Their own drafts
Hearing a draft read back is the fastest way to catch sentences that do not work. Writers have done this for decades; the difference is it now takes a minute.
Use case
Create audio from any text you have
This is the simplest version of what Loudly does: text goes in, audio comes out, and it stays somewhere you can find it again. No file wrangling, no format conversion, no export step. If you can paste it, it can be read.
Four steps, start to finish
- Paste the text. Or upload a PDF or Word file, or paste a web link - all four inputs work the same way.
- Choose narration or summary. Full narration reads everything. A summary gives you the key points and concepts instead.
- Pick a voice. Each voice has a different character - energetic, warm, calm, authoritative.
- Listen, download, keep. Usually done in under five minutes. It stays in your library, groupable into playlists.
What people paste in
Transcripts and reports
Long documents nobody is going to sit and read become something you can get through while doing something else.
Course and training material
Anything you need to know well enough to repeat, converted once and replayed as often as you like.
Things they saved and never read
The most common case, and the one the product is really built around.
What "podcast" does and does not mean here
A note on wording: our two-host podcast format is still in development, so we are not going to describe it here as though it had shipped. What works today is full narration in a natural voice and spoken summaries, both saved to your library and playable like a podcast feed.
What you get today is a natural single voice reading your text, or a spoken summary of it, saved into a library with playlists, speed control, background playback and resume. In use it behaves like a private podcast feed. It is not two AI hosts having a conversation - that format is still in development, and pages that imply otherwise are not describing the shipped product.
Current limits
- The two-host conversation format is marked coming soon.
- It does not answer questions about your text.
- It cannot read a scanned image without a text layer.
- It does not publish a public RSS feed - your library is private to you.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a length limit?
Cost scales with length rather than a hard cap: one credit per minute of finished audio. Very long texts are best converted as a summary first.
Can I choose the voice?
Yes - each voice has a distinct character, so you are choosing a reader rather than accepting the one available.
Do I get a file I can keep?
Yes, the audio is downloadable.
Does this create a public podcast feed?
No. The audio lives in your private library. You can download a file and publish it yourself if you want to.
How fast is it?
Most articles finish in under five minutes - about four minutes on average.
Paste something in and listen
Any text you have will do for the first one.
No commitment - credit packs, cancel anytime. · 1 credit = 1 minute of finished audio