Glossary

A podcast where AI reads source articles, writes a script, and synthesized voices deliver it as a conversation between hosts. In Lisnify, episodes are generated automatically from your RSS feeds on a daily or weekly cadence.

A podcast feed published at an address (URL) that's specific to you. It does not appear in search or public directories, so only people who know the address can subscribe. If you'd rather not share it, an audience of one is fine.

A standard way for a site to publish its updates so that news readers and podcast apps can pick them up automatically. Most blogs, news sites, and tech publications support it. Lisnify pulls fresh articles from any RSS feeds registered in the Sources tab and uses them as the source material for each episode.

A single program configuration that bundles RSS sources, AI hosts, and a delivery schedule. One user can run several Shows in parallel — for example, a morning English news program and an evening tech-articles program.

A single RSS feed registered to a Show. A Show can hold multiple Sources, and each episode is composed across all of them. Managed in the Sources tab.

The AI host that voices an episode. Voice, speaking style, and language are all selectable. Putting two or more Narrators on a Show turns it into a back-and-forth conversation. Configured in the Host tab.

The instructions the AI uses when writing the script. Tone, pacing, and length for the opening, each story, and the closing can be tuned per Show. Edited in the Script Settings tab.

A single broadcast unit. Generated automatically on the Show's schedule and appended to your private podcast feed. Past episodes are listed in the Episode List tab.

The setting that controls when a Show generates new episodes. You pick a set of weekdays (Repeats On), an hour-precision start time (Start Hour), and a Timezone. Selecting every weekday means daily; selecting only specific weekdays means that cadence — "weekdays only," "Tuesdays and Saturdays only," whatever rhythm fits. The time you set is when generation starts; an episode reaches your feed several minutes to a few tens of minutes later.

The internal currency consumed by episode generation. Each episode draws "1 base credit + the Show's maximum article count." Your balance comes from sign-up credits plus any you purchase, and consumption history is visible in the Episode List tab.

Lisnify reserves credits for the maximum possible cost before an episode is generated, then automatically refunds the difference once it finishes. If generation fails or the source feeds had no fresh articles, the entire reservation is returned and the episode costs you nothing.

The technology that turns text into a near-human voice. Lisnify generates its Narrators with Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS, which captures breaths, intonation, and multi-speaker dialogue in a way that feels natural to listen to.