AI Podcast Blog 2.0
New and improved AI-generated image courtesy of Dall-e.
by Tina Nole, Larj Media Founder and Chief Creative Officer
As the ever-changing world of AI continues to blow my mind and frustrate the hell out of me, I am back with an update about the tools I covered in my last blog: AI and Podcasting: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship?
Capsho updates:
Capsho continues to lead the pack in terms of its potential to streamline podcast post production and promotion. They just released a rather giant upgrade to the tool. As of my last missive, Capsho didn’t include video among their offerings (though I predicted they would) but all that has changed with the latest update. Capsho has split their offerings in two: Capsho Copy Studio is essentially what used to be Capsho 1.0 with the addition of Blogs and Capsho Creative Studio which is their video solution. As I’m writing, I am attempting to learn more about it and in true AI form it is not working* (I tried it in both Chrome & Safari). Alas, here’s a brief encapsulation of the new features and what it would do if it were up and running properly:
Soundbites: generates short video worthy sections from your podcast in three different categories:
Raise Awareness – soundbites that will raise awareness for new audiences
Get Listens and Views – soundbites that will entice an audience to click through to watch or listen to the show
Get Engagement – soundbites that will attract an audience to like, react or comment on your show
Segments: Generates three Segments (though it’s not working for me so I can’t tell how these differ from Soundbites)
Script Generator: This will generate a script for you to record as an intro/outro for the sound bite or segment Capsho generated.
Potent Quotables: generates four quotes per category from your content. This is also offered in Copy Studio so I’m not sure why they’re located here too.
Epiphany
Motivational
Promotional
Story
Topic
I love that Capsho provides the categories for you rather than making you figure out Chat GPT prompts. This is unique features is the thing that I feel is what sets Capsho apart from other tools and makes it incredibly easy to use.
The newest feature in Capsho’s Copy Studio appears to just be the addition of Blog Posts.
Blog Posts: allows you to create three types of blog posts in different categories.
Listicle
How To
Q&A
In addition to the new studio features, Capsho has updated the way it allows you to import your audio. In 1.0 you could only upload one episode at a time, now with Capsho 2.0 you’re able to upload several episodes simultaneously which saves a lot of time. You can also give each show a tone of voice and save it inside a folder. This is a fantastic upgrade for companies like mine that are managing several shows at a time.
In terms of price, you can combine both the Creative & Copy Studio for $79 a month. I’m not sure why they’d separate them, but I guess if you didn’t want video (which seems short sighted) then you might not want to pay for it - you can separate them for $49 respectively. To be clear though, if you have already been using Capsho you will have to totally redo all the work you’ve done if you want to enable 2.0. I’m shocked they didn’t just allow the back catalogue access to the new features, makes zero sense to me… alas.
*I found out why Creative Studio wasn’t working for me. I tried to use it on an episode I had uploaded before they upgraded to 2.0. I didn’t get a warning or error message, it just pretended to be working and didn’t generate any content (after 20 minutes) – which is either a bug or giant mistake. After talking with their tech support, I was issued an apology and a promise that they’d gray out the options so it wouldn’t be confusing (to date the option is still there and not grayed out – so don’t waste your time if you have episodes already loaded, you’ll have to reload them and use another credit).
A few new things Capsho is teasing:
Images: They are releasing a new feature that will allow users to upload images (I hope they do this for video as well, but so far, I’m not seeing it).
Capsho Guest: This feature will allow your guests to share content generated by AI. Currently, we have to custom-create this type of content, so having a template will be useful. This feature will allow guests to pull out content specific to what they said on the show – which will be handy for promotional purposes.
Other tools I’m keeping my eye on:
Swell AI seems to have slowed its development and doesn’t appear to be homing in on video at this time. However, it has added a new Keyword Writer feature that creates SEO optimized blog posts using imported key words. I attempted to use this feature but was thrown off a bit when I was prompted to import a word file or PDF. I didn’t understand where that would originally come from, so that’s as far as I got.
Momento AI has improved its segment/video making interface. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t work for me, so it doesn’t get a review today. I guess, Capsho for the win?!
I promised to update you on Adobe’s Shasta and though they are nowhere near where Descript is, I am incredibly impressed by what it’s able to do, particularly when it comes to improving audio quality. Shasta’s Advanced Speech is AHMAZING! It makes voice recordings sound as if they’re recorded in an actual studio (you can upload up to three hours of audio). We tried it out with some mediocre audio, and it fixed it up instantly! It’s still free so if you have any audio you need cleaned up check it out.
Descript’s new AI addition is bonkers. They’ve added a new feature called AI Eye Contact for video. This AI allows you to upload a video in which you are reading from a script and generate a version of your video that gives the appearance of you looking directly into the camera. It removes the back-and-forth motion your eyes do when reading!
They’ve also officially launched Voices, a feature that generates text-to-speech audio by cloning your voice (or anyone you get permission from). I’m still playing with it but if you want to check it out you can find it here.
As you can see, the AI landscape is ever evolving daily and quite overwhelming. We’re experimenting with it every day and will soon be publishing a lot of new content related to our show Peaceful Exit. I’ll write up how it’s impacting listenership in a coming episode!
It’s worth noting that because these tools are so new they can be tough to get used to and feel overwhelming. Capsho (and I’m NOT being paid by Capsho – I’m just spending a lot of time with that particular tool) has created a thriving community for independent creators. There’s a Heartbeat channel, which operates a lot like Slack with community discussions, resources, contests and access to the creators. This builds some confidence around their intentional development. All to say, they’re listening and adapting and providing a lot of resources for you if you chose to dive in.
NOTE: I do have an affiliate link for Capsho should you chose to use it. I just get a credit, but no pressure.