AI-Podcast-Generator

AI Podcast Generator is a AI powered software that automatically generates podcast scripts and audio from text files. This tool leverages Marvin for text generation and Play.ht API for text-to-speech conversion. The generated audio clips are then merged using pydub to create the final podcast output.

Features

• Generate podcast scripts and audio automatically.
• Customize podcast details, host, guest, topics, and output settings.
• Supports multiple voices from Play.ht API.
• Requires minimal setup and configuration.

Examples

Soundcloud Playlist 📻

Artificial Intelligence for Natural Brains

This Audio was generated based on this YAML text file.

# Podcast Interview Configuration
podcast:
  info:
    title: Artificial Intelligence for Natural Brains
    description: A podcast where we talk about the future of AI and how it will affect our lives
  host:
    name: Brandon Bert
    voice: en-US-BrandonNeural #A value from data/voices.json
  guest:
    name: Monica Gradient
    voice: en-US-MonicaNeural #A value from data/voices.json
  topics:
    main: Artificial Intelligence
    sub:
      - ChatGPT
      - Generative AI
      - AGI
      - AI Ethics
  output:
    duration: 5 #Episode length in minutes
    language: english
    audio: True #Set to False if you want to generate only the text script
    folder: examples/ai/

Cats and Egyptians Gods (Spanish)

This Audio was generated based on this YAML text file.

# Podcast Interview Configuration
podcast:
  info:
    title: Todos los gatitos se van al cielo
    description: Un programa donde conversamos sobre gatitos y las divinidades egipcias
  host:
    name: Alfonso Astorga
    voice: es-AR-TomasNeural #A value from data/voices.json
  guest:
    name: Alicia Cats
    voice: es-MX-BeatrizNeural #A value from data/voices.json
  topics:
    main: Gatos y Dioses Egipcios
    sub:
      - Los Gatos en el Antiguo Egipto
      - Historias acerca de Gatos y Dioses Egipcios
      - ¿Por qué los gatos eran considerados divinos?
  output:
    duration: 5 #Episode length in minutes
    language: spanish
    audio: True #Set to False if you want to generate only the text script
    folder: examples/cats/

Can ants be standup comedians? (Spanish)

This Audio was generated based on this YAML text file.

# Podcast Interview Configuration
podcast:
  info:
    title: Los que reímos al último
    description: Un programa donde conversamos sobre la comedia, el humor y los que les gusta terminar el día con una sonrisa
  host:
    name: Alfonso Astorga
    voice: es-US-AlonsoNeural #A value from data/voices.json
  guest:
    name: Penelope Antenas
    voice: es-CO-SalomeNeural #A value from data/voices.json
  topics:
    main: Las hormigas y la comedia
    sub:
      - ¿Pueden hablar las hormigas?
      - ¿Pueden las hormigas hacer comedia?
      - ¿Sobre que se ríen las hormigas?
      - Cuentanos un chiste clásico que hagan las hormigas.
      - Nombre un comediante hormiga famoso.
  output:
    duration: 5 #Episode length in minutes
    language: spanish
    audio: True #Set to False if you want to generate only the text script
    folder: examples/ants/

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/aastroza/podcast-automation.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd podcast-automation

3. Create a Python virtual environment:

python3 -m venv venv

4. Activate the virtual environment:

• For Linux/MacOS:

source venv/bin/activate

• For Windows:

venv\Scripts\activate.bat

5. Install the required packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Create a YAML configuration file for your podcast (e.g., podcast.YAML).
2. Set up the environment variables by creating a .env file and adding the required API keys.
3. Run the script to generate the podcast:

python podcast.py --input examples/ai/podcast.YAML

The script will generate the podcast audio and save it in output folder specified in the YAML file.

Configuration

The YAML configuration file contains information about the podcast, host, guest, topics, and output settings. Here's an example:

# Podcast Interview Configuration
podcast:
  info:
    title: Artificial Intelligence for Natural Brains
    description: A podcast where we talk about the future of AI and how it will affect our lives
  host:
    name: Brandon Bert
    voice: en-US-BrandonNeural #A value from data/voices.json
  guest:
    name: Monica Gradient
    voice: en-US-MonicaNeural #A value from data/voices.json
  topics:
    main: Artificial Intelligence
    sub:
      - ChatGPT
      - Generative AI
      - AGI
      - AI Ethics
  output:
    duration: 5 #Episode length in minutes
    language: english
    audio: True #Set to False if you want to generate only the text script
    folder: examples/ai/

Getting an API key

To obtain an OpenAI API key, follow these steps:

• Log in to your an OpenAI account (sign up if you don't have one)
• Go to the "API Keys" page under your account settings.
• Click "Create new secret key." A new API key will be generated. Make sure to copy the key to your clipboard, as you will not be able to see it again.

To obtain a Play.HT API access, follow these instructions.

Environment Variables

1. Rename .env.example fileto .env in the project directory:
2. Open the .env file and replace the placeholder values with your actual API keys:

OPENAI_API_KEY='your_openai_api_key'
PLAYHT_SECRET='your_playht_secret_key'
PLAYHT_USER_ID='your_playht_user_id'

Make sure to save the changes to the .env file.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.