Revision Podcasts

Creating Educational Podcasts with AI Technology

I have been experimenting with the creation of Educational Podcasts using both ElevenLab’s Voice AI software to clone my own voice and then using content from Generative AI (ChatGPT) to create content quickly.

Challenges and Solutions

Problem 1: Time-Consuming Podcast Creation

Creating lots of useful little concept revision podcasts for students for the exams to help them study can be so time consuming. This is from having to re-record over and over again, dealing with filler words and ‘umms’ and ‘ahs’ and spending upwards of 20 – 30 minutes getting a 3 minute recording to a good standard.

Solution 1: Using Voice AI for Efficient Recording

Using ElevenLab’s Voice AI software (£15 a month), clone your own voice to a good quality standard and use it to “read” a script perfectly first time, every time. If unhappy, the re-recording takes seconds to re-process rather than minutes to record again.

Problem 2: Script Development Time

The script itself was a challenge – an average lecture may have upwards of 10-12 (or more) “nuggets” of key concepts. Each script for each “nugget” is around 500 words and may take between half an hour – an hour to perfect. This was unsustainable development times.

Solution 2: Streamlining Script Creation with Chat-GPT4

Use Chat-GPT4 ($20 a month) to write the concept outline so you are editing and checking rather than writing a script from scratch. Need to take into consideration hallucinations.

Workflow and Productivity Gains

This approach has reduced the process of creating a single 5 minute podcast on a particular “nugget” of information/topic from around 2 hours down to around 10 minutes – a huge time and productivity saving, and a resource students say they have found really useful.