Pushkal Shukla

PaperPod - Doc to podcast style conversation audio book+real time Q&A

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🎧 PaperPod Documents → Podcast-style conversations → Real-time voice Q&A Support Upload any document (PDF, DOCX, TXT) → AI generates a natural two-host podcast conversation → Listen and; ask real-time questions with voice. Unlike traditional text-to-speech apps, PaperPod doesn’t just read documents aloud. It creates conversational explanations that are easier to follow, more engaging, and better for retention.

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Pushkal Shukla
Hey Product Hunt 👋 I’m Pushkal, the maker of PaperPod. The idea started from a very personal frustration: I had tons of research papers, PDFs, technical docs, and long-form content bookmarked… but never enough time or energy to sit and read everything. Traditional text-to-speech tools felt robotic and boring. So I built PaperPod — an AI system that turns documents into natural podcast-style conversations between two hosts, where you can also ask follow-up questions while listening. Instead of: 📄 “reading a document” It feels like: 🎙️ “listening to a smart podcast about the document” A few things I’m especially excited about: • Two-host conversational narration instead of robotic reading • Real-time Q&A on the document while listening • Designed for commuting, gym, multitasking, and passive learning • Works with PDFs, notes, research papers, docs, etc. This is still early, and I would genuinely love feedback from the Product Hunt community ❤️ A few things I’d love to know: 1. Would you actually use something like this regularly? 2. What type of content would you convert first? 3. What would make this a must-have product for you? Thanks so much for checking out PaperPod 🙏
Pushkal Shukla

Built 2 major new features in PaperPod today

✨ New Features

1. Interactive Transcript SyncEvery podcast transcript is now fully synced with the generated audio.
You can:
- click any transcript line to jump directly to that audio section
- follow live highlighted dialogue while listening
- instantly revisit important concepts without scrubbing manually

This makes long-form learning dramatically easier for:
- students
- researchers
- podcast learners
- multitaskers

🌐 2. Hybrid AI Q&A (Document + Web)PaperPod now supports two intelligent Q&A modes:
📄 Document OnlyAnswers are generated purely from your uploaded PDFs/notes.

🌍 Document + WebUses web search + your uploaded document context together.
This means users can:
- ask follow-up questions
- combine uploaded knowledge with real-time web information
- explore concepts beyond the document itself