ElevenLabs introduced a new feature on its Elevenreader app on Wednesday to generate podcast-like audio using artificial intelligence (AI). Called GenFM, the feature allows users to add any text or YouTube videos and convert them into conversation podcasts with two AI “hosts” and send interesting details and interesting details from the source. This feature is currently available for free in the iOS version of the app. The company said GenFM can generate audio podcasts in 32 languages.
ElevenLabs brings AI podcast functionality to the app before NotebookLM
Google’s NotebookLM platform launched in June, allowing users to generate an AI overview in any document or text block in podcast style and use two AI hosts to discuss content. However, the platform is only available on the web, with only one language supporting English.
Elevenlabs’ GenFM feature seems to address both limitations with its AI podcast feature. The feature has been integrated into the Elevenreader application and supports 32 languages including English, Hindi, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and more. Currently, this feature is only available on iOS apps, and the company has confirmed that it will launch its Android app in the coming weeks.
To use the feature, users can paste text, upload documents, or add the URL of YouTube videos to the feature, and the platform will automatically convert it into a conversation podcast. The app picks two AI sounds from 12 options, which read aloud from the source and read interesting insights from it in human-like interactions.
The company stressed that the feature was built using ElevenLabs’ AI audio model and could generate podcasts in seconds. However, the company did not mention details about the source of AI models or preprocessed data. The company did emphasize that once an AI podcast is generated, user data will not be stored.
It is worth noting that the ElevenReader application is an AI-powered text-to-voice platform that works with multiple formats including PDF, EPUB, 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 very robotic.
