Aview

This started as a personal side thing in 2017.

I was in high school, my cousins overseas didn’t speak much English, and we loved watching YouTube together. So I’d pause Logan Paul or Mark Rober videos, explain what was happening, then hit play again. It was fun, but got old fast.

So I hacked together a simple subtitling tool. Just for them.

Didn’t touch it for years. But with the rise of AI voice models and translation tech, I revisited the idea—except this time, I went further. Dubbing, cultural tweaks, and automatic distribution across global platforms. The works.

Now it’s called Aview. It’s helping creators and media teams turn English content into monetized content in other languages. We’re still early, but it’s getting weirdly real.

Some stuff I’ve learned:

• Your old content is probably worth more in another language.

  Especially if you’ve built a library. Podcasts, YouTube, online courses—it all works.

• Most creators don’t need new uploads.

  Some are literally making money from videos they forgot existed.

• Translation isn’t the problem. Distribution is.

  Uploading, formatting, metadata, thumbnailing. That’s the headache.

Not everything’s smooth. Pricing is hard. Cultural adaptation is really hard. And convincing creators they don’t have to micromanage everything? Even harder.

If you’ve got content in English and are curious what it could sound like in another language, I’ll happily run a free sample. Drop a link + language. We’ll show you what it could look like.

And if you know creators or companies who should try this, we’ve got a referral thing that actually pays.

Still figuring it all out—but this subreddit helped me tons while building so just wanted to share where it’s at now.