AI Podcast Voiceover: The Script-to-Publish Workflow
Produce a podcast without a studio: script structure, cloning the host voice, two-person shows via multi-speaker generation, intro music and effects, full-episode transcript and subtitle export, and publishing notes.
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AI narration · about 2 minThe expensive part of podcasting isn't gear — it's time: recording, cutting, re-recording. The AI workflow gets a 20-minute episode done in under an hour, and the voice can still be yours.
1. Write for speaking
Conversational, short sentences, one idea per paragraph. Separate paragraphs with blank lines — long-form mode chunks by paragraph and keeps transitions natural. 20 minutes ≈ 3,000 words.
2. Voice: clone yourself
Upload 1–3 clean minutes to clone your voice; every episode after that is you — consistent, no head cold, no flubs. Prefer not to use your real voice? Pick a narrative native voice from the library.
3. Two-person shows: multi-speaker generation
Write the host + guest script, assign a voice per line in multi-speaker dialogue, generate the whole exchange at once; tags like [laughs] and [curious] give it breath. The homepage dialogue sample was made this way.
4. Intro, outro and effects
Generate a 15-second intro — describe style and structure ("warm acoustic guitar, builds then settles"); transition effects on the same page. Commercial licensing covers podcasts.
5. Export: audio + transcript + subtitles
Generation ships with character-level timing; export SRT in a click and publish the script as show notes — good for SEO and accessibility.
6. Publish
Apple Podcasts and Spotify accept AI-narrated content; disclose "AI-assisted" in the description. One MP3 per episode, chapters by file order.