | From 30 seconds to 30 hours, in modules, with no cap on how many modules a course has or how many courses you build - minutes are the only thing that runs out | | Pitched at your level | Pitched at beginner, intermediate, advanced or expert, chosen before the build starts. The level never changes the price | | Cost model | Minutes only: a monthly allowance per plan, from 30 free on Free to 9,000 a month on Institute, plus top-up minutes that never expire. Every build spends its own runtime, and an update request spends the original's runtime again | | How it reaches you | A watch page of its own at /v/{slug}, private by default. You can grant a link, or make it public - only a public one is crawlable | | What you get today | Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. | ### Questions **Is ZUQ a Coursera alternative?** Only for one kind of job: a course built to order from your own request or files, at a level you choose, in the time you have. If you want a credential at the end, ZUQ issues none. Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. **What is the difference between ZUQ and Coursera?** Start with what ZUQ takes and makes. It takes one request in plain words, up to five reference files, a level and a runtime, and it plans a course for exactly that: modules in order, worked examples, a recall and self-test module at the end, from 30 seconds to 30 hours. Nothing is browsed and nothing is published. For what Coursera takes and offers, read Coursera. **Can ZUQ replace Coursera?** Not if you need a credential, because ZUQ does not issue one. It can cover the subject nobody has published a course on, the one chapter you are stuck on, and the document you have to understand this week. **Does ZUQ give certificates?** No. ZUQ builds a course for you to learn from; it does not certify you, examine you or accredit anything. The only assessment in a build is the recall and self-test module it ends with, which is for you. **How does ZUQ pricing work?** On minutes of runtime, and nothing else. A 10-minute course spends 10 minutes, at any level and on any track. Each plan grants a monthly allowance and top-up minutes never expire. An update request to a finished build is a new build and spends that build's full runtime again. **Can I use ZUQ and Coursera together?** Nothing stops you, and it is the common case: the published course for the structure, ZUQ for the chapter, concept or document you need at your own level. Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. ## ZUQ vs Udemy URL: https://zuq.si/vs/udemy/ Intent: ZUQ vs Udemy Udemy is an online course marketplace. ZUQ builds one course to order from your request or your own files, at a level you choose. What ZUQ does. ZUQ is an AI course generator that builds one planned, full-length training video course from a request or your own reference files, at a level you choose. Udemy is an online course marketplace. One builds to order; the other is a market. Udemy is an online course marketplace. ZUQ is not a marketplace and has no catalogue: nothing is listed, nothing is browsed, and nothing is sold on to anybody. Each course is built to order from one request in plain words, or from your own reference files - modules in order, each with one job, worked examples inside them, and a recall and self-test module at the end. This page sets out what ZUQ does and what it does not do. For what Udemy lists today, at what prices, read Udemy: those are theirs to state and they change, and a second-hand description of them here would be stale before you read it. ### What ZUQ is for There is nothing to browse, which is the point. You say what you need to understand, or hand over the files you need to understand, and the course is planned for that request. Up to five reference files come with it - a spec, a manual, a chapter, a photograph of a page - and you write a one-line note on each saying what it is and what you want from it. Three choices are yours. The source material can be your own rather than a subject somebody chose to teach. The level is one of four, from beginner assuming nothing to expert assuming the literature, and it never changes the price. The runtime is yours from the ladder, 30 seconds to 30 hours, and it is the only thing priced: a build spends exactly the minutes it produces. - Build from your own material rather than from a listed subject. - Ask about a topic too narrow for anyone to have made a course on. - Choose a beginner or an expert pitch deliberately, before the build starts. - Ask for one concept in forty minutes instead of a series. - Choose the runtime, from 30 seconds to 30 hours, with no cap on modules. ### What ZUQ does not do You cannot publish or sell a ZUQ build. There is no storefront, no listing, no revenue share and no audience: a build belongs to the person who asked for it, and the only way anyone else sees it is if you share it yourself. There is no instructor either, and no reviews, ratings or enrolment numbers to read before you commit - because the course does not exist until you ask for it. What you can read before committing is the runtime you chose and what it will cost in minutes. - No marketplace: nothing is listed, bought or sold. - No publishing and no revenue share for a build you make. - No instructor, no reviews and no ratings to browse. - No certificate or accreditation. ### Where ZUQ is today Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. This page does not describe Udemy's pricing, features or quality. Those are Udemy's to state and they change; check Udemy's own site for what it offers today. What is set out above is what ZUQ does, and it does not rank either product. What ZUQ does, for a reader comparing it with Udemy | | ZUQ | | --- | --- | | What it is | An AI course generator: one request, or your own reference files, in - a planned training video course out, in modules, ending in a recall and self-test module | | What you give it | One request in plain words, a level and a runtime. You write no script and approve no outline - the module titles are decided when the build starts, and they appear on the build card in your library | | Reference files | Yes: up to 5 reference files, 10 MB each at most - PNG, JPEG, WebP or GIF images, PDF, plain text or Markdown - and you write your own one-line note on each. Up to 20,000 characters are read from a PDF or text file | | Who writes the course | AI models plan the course and write its chapters from your one request or your own files. You write nothing: no script, no outline, no module list | | How long it can be | From 30 seconds to 30 hours, in modules, with no cap on how many modules a course has or how many courses you build - minutes are the only thing that runs out | | Pitched at your level | Pitched at beginner, intermediate, advanced or expert, chosen before the build starts. The level never changes the price | | Cost model | Minutes only: a monthly allowance per plan, from 30 free on Free to 9,000 a month on Institute, plus top-up minutes that never expire. Every build spends its own runtime, and an update request spends the original's runtime again | | How it reaches you | A watch page of its own at /v/{slug}, private by default. You can grant a link, or make it public - only a public one is crawlable | | What you get today | Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. | ### Questions **Is ZUQ a Udemy alternative?** For one job: a course built to order on your subject, from your own files, at a level you choose, in the runtime you choose. There is nothing to browse and no instructor. Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. **What is the difference between ZUQ and Udemy?** Start with what ZUQ takes and makes. It takes one request in plain words, up to five reference files, a level and a runtime, and plans a course for exactly that: modules in order, worked examples, a recall and self-test module at the end. There is no catalogue, nothing is published and nothing is sold on. For what Udemy lists and how, read Udemy. **How much does ZUQ cost?** It is priced on minutes of runtime and nothing else: a monthly allowance per plan, starting with a free plan, plus top-up minutes that never expire. A 10-minute course spends 10 minutes at any level. An update request to a finished build is a new build and spends that build's full runtime again. **Can I sell my course on ZUQ like on Udemy?** No. ZUQ is not a marketplace: there is no storefront, no listing and no revenue share. A course ZUQ builds is built for the person who asked for it, and only you decide whether anyone else sees it. **Does ZUQ have a course catalogue?** No. There is nothing to browse. You type what you need to understand, or hand over a file, and the course is planned for that request. The homepage shows example requests and the module lists they produce. **Should I buy a course or build one with ZUQ?** Check the shelf first: if a published course covers your subject at your level, buying it is the cheaper move. Build one when the subject is your own material, too narrow to have a course, or needs a pitch you cannot find. Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. ## ZUQ vs Synthesia URL: https://zuq.si/vs/synthesia/ Intent: ZUQ vs Synthesia Synthesia is an AI video platform. ZUQ is an AI course generator: it plans and writes the course itself, so there is no script for you to write. ZUQ is an AI course generator: one request, or your own reference files, in - a planned, full-length training video course out, in modules. Synthesia is an AI video platform. The difference that decides it is what you have to bring. Synthesia is an AI video platform. ZUQ is an AI course generator, and the difference that matters is what you have to bring. ZUQ needs no script: from one request in plain words, or from your own reference files, the models plan the course and write its chapters - modules in order, each with one job, worked examples inside them, and a recall and self-test module at the end. This page sets out what ZUQ does and what it does not do. For what Synthesia does today and how it is priced, read Synthesia: that is theirs to state and it changes. ### What ZUQ is for ZUQ does the part before the script. You give it the question, the subject or the files - not the words. From that it plans the course, decides the module titles when the build starts, and writes the chapters: modules in order, each with one job, with worked examples inside them and a recall and self-test module at the end. The unit of output is a course rather than a clip. You choose the level - beginner, intermediate, advanced or expert - and the runtime, from 30 seconds to 30 hours, with no cap on how many modules a course has. Runtime is the only thing priced: a build spends exactly the minutes it produces, from a monthly allowance plus top-up minutes that never expire. - Bring the question, the subject or the document - not the words. - Ask for hours of material in modules rather than one video. - Build training from your own file: a policy, a manual, a procedure, a contract. - Pitch it at the level of the person who has to watch it. - Choose the runtime, from 30 seconds to 30 hours. ### What ZUQ does not do ZUQ will not render a script you have already written. There is no field for one: the request, the level, the runtime and your reference files are the whole input, and the writing is the part ZUQ does. If you have the words and want them presented, this is the wrong tool. It also offers no avatar, no presenter to choose, no voice to pick and no brand kit, template or scene editor. There is no timeline either: you cannot open a finished build and cut inside it. A change is asked for in plain words, and it starts a new build. - No script input: ZUQ writes the course, you do not. - No avatar, presenter choice, voice choice or brand template. - No editor and no timeline: nothing is cut inside a finished file. - No certificate or accreditation. ### Where ZUQ is today Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. This page does not describe Synthesia's pricing, features or quality. Those are Synthesia's to state and they change; check Synthesia's own site for what it offers today. What is set out above is what ZUQ does, and it does not rank either product. What ZUQ does, for a reader comparing it with Synthesia | | ZUQ | | --- | --- | | What it is | An AI course generator: one request, or your own reference files, in - a planned training video course out, in modules, ending in a recall and self-test module | | What you give it | One request in plain words, a level and a runtime. You write no script and approve no outline - the module titles are decided when the build starts, and they appear on the build card in your library | | Reference files | Yes: up to 5 reference files, 10 MB each at most - PNG, JPEG, WebP or GIF images, PDF, plain text or Markdown - and you write your own one-line note on each. Up to 20,000 characters are read from a PDF or text file | | Who writes the course | AI models plan the course and write its chapters from your one request or your own files. You write nothing: no script, no outline, no module list | | How long it can be | From 30 seconds to 30 hours, in modules, with no cap on how many modules a course has or how many courses you build - minutes are the only thing that runs out | | Pitched at your level | Pitched at beginner, intermediate, advanced or expert, chosen before the build starts. The level never changes the price | | Cost model | Minutes only: a monthly allowance per plan, from 30 free on Free to 9,000 a month on Institute, plus top-up minutes that never expire. Every build spends its own runtime, and an update request spends the original's runtime again | | How it reaches you | A watch page of its own at /v/{slug}, private by default. You can grant a link, or make it public - only a public one is crawlable | | What you get today | Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. | ### Questions **Is ZUQ a Synthesia alternative?** Only if the job is a course rather than a video of words you have already written. ZUQ plans the course, decides the modules and writes the chapters from one request or your own files. Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. **What is the difference between ZUQ and Synthesia?** Start with what ZUQ takes and makes. It takes one request in plain words, up to five reference files, a level and a runtime - no script - and plans a course for exactly that: modules in order, worked examples, a recall and self-test module at the end, from 30 seconds to 30 hours. For what Synthesia takes and makes, read Synthesia. **Does ZUQ use AI avatars?** No. There is no avatar, no presenter to choose and no voice to pick: a ZUQ build is a course - modules, worked examples and a recall and self-test module - and the models write it. Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. **Do I need to write a script for ZUQ?** No, and there is nowhere to put one. One request in plain words, or one file, is the whole input. The models plan the course and write the chapters; you choose the level and the runtime. **Can ZUQ make training videos for employees?** That is one of the things it is built for, and it can work from your own material: a policy, a manual, a procedure, a contract. Hand over up to five files with a one-line note on each, choose the level and the runtime, and the course is planned as modules with worked examples and a self-test. The page on AI training videos for employees covers this in detail. **Should I use Synthesia or ZUQ?** Ask what you have. If you already have the words and want them presented, ZUQ is the wrong tool - it has no script input. If you have a question, a subject or a document and need the course written, that is what ZUQ is for. ## ZUQ vs Khan Academy URL: https://zuq.si/vs/khan-academy/ Intent: ZUQ vs Khan Academy Khan Academy is a non-profit offering free lessons. ZUQ builds a course to order on your subject, from your own files, at a level you choose. ZUQ is an AI course generator that builds one planned, full-length training video course from a request or your own reference files, at a level you choose. Khan Academy is a non-profit that offers free lessons. One is free and already made; the other is built to order. Khan Academy is a non-profit that offers free lessons. If what you need is already there, it costs nothing and you can start now - check it first, and this page will still be here afterwards. ZUQ is for the thing that is not there. One request in plain words, or your own reference files, and a course is planned for exactly that: modules in order, each with one job, worked examples inside them, and a recall and self-test module at the end, pitched at a level you choose and sized to the time you have. This page says what ZUQ does. It is not a ranking. ### What ZUQ is for ZUQ builds a course on the subject you name, from the material you supply, at the level you choose. That covers three things no library of finished lessons can: a subject nobody has made a lesson about - a scanner protocol, a turbocharger, one chapter of one textbook, a contract you have to sign this week; your own file as the source, up to five of them with your own one-line note on each; and a pitch chosen per reader, from beginner assuming nothing to expert assuming the literature, with the runtime chosen too. Every build has worked examples inside its modules and ends with a recall and self-test module. It runs on minutes only: the free plan grants a monthly allowance with no card needed, paid plans grant more, and top-up minutes never expire. A build spends exactly the minutes of runtime it produces. - Ask about something no lesson exists for: your document, your equipment, your syllabus. - Set the pitch yourself - beginner assuming nothing, or expert assuming the literature. - Ask for a whole subject taught in order, for hours, from one request. - Hand over a photograph of a page and ask for the course around it. ### What ZUQ does not do ZUQ is not free throughout. The free plan grants a monthly allowance of minutes with no card needed and watermarked exports; past that, minutes come from a paid plan or a top-up. If your subject is already covered somewhere free, using the free thing is the better move and we would rather say so here than after you have spent minutes. There is also no ongoing exercise bank and no progress tracking across builds. The practice is inside the course it builds - worked examples in the modules, and the recall and self-test module at the end - and that is the whole of it. Nothing follows you from one build to the next, and nothing tracks a skill over weeks. - Not free past the monthly allowance: minutes come from a plan or a top-up. - No exercise bank and no skill tracking across builds. - No certificate or accreditation. - Free-plan exports are watermarked. ### Where ZUQ is today Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. This page does not describe Khan Academy's pricing, features or quality. Those are Khan Academy's to state and they change; check Khan Academy's own site for what it offers today. What is set out above is what ZUQ does, and it does not rank either product. What ZUQ does, for a reader comparing it with Khan Academy | | ZUQ | | --- | --- | | What it is | An AI course generator: one request, or your own reference files, in - a planned training video course out, in modules, ending in a recall and self-test module | | What you give it | One request in plain words, a level and a runtime. You write no script and approve no outline - the module titles are decided when the build starts, and they appear on the build card in your library | | Reference files | Yes: up to 5 reference files, 10 MB each at most - PNG, JPEG, WebP or GIF images, PDF, plain text or Markdown - and you write your own one-line note on each. Up to 20,000 characters are read from a PDF or text file | | Who writes the course | AI models plan the course and write its chapters from your one request or your own files. You write nothing: no script, no outline, no module list | | How long it can be | From 30 seconds to 30 hours, in modules, with no cap on how many modules a course has or how many courses you build - minutes are the only thing that runs out | | Pitched at your level | Pitched at beginner, intermediate, advanced or expert, chosen before the build starts. The level never changes the price | | Cost model | Minutes only: a monthly allowance per plan, from 30 free on Free to 9,000 a month on Institute, plus top-up minutes that never expire. Every build spends its own runtime, and an update request spends the original's runtime again | | How it reaches you | A watch page of its own at /v/{slug}, private by default. You can grant a link, or make it public - only a public one is crawlable | | What you get today | Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. | ### Questions **What does a finished ZUQ build hand back?** Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. Your request, the plan and the module list are saved and kept, each build gets its own watch page that is private until you share it, and we will say so the day real rendering begins. **What is the difference between ZUQ and Khan Academy?** Start with what ZUQ takes and makes. It takes one request in plain words, up to five reference files, a level and a runtime, and plans a course for exactly that: modules in order, worked examples, a recall and self-test module at the end, from 30 seconds to 30 hours, on a monthly allowance of minutes. For what Khan Academy offers, read Khan Academy. **Is ZUQ free?** Partly. The free plan grants a monthly allowance of minutes with no card needed, and its exports are watermarked. Past that allowance, minutes come from a paid plan or from a top-up pack that never expires. Runtime is the only thing priced. **Can ZUQ help my child with fractions?** It is designed for that request: photograph the worksheet, ask for fractions pitched gently for a beginner, choose a runtime, and a course is planned around it. If a free lesson on fractions already lands for your child, use it. Each finished build hands back a sample file for now, not your rendered course. **Does ZUQ have practice exercises?** Every ZUQ build has worked examples inside its modules and ends with a recall and self-test module. That is the practice: it is inside the course, not an ongoing exercise bank, and nothing tracks a skill from one build to the next. **What if I want the finished course changed?** You ask for the change in plain words. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. ## ZUQ pricing: monthly minutes and top-ups URL: https://zuq.si/pricing/ Intent: ZUQ pricing and plans ZUQ pricing: one meter, minutes. 4 plans from Free (free, watermarked) to Institute, plus top-up minutes that never expire. Paid by Stripe. ZUQ charges for video on minutes only: a monthly allowance per plan, plus top-up minutes that never expire. There are 4 plans: Free ($0, 30 minutes a month), Scholar ($19, 300 minutes a month), Lab ($59, 1,800 minutes a month) and Institute ($199, 9,000 minutes a month). ZUQ prices a course on one number: minutes of finished video. Every plan builds unlimited videos, of any length from 30 seconds to 30 hours, with no cap on how many modules a course has. The plans and figures on this page are generated from the same catalogue the product runs on. Each plan grants a monthly allowance in minutes: Free is free at 30 minutes a month, watermarked, no card needed. Lab and Institute are the plans whose monthly allowance covers a 30-hour course outright. Minutes bought as a top-up are spent only after the month's allowance runs out, and they never expire. ### How minutes work A build costs exactly the runtime it produces: a 10-minute video spends 10 minutes of your allowance, at any skill level and on any track. The minutes are held the moment you submit, before anything is built, so a build you have queued has already been counted against the month. If a build fails, the worker refunds the hold to your balance and writes the refunded figure onto the build itself as the receipt. Usage is counted against the current calendar month; the monthly allowance renews each period, does not carry over unused, and never converts to or from a second currency. Every length on the ladder is available at every plan, from 30 seconds to 30 hours: 30 seconds, 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 3 hours, 5 hours, 10 hours, 15 hours, 30 hours. ### The plans There are 4 plans. Each buys minutes at a better rate than the one below it, and every plan gets every track, every skill level and every length on the ladder. Free: $0 a month, 30 minutes (30 min), watermarked exports, 1 seat. Build something real and see whether it lands. Scholar: $19 a month, 300 minutes (5 hours), no watermark, 1 seat. For one person working through a subject. Lab: $59 a month, 1,800 minutes (30 hours), no watermark, 3 seats. For a research group, or one person taking on a whole field. Institute: $199 a month, 9,000 minutes (150 hours), no watermark, 5 seats. For a department sharing one library and one pool of minutes. A seat count is the size of the team including the owner, so one seat is a solo account. - Free: Unlimited videos - only minutes count; Every length from 30 seconds to 30 hours, if your minutes cover it; Build from your own documents, decks, contracts and papers; Ask for changes by prompt - a new build, minutes again, sample file for now; Top up minutes any time, on any plan - Scholar: Everything in Free; Share privately, with named people - Lab: Everything in Scholar; Three seats on one account, spending one pool of minutes; Everyone on the account sees every build in the library - Institute: Everything in Lab; Five seats on one account, spending one pool of minutes ### Top-up minutes, bought outright Running low before the month resets? Buy minutes outright and they are added to your balance, spent only after the monthly allowance is gone, and never expiring. A top-up is a one-time charge, not a subscription. - 60 minutes for $6, added to your balance and never expiring - 300 minutes for $27, added to your balance and never expiring - 1200 minutes for $96, added to your balance and never expiring ### What an update to a finished build costs Asking for a change to a finished build starts a new build. It is not an edit of the file you already have. You type the change in plain words and it is quoted at the full runtime of the video you are changing: a change to a 10-minute video spends 10 minutes again, and a change to a 30-hour course spends 1800 minutes again, which is the whole of a Lab month. The build you already have is kept exactly as it is, with its own plan and its own event log, and the update arrives beside it as a second build rather than replacing it. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. ### What does not change the price, and what is never rationed The skill level - beginner, intermediate, advanced or expert - changes how the course is pitched, never what it costs. The track - one concept, a whole subject, or your own content - does not change the rate either. Runtime is the only variable. Build as many videos as you like, with as many modules as the runtime needs. The reference files you hand over are capped, and attaching them costs no minutes: up to 5 files, 10 MB each at most, and at most 20,000 characters are read from a PDF or text file. Minutes are the only thing that runs out, and they can always be topped up. ### What is live today, and what is not Early build: minutes, plans and your saved briefs are real today. Rendered video is not - a finished build hands you a sample file, and we will tell you the day that changes. Payments are processed by Stripe. A plan is a recurring monthly subscription: Stripe charges the card each month until the subscription is cancelled, and cancellation is handled by Stripe in its own billing portal. A top-up is a one-time charge for the minutes in that pack, and nothing recurs. Card details are entered on Stripe's own checkout page and never reach ZUQ - this product never sees, stores or transmits a card number, and the amount is resolved on our server from the catalogue rather than sent up from your browser. Plans and what their minutes buy | Plan | Price | Minutes a month | As hours | Seats | Watermark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 30 | 30 min | 1 | Yes | | Scholar | $19 | 300 | 5 hours | 1 | No | | Lab | $59 | 1,800 | 30 hours | 3 | No | | Institute | $199 | 9,000 | 150 hours | 5 | No | ### Questions **How much does a 10 minute course cost on ZUQ?** 10 minutes of your monthly allowance or top-up balance, at any skill level. The Free plan's 30 free minutes a month cover that several times over. **Is there a free plan?** Yes. The Free plan grants 30 minutes of video a month, watermarked, and no card is needed. It renews every month rather than being a one-time grant. **How do I pay, and who takes the card?** Stripe. A plan is a recurring monthly subscription and a top-up is a one-time charge; both are paid on Stripe's own checkout page, so card details never reach ZUQ. Cancellation is handled by Stripe in its billing portal. Early build: minutes, plans and your saved briefs are real today. Rendered video is not - a finished build hands you a sample file, and we will tell you the day that changes. **Does asking for a change to a finished video cost minutes?** Yes - the full runtime of the video you are changing, because the change is a new build rather than an edit. Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins. **What happens when I run out of minutes?** Buy a top-up pack, which never expires, or wait for the monthly allowance to renew. Minutes are the only meter: there is no second balance to track. **Does the skill level change the price?** No. The level changes how the course is pitched - beginner assumes nothing, expert assumes the literature - and never what it costs. Runtime is the only thing priced. **Which plan do I need for a 30 hour course?** A 30-hour course is 1800 minutes. Lab (1,800 minutes a month) and Institute (9,000 minutes a month) are the plans whose monthly allowance covers it on its own. Free (30) and Scholar (300) do not, on the monthly allowance alone: Free grants 30 minutes; Scholar grants 300 minutes (5 hours) - a top-up covers the rest, and top-up minutes never expire. **Do minutes expire or renew monthly?** The monthly allowance renews every period and does not carry over unused. Minutes bought as a top-up are different: they are added to your balance once and never expire, and are spent only after that period's allowance is used up. ## About the company URL: https://zuq.si/about/ Intent: who makes zuq Who makes ZUQ: the AI course and video generator is built and operated by 9owls, Inc., founded by Ashish Salve. How to reach the product and the company. ZUQ is built and operated by 9owls, Inc., a company founded by Ashish Salve. 9owls, Inc. builds its own products, and ZUQ is the first one. ### The company 9owls, Inc. is the legal entity behind zuq.si. It is the party you contract with under the Terms of Service and the data controller named in the Privacy Policy. The company's own site is https://9owls.com/. ### Contact For the product - your account, a build, a plan, or a deletion or export request - write to support@zuq.si. For the company itself, write to hello@9owls.com. The short index of this document, with one line per page, is at https://zuq.si/llms.txt. Early build: we save your request and plan the course. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course - and we will tell you the day that changes.