Turn any document into a two-voice podcast you can listen to on your commute
On-device recording and transcription for Mac, iPhone and iPad
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Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Pricing
Free: 3-minute preview of any episode with spoken-intro watermark, no download. Pro: $12/mo for unlimited episodes up to 50,000 characters, MP3 downloads, no watermark, priority queue. Credit pack: $9 for 20 full episodes up to 50,000 characters with MP3 downloads, credits never expire, no subscript
Free trial with five-minute recording limit per recording. Mac: US$7.99/month or US$79 one-time purchase for unlimited recording on five Macs with one year of updates. iPhone and iPad: US$5.99 one-time in-app purchase.
Key features
Paste text, PDF, DOCX upload, or article URL input
Two-host conversational format with Q&A dialogue
Self-hosted speech synthesis models
5–15 minute episodes with chapters and synced transcript
MP3 download capability on Pro plan
Free 3-minute preview on any document
Priority queue processing for Pro subscribers
Support for documents up to 50,000 characters
No watermark on Pro and Credit pack episodes
Live transcription with speaker labels while recording
Record both microphone and system audio together
Local recording library with Markdown notes
Optional screen recording alongside audio
Dictation into any app with double-tap ⌘
Vocabulary customization for improved recognition
Enhanced transcript re-transcription
Access files with third-party AI tools and editors
Import Apple Voice Memos into library
Command-line interface for managing recordings
What makes it different
Two-voice dialogue format keeps listeners engaged better than monotone reading
Self-hosted voice models optimized specifically for natural Chinese and Japanese pronunciation
No per-character pricing, so long documents are voiced end-to-end without truncation
Automatically rewrites source documents into conversational format
Credit packs never expire, providing flexible usage without subscription commitment
All recording and transcription runs on your device with no audio uploaded to servers
Plain Markdown files you own, usable outside the app
Sits in your Mac's notch, stays out of the way while recording
Free dictation into any app with no subscription required
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