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PH · PRODUCT_HUNT// 29d agoOPENSOURCE RELEASE
ReportCast turns PDFs into podcasts, self-hosted
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
29d ago
2026-03-14
PUBLISHED
29d ago
2026-03-14
RELEVANCE
5/ 10
AUTHOR
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