elevenlabs Wednesday introduced a new feature on its ElevenReader app that can instantly generate podcast-like audio using artificial intelligence (AI). The feature, called GenFM, allows users to add any text or a YouTube video and turn it into a conversational podcast with two AI ‘hosts’ voicing insights and interesting details from the source. This feature is currently available for free iOS App version. The company says that GenFM can produce audio podcasts in 32 languages.
ElevenLabs brings AI podcast feature to apps before NotebookLM
Google’s NotebookLM platform, which was launched In June, it allows users to generate AI overviews of any document or block of text in a podcast-like style, with two AI hosts discussing the content among themselves. However, the platform is only available on the web and is supported in only one language – English.
ElevenLabs’ GenFM feature appears to solve both of these limitations with its AI Podcast feature. is characteristic being integrated ElevenReader supports 32 languages in the app and includes English, Hindi, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and more. Currently, it is only available on the iOS app, and the company has confirmed that the feature will also be made available on its Android app in the coming weeks.
To use the feature, users can paste text, upload a document, or add youtube The video’s URL and platform in the feature will automatically turn it into a conversation podcast. The app chooses two AI voices from more than 12 options, and these AI ‘hosts’ read aloud the source content and interesting insights from it in a human-like conversation.
The company highlighted that the feature was built using ElevenLabs’ AI audio models and can generate podcasts in seconds. However, the company did not mention details about the AI model or the source of its pretraining data. The company highlighted that it does not store user data once an AI podcast has been generated.
Specifically, the ElevenReader app is an AI-powered text-to-speech platform that works with multiple formats including PDF, PDF, PDF, text, URLs, and even text in images. The app is free to use, and users can also publish their audio for the community to listen to. However, the audio is absolutely robotic.