Show HN: PDF to Podcast – Convert Any PDF into a Podcast Episode
Hi HN! I'm stoked to share a project I've been working on called PDF to Podcast. It's a free, open-source tool that automatically converts PDF documents into engaging, informative podcast-style audio content using large language models and text-to-speech tech. Inspiration: The idea for this project came from the NotebookLM demo at Google I/O, where they showcased generating audio dialogue from uploaded PDFs and other sources. However, that audio feature hasn't been publicly released yet, and I wanted to challenge myself to build something similar using existing tools and APIs. How it works: The user uploads a PDF The tool extracts the text and feeds it into Google's Gemini Flash language model Gemini Flash generates a natural, engaging podcast dialogue script based on the key information in the document This script is then converted to audio using OpenAI
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Hi HN! I'm stoked to share a project I've been working on called PDF to Podcast. It's a free, open-source tool that automatically converts PDF documents into engaging, informative podcast-style audio content using large language models and text-to-speech tech. Insp
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- knowsuchagency
- Ended
- 2024
- Source
- hackernews