A free, open-source tool
Podcastify
Turn any e-book or article into a two-host podcast. One host narrates, a co-host chimes in, and natural neural voices bring it to life.
By Jeremy Lee
Sam
Welcome to Podcastify. Today we're getting into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Alex
That's right. Let's dive in. Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank…
Sam
Wait, can you unpack that a little?
Alex
Good question. Here's the next part — when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her…
Why two hosts?
An audiobook is one voice reading at you. A two-host show is easier to stay with on a walk or commute — the back-and-forth gives your ear somewhere to rest. Podcastify takes text you already have and stages it for two voices, so it feels like a conversation about the material rather than a recital.
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Two distinct voices
A narrator and a curious co-host, each with its own natural neural voice (and you can swap either one).
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Free & local
Voices come from Microsoft edge-tts — no API key, no cost. Runs on your own machine.
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Optional Claude rewrite
Add an Anthropic API key and Claude rewrites the source into a genuine back-and-forth conversation.
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EPUB or article
Point it at an EPUB, a text file, or an HTML article; get an MP3 plus a clean transcript.
How it works
- Give it an EPUB, text, or HTML file you own (or a public-domain title).
- It builds a two-host script — a structured reading with interjections, or a full Claude rewrite.
- Each turn is voiced by its host and stitched into one MP3 with ffmpeg.
- Listen, and read along with the saved transcript.
About content: Podcastify ships no books or audio — you bring your own files. It's meant for material you own or public-domain titles, for personal listening.