ReportCast turns PDFs into podcasts, self-hosted

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ReportCast turns PDFs into podcasts, self-hosted

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ReportCast is an MIT-licensed, open-source tool that converts PDF reports into AI-narrated podcasts using OpenAI or Claude for script generation and self-hosted Piper TTS for audio. It supports 19 voices across 7 languages, deploys via Docker, and includes a live transcript that highlights in sync with playback.

// ANALYSIS

Self-hosted PDF-to-podcast is a clever niche — meeting the real problem that nobody actually reads reports, and solving it without recurring API costs.

–Piper TTS bundled out of the box means zero TTS spend on-prem; OpenAI and ElevenLabs are optional upgrades for higher voice quality
–Supports both OpenAI and Anthropic Claude for script generation, avoiding vendor lock-in on the AI side
–BullMQ + Redis job queue architecture means long PDF processing runs are handled asynchronously — solid choice for a self-hosted workload
–Live transcript sync with auto-highlighting is a polished UX touch that elevates this above basic TTS wrappers
–2 upvotes on Product Hunt suggests very early launch; low traction but the Docker-in-5-minutes story is genuinely compelling for DevOps and research teams

// TAGS

reportcastopen-sourcespeechllmself-hosteddevtool

DISCOVERED

74d ago

2026-03-14

PUBLISHED

74d ago

2026-03-14

RELEVANCE

5/ 10

AUTHOR

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