Turn any document into a two-voice podcast you can listen to on your commute
Private dictation and meeting transcripts for Mac, no subscription required
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Pricing model
Freemium
Paid
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
Personal plan: $29 one-time for 1 Mac. Pro plan: $39 one-time for 2 Macs. Both include lifetime license and 12 months of updates. Enterprise plans available by contacting [email protected]
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
Dictation in any Mac application with customizable keyboard shortcuts
Meeting recording without adding a bot to the call
Custom vocabulary and name recognition training
Transcript search and replay functionality
Drag and drop audio file transcription
Support for 25 languages
Low memory usage compatible with other open applications
Automatic cleanup of rough speech into readable text
Local processing with no account or API key required
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 audio processing happens locally on your Mac with no data sent to external servers
One-time purchase with no monthly subscriptions or usage limits
Meeting recording without adding a bot participant to calls
Fast accurate transcription faster than typing by hand
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