Audify vs VocalVia

Audify is a free, open-source application that turns PDF, DOC and DOCX files into editable two-speaker podcast scripts and downloadable MP3 episodes. It extracts document text and can use OCR when a scanned PDF yields little text. Users review and revise speaker turns, wording and flow, choose host and guest voices, and select conversational, educational or professional tones before generating audio. Ollama is the primary script-generation route, with OpenAI as a fallback; an OpenAI API key is required for text-to-speech, while Ollama is optional. The TTS service creates speech for dialogue turns, combines it into MP3, and supports playback and download. Audify uses FastAPI microservices with a React and Vite frontend and is orchestrated for local Docker Compose deployment. Its API handles uploads, generation, job status and downloads. Docker Engine 24.x or later and Docker Compose Plugin v2 or later are required. Uploads are limited to 10 MB, and jobs reset after container restarts unless storage is added.

VocalVia converts documents or pasted text into editable podcast scripts and generated audio in a web app. It accepts PDF, DOCX, TXT, and Markdown files, as well as pasted text; uploads can be up to 20 MB and pasted text up to 100,000 characters. Before audio generation, users can review, reorder, rewrite, and edit both the outline and script. Available formats include Single Narrator, Two-Host Interview, Study Tutor, Business Briefing, and Research Breakdown. Users can upload or record a sample to clone their voice for projects. Script generation supports English and Chinese, while the voice catalog covers more than eight languages. Finished audio can be adjusted for speed, volume, and loudness, then downloaded as MP3. Video Studio creates narrated 1280×720 MP4 videos with AI-generated scene images and optional subtitles. Uploaded documents are used only to generate podcasts, are not used for model training, and can be deleted anytime. Most podcasts are ready in 2–5 minutes. The free plan has fair-use limits; paid plans are $12 a month and include 500 monthly credits.