Side project

TEXT BECOMES A PODCAST

Aludel takes a text file, a PDF, or a web page and turns it into a two-voice episode: an editable line-by-line script, your choice of voice engine, a finished file ready to publish.

  • macOS 12+
  • Native Apple Silicon
  • v0.24.0 · beta
Aludel — Script
Aludel's two-voice dialogue script editor
How it works

FROM TEXT TO EPISODE

01

Import

Drop a .txt, .md, .html file, a PDF, or paste a URL. Aludel extracts and cleans the content, chapter by chapter when needed.

Aludel's import window with a file drop zone
02

Edit the script

The two-voice dialogue is editable text: rewrite a line, change who's speaking, cut what doesn't work. It's the cheapest place to fix quality.

Script editor showing an editable two-voice dialogue
03

Listen and export

A player with synced waveform and transcript, click-to-seek. Export to MP3 or WAV with metadata, plus the transcript.

Aludel player with synchronized waveform and transcript
Details that matter
Chapter selection dialog in Aludel

Automatic chapter detection

For books with a table of contents, Aludel finds the chapters and offers them as separate episodes (experimental).

Text normalization panel in Aludel

Text cleanup before synthesis

Numbers, abbreviations, and odd formatting get normalized before reaching the voice engine.

Your keys stay yours

CLOUD OR LOCAL

Connect OpenAI, Anthropic, and ElevenLabs with your own keys, or stay fully offline with Ollama and Piper. No account required, no telemetry.

LLM provider setup in Aludel
OpenAI · Anthropic
Ollama setup for offline use in Aludel
Ollama + Piper
ElevenLabs voice selection in Aludel
ElevenLabs
Services settings panel in Aludel

Keys live in the macOS Keychain, not on Aludel's servers.

Compared to NotebookLM
  • Editable script, not audio you have to sit through
  • Your choice of model and voice
  • Works offline, no account
  • The file is yours: MP3, WAV, and transcript export

A macOS studio for spoken word.

Pricing

FREE LOCALLY, PRO FOR CLOUD

Local

Ollama and Piper, free forever. No expiry, no artificial limits.

Pro

Perpetual license, not a subscription. Lower price during the beta, goes up at launch. Current figures on aludel.matteobalocco.it.

TRY ALUDEL

Download the macOS beta or request a free, renewable Pro key.

A project by Matteo Balocco, built in Vercelli, Italy. Contact: aludel@matteobalocco.it

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