Question 1

Product Overview

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Product Overview

What is EchoLive?

EchoLive is a professional content-to-audio platform that converts written content into high-quality speech audio using 400+ Azure Neural Voices across 100+ languages. Users collect content from RSS feeds, web articles, newsletters, and documents, organize it into projects, and convert it into studio-grade audio.

EchoLive is available at https://app.echolive.co

Who is EchoLive for?

Content creators who want to repurpose written content as audio or podcasts
Professionals who prefer listening to articles during commutes or workouts
Educators converting course materials and documents into audio lessons
Researchers who want to listen to papers and articles hands-free
Podcasters producing narrated content with professional voices
Video producers generating voiceovers for video projects
Teams collaborating on audio content production

Key Capabilities

400+ professional voices across 100+ languages with multiple styles (narration, conversational, newscast, etc.)
Multi-source content aggregation from RSS feeds, web articles, newsletters, PDFs, Word docs, and more
Studio-grade audio editing with multi-segment projects, per-segment voice control, and SSML markup
Fast parallel audio generation delivering first audio in 2-5 seconds
Flexible export formats including MP3, WAV, AAF (for video editors), timeline JSON, and segment ZIP files
Daily Brief - an auto-assembled personal podcast from your subscribed feeds

Question 2

Use Cases

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Use Cases

Listen to articles on the go

Subscribe to your favorite blogs, news sites, and publications via RSS. EchoLive converts new articles to audio automatically. Listen during your commute, workout, or while doing chores.

Create narrated content

Turn blog posts, newsletters, or documentation into professionally narrated audio. Choose from 400+ voices to match your brand's tone.

Produce podcast-style content

Use Studio to create multi-voice audio productions. Assign different voices to different sections - perfect for interviews, dialogues, or multi-host formats.

Convert documents to audio

Upload PDFs, Word docs, or Markdown files and convert them to speech. Great for reviewing reports, papers, or manuscripts by ear.

Generate voiceovers for video

Create professional voiceovers and export as WAV or AAF for import into video editing software like Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, or Avid.

Accessibility

Make written content accessible to people who prefer or need audio consumption. Convert educational materials, manuals, or documentation into speech.

Language learning

Listen to content in 100+ languages with native-speaking voices. Practice comprehension by hearing articles read aloud in your target language.

Content review and editing

Hearing your own writing read aloud helps catch errors and awkward phrasing. Use Quick Read to review drafts before publishing.

Daily news briefing

Set up Daily Brief to get a personalized audio summa

Question 3

Quick Read

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Quick Read

What is Quick Read?

Quick Read is EchoLive's simple text-to-speech playground. It's the fastest way to convert any text into professional audio. Just paste your text, pick a voice, and click Generate.

How to use Quick Read

Go to the Quick Read page
Paste text or upload a document
Select a voice from the voice picker
Optionally adjust speed and pitch
Click Generate
Listen to the preview and download the MP3

Supported input methods

Paste text directly into the editor
Upload documents: PDF, DOCX, Markdown (.md), plain text (.txt), HTML
Import from URL: Paste an article URL to extract and convert its content

Text limits by tier

Free: 10,000 characters
Starter: 15,000 characters
Creator: 25,000 characters
Professional: 50,000 characters
Producer: 100,000 characters
Enterprise: 200,000 characters

Voice controls

Voice selection: Choose from 400+ voices across 100+ languages
Speech rate: Adjust from 0.5x (slow) to 2.0x (fast)
Pitch: Adjust from -2 to +2 semitones
Voice style: Narration, conversational, newscast, cheerful, calm, and more (varies by voice)

Output format

Quick Read generates MP3 audio at 160 kbps. You can play it directly in the browser or download it.

Do I need an account for Quick Read?

You can use Quick Read with a free account. Free users receive 2,500 credits per month. Each character of text costs 1 credit (HD voices cost 1.5 credits per character).

Question 4

Account and Security

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Account and Security

Creating an account

Sign up at https://app.echolive.co using email or social login (Google, GitHub, etc.) powered by Auth0.

Account security

Authentication: Secure JWT-based authentication via Auth0
Data isolation: Each user has their own isolated database - your data is never mixed with other users
Encryption: Sensitive data is encrypted at rest
No content logging: We never log your content in production
Secure payments: All payments processed through Stripe with PCI compliance
Audio file access: Download links use presigned URLs that expire after 7 days

Changing your profile

Go to Settings > Account to update your profile information and email.

Account merge

If you've signed up with multiple methods (e.g., email and Google), you can merge accounts in Settings > Account > Account Merge.

Data export (GDPR)

You can request a full export of your data in Settings > Account. This includes all your projects, feeds, preferences, and usage data.

Deleting your account

Contact support to request account deletion. We will remove all your data, including audio files, projects, and personal information.

Privacy

Your content is processed only for audio generation and is not used for training AI models
We do not share your data with third parties (except payment processing through Stripe)
Audio files are stored securely on Cloudflare R2
See our privacy policy for full details

Question 5

Daily Brief

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Daily Brief

What is Daily Brief?

Daily Brief is an auto-assembled personal podcast generated from your subscribed feeds. Each day, EchoLive curates the most relevant articles from your feeds and converts them into a single audio briefing you can listen to during your commute, workout, or any time.

How it works

EchoLive monitors your subscribed feeds for new content
Articles are selected based on your interests and reading patterns
A personalized audio briefing is generated automatically
You receive it on your Home dashboard ready to play

Availability

Daily Brief is available from the Starter tier and above.

Free: 0 briefs per month
Starter: 10 per month
Creator: 20 per month
Professional: 31 per month (daily)
Producer: 31 per month (daily)
Enterprise: 31 per month (daily)

Customization

You can configure your Daily Brief in Settings:

Timing: When your brief is generated
Interests: Topics to prioritize
Length: Preferred briefing duration
Voice: Choose which voice narrates your brief

Question 6

Tiers and Feature Unlocks

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Tiers and Feature Unlocks

How do tiers work?

EchoLive tiers are based on your lifetime purchase amount. As you buy more credits over time, you automatically unlock higher tiers with more features and higher limits. There's no separate subscription - tiers are earned through cumulative spending. Once you reach a tier, you keep it permanently.

Free (no purchase required)

2,500 free credits per month
3 feeds, 5 projects
Basic voice selection (standard voices only)
1 concurrent generation job
Quick Read access

Starter (~$20 lifetime spent)

Everything in Free, plus:
5 feeds, 10 projects
Daily Brief (10/month)
Voice DNA (voice preference learning)
2 feed folders, 5 voice presets

Creator (~$100 lifetime spent)

Everything in Starter, plus:
HD voices unlocked (premium quality, 1.5x credit cost)
All voice styles (narration, conversational, newscast, etc.)
15 feeds, 25 projects
Auto-refresh feeds (5)
YouTube channel subscriptions (3)
Podcast transcription (120/month)
WAV download
Content cleanup (full)
Voice DNA recommendations
10 auto-generations per day

Professional (~$300 lifetime spent)

Everything in Creator, plus:
SSML editing (advanced speech markup)
Word timing (word-level sync)
Newsletter ingestion (5)
AI summaries (30/day)
AAF export (for video editors)
Timeline export (JSON with timing)
40 feeds, 50 projects
10 YouTube channels
Extended AI quotas
30 auto-generations per day

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