PaperPod
Turn any document into an interactive AI podcast
13 followers
Turn any document into an interactive AI podcast
13 followers
Upload PDFs, DOCX, notes or text and turn them into natural two-host AI podcast conversations. Listen while commuting, studying or working, then interrupt anytime to ask questions using document-only or document + web AI.
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PaperPod
Launched this week
Upload PDFs, DOCX, notes or text and turn them into natural two-host AI podcast conversations. Listen while commuting, studying or working, then interrupt anytime to ask questions using document-only or document + web AI.
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Would love to see a way to export the transcript alongside audio playback, so I can quickly scan or search specific moments without having to scrub through.
@arindemirevm1u You can share, download podcast audio and transcript script with proper speaker diarization (Host, Guest). Also there is live transcript support when the podcast audio plays. You can click on any line to jump in the audio.
Just Click on Show Transcript
From UI's perspective should I make this more clear?
Genuinely useful for my long reading lists. Two-host format feels way more engaging than typical tts, and the interrupt-to-ask feature actually pulled correct details from the pdf I uploaded. Solid stuff.
@tarkbjqy Really appreciate that, it means a lot coming from someone who actually tried it. :)
The biggest engineering challenge wasn't the AI itself, it was latency. I spent quite a bit of time optimizing the generation pipeline using adaptive concurrency, faster audio synthesis, smarter LLM routing, and retry mechanisms to get the total generation time close to a minute.
If you get a chance, I'd love for you to try it with something more challenging—a research paper or a document full of architecture diagrams—and let me know where it breaks. That's the kind of feedback I'm looking for.
The two-host format is a really smart touch, it keeps the listening experience from feeling like another dry TTS dump and actually holds attention. Love that you can jump in mid-conversation with a question too.
@savas_teki53713
Thank you! That was actually one of the core design goals.
Traditional text-to-speech often feels like someone reading paragraphs aloud. I wanted it to feel like you're listening to two people naturally explaining the material instead.
The interruption feature came from my own habit of constantly stopping while reading to ask "Wait... why does this work?"
Curious—what kind of documents would you personally use PaperPod for?
Would love a way to export the full transcript with timestamps, and maybe a highlights doc pulled from the conversation. Super helpful for studying or referencing back later without re-listening to the whole thing.
@ademhelvac59796
That's an excellent suggestion.
The transcript already exists internally with speaker information, so adding timestamps and making it exportable is definitely feasible.
I also really like the idea of generating "conversation highlights" or key takeaways automatically after the podcast finishes. That would make revision much easier without replaying the entire episode.
Added to my roadmap. Thanks for the idea! 🚀
Love how the two-host format actually feels conversational instead of robotic, and being able to interrupt mid-listen to ask a follow-up question is a really thoughtful UX choice.
@meral237026
Thank you so much!
I found that most AI readers still feel like robotic narration. I wanted PaperPod to feel more like listening to a discussion where you're free to interrupt, ask follow-up questions, and immediately continue the conversation.
I'm really happy that came across in your experience.
Love how the two-host format actually feels like a real conversation instead of a robotic Q&A, and the ability to interrupt mid-listen to ask follow-ups is a genuinely thoughtful UX choice.
@nazlbornovxsfy
Thanks! 😊
That conversational feeling was one of the hardest parts to get right. We spent a lot of time refining the dialogue generation so it feels like two people genuinely explaining concepts instead of alternating paragraphs.
It's great to hear that it feels natural. That's exactly the experience I was hoping to create.