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Altspeak
Private listening from text
Text to speech podcast app guide
Turn articles, newsletters, and documents into a private podcast.
Altspeak turns long text into spoken MP3 episodes and delivers them through a private RSS podcast feed. Paste the text, queue the audio, then listen in a podcast app that supports private feeds with a username and password.
Step 1
Paste what you meant to read
Articles, newsletters, board packets, policy documents, legal notes, research, and long memos all become queueable audio jobs.
Step 2
Altspeak makes a private episode
The text becomes spoken audio and a podcast episode in your private feed, instead of another tab, attachment, or read-later pile.
Step 3
Listen in your podcast app
Use a private RSS feed with your email and generated password, then listen while driving, walking, doing chores, or clearing the queue.
Private podcast app support
Podcast apps tested with private RSS feeds and username/password
App behavior can change. These are the current top choices from Altspeak testing, with platform notes included so you can pick quickly.
| Podcast app | Support status | How to add the private feed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overcast | iPhone - Known to work with Altspeak | Use Add URL, then type in the username and password when prompted. | Tested with an Altspeak private feed. Overcast also documents special handling for private feeds, including HTTP Basic Auth credentials in feed URLs. App Store |
| AntennaPod | Android - Known to work with Altspeak | Add the RSS feed and provide username/password when requested. | Tested with an Altspeak private feed. AntennaPod describes private feeds that require username and password and says it gives those credentials directly to the podcast host when requested. Google Play |
| Downcast | iPhone - Documented password-protected feed support | Add the feed manually and enter credentials. | Downcast documents subscribing to password-protected feeds and changing credentials later in podcast settings. Source |
| Pocket Casts | iPhone/Android - Limited documented Basic Auth support | Use a Basic Auth feed URL and mark it private when submitting. | Pocket Casts says password-protected feeds are not formally supported, but documents limited support for username/password Basic Auth feeds. Source |
Does not support private secure feed yet
| Podcast app | Support status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Podcasts | iPhone - Does not support private secure feed yet | In current Altspeak testing, Apple Podcasts did not complete the private secure feed setup. |
| Player FM | Android - Does not support private secure feed yet | In current Altspeak testing, Player FM did not complete the private secure feed setup. |
“Known to work with Altspeak” means we verified the app with a real private feed. Documented support means the app maker describes relevant private-feed behavior, but it still needs Altspeak testing.
Who this is for
People with a reading queue that keeps fighting back.
Altspeak is built for people whose work produces more text than sit-down reading time. If the document matters but your calendar disagrees, make it listenable.
founders catching up between calls
researchers reviewing long papers
newsletter readers with a backlog
policy teams reading dense updates
board members preparing from packets
lawyers reviewing long documents
students studying on walks
commuters turning dead time into reading time
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People do not wake up wanting “workflow orchestration.” They search for the thing they need: listen to articles, convert a newsletter to audio, or make a private podcast feed from text. That is the job Altspeak is here to do.
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Small but important
This is not a fake radio show generator.
“AI podcast generator” can mean a lot of things. Altspeak is intentionally practical: it turns your real text into private spoken audio that lands in a podcast-style feed. No fake hosts required. No public publishing required. Just the reading you already care about, made listenable.
Ready when your reading queue is not
Turn text into something you can actually finish.
Paste long text into Altspeak, get a private podcast episode, and listen where your ears already are.
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