{"toolsTextToPodcast":{"heroBadge":"Text to podcast","heroTitle":"Turn Any Text Into a","heroTitleHighlight":"Natural-Sounding Podcast","heroDesc":"Paste an article, notes, a chapter, or any other text. Scholarly turns it into a cited podcast episode with a host, an expert guest, and a producer, plus a synced transcript, listening check-in questions, and a Sources tab that lists what it was built from.","heroCta":"Turn text into audio free","heroCtaSecondary":"See the podcast feature","heroNote":"Free to start · No credit card required","heroSocialProof":"Used by 200,000+ learners and professionals worldwide","trustStat1":"200,000+","trustStat1Label":"Learners and professionals worldwide","trustStat2":"71","trustStat2Label":"Output languages and variants","trustStat3":"3","trustStat3Label":"Conversation styles","eyebrowAnswer":"Quick answer","answerTitle":"Can I turn text into a podcast?","answerBody":"Yes. Paste an article, notes, a chapter, a transcript, or an email thread, or upload a document. Scholarly turns it into a cited podcast: a conversation between a host, an expert guest, and a producer that defines terms, works through examples, and connects ideas, with chapters and a synced transcript. The Free plan includes one lifetime AI Creation Credit: one episode of about 2 minutes from one source, streamed and shared by link. Paid plans set a target length up to 60 minutes and download the MP3. Best for reading you keep putting off; for a word-for-word read-aloud, use text to speech instead.","answerUpdated":"Updated October 20, 2026. Speaker roles, plan limits, and download rules reflect the current version of Scholarly.","eyebrowHow":"How it works","howTitle":"From a block of text to a finished episode","howDesc":"Three steps, then audio you can take on a walk.","step1Title":"Paste or upload your text","step1Desc":"Paste text straight in, upload a document, or drop in a link. Combine several passages — an article plus your notes on it — into one episode when they cover the same topic.","step2Title":"Scholarly scripts the conversation","step2Desc":"A host asks the questions, an expert guest explains the text, and a producer adds context. Choose Conversational, Exam Prep, or Deep Dive.","step3Title":"Listen, then self-test","step3Desc":"Stream with a tap-to-jump transcript and share a link on every plan. Paid plans can download the MP3. Turn any unclear passage into flashcards.","eyebrowRitual":"When it helps","ritualTitle":"Where turning text into a podcast pays off","ritualDesc":"Reading dense text is slow and easy to put off. Hearing it explained as a conversation lets you cover it during time you could not read anyway — and a second pass in a different format is how ideas actually stick.","ritual1When":"Long reading lists","ritual1Title":"Get through the backlog","ritual1Desc":"Paste the articles and chapters you keep skipping. Hearing them explained on a commute clears the queue you would never sit and read.","ritual2When":"Right after you write","ritual2Title":"Hear your own draft back","ritual2Desc":"Listen to an essay or summary you wrote. Hearing it explained can reveal gaps in the argument.","ritual3When":"Dead time in your day","ritual3Title":"Learn while your eyes are busy","ritual3Desc":"Gym, dishes, the bus, a walk. Audio reaches the minutes reading never could, and that second exposure is spaced repetition you did not have to schedule.","ritual4When":"Before an exam","ritual4Title":"Prime the material, then test it","ritual4Desc":"Listen to a topic explained, note what you could not finish the sentence about, then turn that text into flashcards. You walk in knowing where the gaps are.","ritualNote":"The point is not the audio itself, it is that hard text gets a second pass in a format you will actually finish — and that you understand the ideas rather than just half-remembering the sentences.","eyebrowNotes":"Input quality","notesTitle":"What good source text looks like","notesDesc":"The episode can only be as good as the text you paste. Here is what separates a rich conversation from a flat read-aloud.","notesGoodTitle":"Text that makes a strong episode","notesGood1":"Complete sentences and paragraphs the hosts can reason about, not a bare list","notesGood2":"Terms introduced with a definition or an example in the text itself","notesGood3":"Cause-and-effect and comparisons, so the hosts can explain why, not just what","notesGood4":"Enough length to discuss — a few solid paragraphs beats two stray lines","notesGood5":"Clean, readable text rather than garbled exports or broken formatting","notesThinTitle":"Text that makes a thin episode","notesThin1":"Disconnected keywords or headings with no explanation underneath","notesThin2":"A page of formulas or figures with no surrounding text to read","notesThin3":"Very short snippets — a single sentence cannot fill an episode","notesThin4":"Scrambled copy-paste where sentences are cut off mid-thought","notesNote":"Rough text still works: the hosts organize loose paragraphs into a coherent discussion and expand standard abbreviations from context. But they will not invent content that is not on the page. If a passage is thin, paste a second related source alongside it — an explainer or a chapter — and the episode fills in the context around your text.","eyebrowOutline":"Example episode","outlineTitle":"A real text-to-podcast outline","outlineDesc":"The shape of an episode generated from a roughly two-page article on how vaccines train the immune system.","outlineEpisodeTitle":"Article — How Vaccines Train the Immune System","outlineMeta1":"11 min","outlineMeta2":"Host, guest, producer","outlineMeta3":"From a 2-page article","outlineRow1Time":"0:00","outlineRow1Title":"What this article is about","outlineRow1Desc":"The hosts frame the central question and why it matters before the detail.","outlineRow2Time":"1:40","outlineRow2Title":"Antigens and the first response","outlineRow2Desc":"The key terms defined exactly as the text uses them, then restated plainly.","outlineRow3Time":"4:10","outlineRow3Title":"Memory cells, explained out loud","outlineRow3Desc":"A spoken walk-through of the mechanism the article describes in a dense paragraph.","outlineRow4Time":"6:30","outlineRow4Title":"The worked example","outlineRow4Desc":"The case study from the article, retold start to finish so the idea sticks.","outlineRow5Time":"8:20","outlineRow5Title":"What the text leaves open","outlineRow5Desc":"Two claims the article states but never explains — flagged so you look them up.","outlineRow6Time":"9:40","outlineRow6Title":"Recap and self-quiz","outlineRow6Desc":"A fast summary, then three questions drawn from the text to answer out loud.","eyebrowExpect":"Voices and length","expectTitle":"What to expect from a text episode","expect1Title":"Adjustable target length","expect1Desc":"Set a short summary or a longer deep dive. Final runtime depends on the text and can differ from the target.","expect2Title":"Three speakers, your text","expect2Desc":"A host, an expert guest, and a producer discuss your text, each named after its voice. Pick the guest's voice or let Scholarly choose, in any of 71 output languages and regional variants.","expect3Title":"Three styles plus instructions","expect3Desc":"Conversational, Exam Prep, or Deep Dive, plus custom instructions like 'spend most of the time on the second section'.","expect4Title":"Transcript, sharing, and paid MP3","expect4Desc":"Tap any transcript line to jump, toggle captions, and share the episode on every plan. Paid plans can download the MP3.","eyebrowLimits":"Honest limits","limitsTitle":"What a text podcast can and cannot do","limits1":"The episode is only as complete as the text you paste. The conversation explains what is on the page; it does not research the rest of the topic for you, though Producer Notes beside the episode can add researched context with links. That honesty is useful: when the audio feels thin on a point, the source text was thin there too, and now you know before the exam does.","limits2Start":"If your source is a recording rather than writing, start there instead:","limits2Link":"turn the lecture into a podcast","limits2End":"and Scholarly transcribes and re-explains the audio so you are not pasting in a rough transcript by hand.","limits3Start":"And like any audio, this is review and priming, not problem-solving. Listening tells you what you recognize; it cannot tell you what you can produce under exam conditions. After the episode, turn the same text into","limits3Link":"flashcards","limits3End":"and answer from memory.","eyebrowFaq":"FAQ","faqTitle":"Text to podcast, frequently asked","faq1Q":"Can I paste text directly?","faq1A":"Yes. Paste any block of text straight in — an article, your notes, a chapter, an abstract, a transcript — or upload a document instead. Text copied from Google Docs, Notion, OneNote, a web page, or any plain-text editor all works.","faq2Q":"Which voices and languages does it support?","faq2A":"English episodes are voiced from a catalog of 10 voices, and episodes in other languages from a catalog of 30 multilingual voices. You can pick the guest's voice or let Scholarly choose; the host and producer are cast from the same catalog, and each speaker is named after its voice. The language picker offers 71 output languages and regional variants, and the episode does not have to be in the same language as the source.","faq3Q":"How is it different from NotebookLM Audio Overview?","faq3A":"Both turn your sources into an AI conversation. Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) Audio Overviews use two hosts (one speaker in the Brief format), offer Deep Dive, Brief, Critique, and Debate formats in 80+ languages with Shorter, Default, and Longer lengths (Longer is English only), include an English voice join-in mode, and let you download the audio. Scholarly uses a host, an expert guest, and a producer, lets you pick the guest's voice, sets a paid target length up to 60 minutes, and adds chapters, a searchable transcript, timestamped Producer Notes with researched links, and a chapter-slide video. Scholarly episodes are cited: each one lists the sources it was built from in its Sources tab. Scholarly downloads need a paid plan, and its language picker has 71 options.","faq4Q":"Can I combine several pieces of text into one episode?","faq4A":"Yes. Paste or upload multiple passages on the same topic — for example an article plus your notes on it — and Scholarly weaves them into one coherent episode. Adding a second source is also the fix when one piece of text is too thin on its own.","faq5Q":"How long can a Scholarly podcast be?","faq5A":"Free episodes are about 2 minutes. On Premium and Laureate you set a target from 5 to 60 minutes in 5-minute steps, with 15 minutes as the default; the target guides the script, so the final runtime can vary. A target over 15 minutes costs 1 extra AI Creation Credit, and over 30 minutes 2 extra.","faq6Q":"Can I download the podcast as an MP3?","faq6A":"Yes, on a paid plan. Premium and Laureate can download the MP3, or an MP4 of the chapter-slide video. Every plan, including Free, gets a synced transcript, captions, streaming, and link sharing.","faq7Q":"Does it just read my text aloud word for word?","faq7A":"No. A text-to-speech reader narrates the words. Scholarly creates a discussion between a host, an expert guest, and a producer that defines terms, works through examples, and connects ideas.","faq8Q":"Is Scholarly's text to podcast free?","faq8A":"Yes, to start. The Free plan includes one lifetime AI Creation Credit shared across Scholarly. Spent on a podcast, it makes one episode of about 2 minutes from one source (uploads up to 8 MB, the first 32 PDF pages), which you can stream and share by link. The credit does not reset, and downloads need a paid plan. Premium ($30/mo or $144/yr in the US) includes 15 AI Creation Credits each week. No credit card is required to start.","faq9Q":"How do I turn text into a podcast?","faq9A":"Paste text or upload a document, then choose a style, target length, and language. Scholarly creates a conversation between a host, an expert guest, and a producer that defines terms, works through examples, and connects ideas from the text. Each episode includes a synced transcript and listening check-in questions. Runtime varies.","faq10Q":"Are Scholarly podcasts cited?","faq10A":"Yes. Scholarly podcasts are cited: each episode lists the sources it was built from in its Sources tab. For a text episode that is the text or document you added, plus any other sources you combined with it, so you can go back to the original and check anything that sounds off.","relatedHeading":"More ways to study from your sources","relatedSubheading":"The same text can become audio, flashcards, and a quiz.","related1Title":"AI Podcast Generator","related1Desc":"The full podcast tool: any source, any style, 71 output languages.","related2Title":"Podcast Feature Overview","related2Desc":"Everything Scholarly podcasts include, with examples.","related3Title":"PDF to Podcast","related3Desc":"Textbook chapters and papers as three-speaker audio episodes.","related4Title":"Study Podcast Generator","related4Desc":"Build a podcast series per course from mixed sources.","related5Title":"Notes to Podcast","related5Desc":"Turn a week of class notes into an audio recap.","related6Title":"Audio Summary Generator","related6Desc":"A tighter spoken summary when you want the gist fast.","eyebrowPricing":"Get started","bottomTitle":"Give that text a second pass, out loud","bottomDesc":"Free to start. Paste your text, generate an episode, and listen before the material goes cold.","bottomCtaSecondary":"Explore the AI podcast generator","seoTitle":"Text to Podcast — Turn Any Text Into Natural Audio","seoDescription":"Turn text, notes, articles, or chapters into a cited podcast with a host, guest, and producer, a transcript, and check-in questions. Free to start.","seoKeyword1":"text to podcast","seoKeyword2":"turn text into podcast","seoKeyword3":"text to audio","seoKeyword4":"ai podcast from text","seoKeyword5":"convert text to podcast","seoKeyword6":"article to podcast","seoKeyword7":"text to speech podcast","seoKeyword8":"make a podcast from text","seoFeature1":"Paste or upload any text","seoFeature2":"Host, expert guest, and producer conversation","seoFeature3":"Synced transcript and captions","seoFeature4":"Self-quiz prompts at the end","seoFeature5":"71 output languages and regional variants","seoFeature6":"Stream and share on every plan; paid MP3 download","seoHowToName":"How to Turn Text Into a Podcast","seoHowToStep1Name":"Paste or upload your text","seoHowToStep1Text":"Paste an article, notes, or a chapter, or upload a document on one topic.","seoHowToStep2Name":"Generate the episode","seoHowToStep2Text":"Choose a style. Scholarly turns the text into an episode with a host, an expert guest, and a producer.","seoHowToStep3Name":"Listen and self-test","seoHowToStep3Text":"Listen during dead time, then turn the fuzzy passages into flashcards from the same text."}}