AI Podcast Generator from Your Sources

An AI podcast generator turns a PDF, lecture transcript, slide deck, article, report, or topic into a voiced conversation. Scholarly scripts three roles, generates the audio, and adds chapters and a synced transcript. Alex hosts, Sam produces, and the Guest brings expertise.

Yes. Upload a textbook chapter, research paper, lecture deck, work report, whitepaper, or notes. Scholarly creates a three-speaker podcast with Alex as host, Sam as producer, and a Guest. You can combine PDFs with images, text files, and YouTube transcripts in one episode.

Most generated episodes run 8–25 minutes depending on source length and the style you pick. Quick Summary is designed for a shorter review, while Deep Dive can run longer for a chapter you want to truly internalize. When creating a podcast, use the length slider to set an approximate target up front, or re-generate toward a different length afterward.

70+ languages, including Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Portuguese, and more. You can keep the source in one language and generate the podcast in another — useful for studying or learning a second language.

Yes. The Free plan includes one shared lifetime AI creation across Scholarly. It does not reset and can be used to create a podcast. Premium includes 10 AI creations each week. No credit card required.

Yes. Everyone can stream and share the audio or synchronized chapter-slide video. On paid plans, download the episode as an MP3 for audio apps or as a 16:9 MP4 for offline use and publishing.

NotebookLM is a general-purpose research notebook with an English-leaning audio style. Scholarly offers 70+ languages and four conversation styles: Conversational, Exam Prep, Deep Dive, and Quick Summary. You can reuse the same material for flashcards and quizzes.

Yes. Every podcast gets a shareable link you can send to friends or post in a class chat. Listeners don't need a Scholarly account to stream it, and you can revoke the link at any time.

For studying, choose a generator that works from your course material. Scholarly creates three-speaker episodes from PDFs, lecture notes, slides, YouTube videos, or a topic. Each episode includes page references, chapters, and a synced transcript. It supports 70+ languages and is free to try with no credit card.

Yes. Beyond PDFs, Scholarly generates podcasts from lecture slides, text files, photos of handwritten notes, YouTube videos, and plain topic prompts. You can mix several source types into a single episode — for example, a slide deck plus the recorded lecture it came from — and the episode covers them together.

Treat each episode as a first pass: listen once for the big picture, then re-read the source while the structure is fresh, and finally self-test. Because Scholarly generates the podcast from your own material and lets you turn the same source into flashcards and quizzes, listening becomes active review you reinforce with recall — not passive background noise. The same approach works for professionals briefing on a report or researchers digesting papers: chapter markers and the synced transcript let you replay the parts you found hardest.

Upload a textbook chapter, research paper, or slide deck as a PDF, then choose a conversation style and language. Scholarly scripts a three-speaker episode with Alex as host, Sam as producer, and a Guest. See the AI podcast from PDF guide or open the PDF to Podcast tool.

Producer Notes are timestamped research briefings included with new Scholarly podcast episodes. While the audio is generated, a research agent studies the same chapters, searches the web, and writes notes with cited, validated links at the moments where extra context helps. You can jump the player to a note's timestamp, open its sources, or send the note into the episode chat to explore it further. Episodes also include a curated Related Resources list for continuing beyond the episode.