AkaVoice – AI Article to Podcast vs Spreaker Shortcode

AkaVoice turns the articles you already publish on WordPress into audio podcast episodes, and uploads them to your Spreaker show — which in turn distributes them to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and other podcast platforms. Each conversion runs two steps with OpenAI: the article text is first rewritten into a natural spoken-word script (GPT-4o-mini), then synthesized into a studio-quality MP3 voice track (TTS-1-HD). The finished episode is uploaded to Spreaker and a listenable player is embedded back into the post. You use your own OpenAI and Spreaker API keys (this is a “bring your own keys” plugin). AkaVoice never charges for conversions and never acts as a middleman for your keys or your billing — you pay OpenAI and Spreaker directly, at their own rates. Free and unlimited This plugin is completely free and has no usage limit. There is no monthly quota, no per-conversion fee, no subscription and no account to create with AkaVoice. You can convert as many articles as you like; the only cost is your own OpenAI API usage (typically a few cents per podcast). How it works Create a free Spreaker account and a show, and get an OpenAI API key. In AkaVoice → Settings, paste your Spreaker access token and show ID, and your OpenAI API key. Run the built-in connection tests. Pick the narration language and a default voice (Alloy, Echo, Fable, Onyx, Nova or Shimmer). From the Dashboard, fill the queue with your published posts and start the conversion — or let the background processor work through the queue automatically. Each converted post gets a podcast player embedded automatically, and the episode appears on Spreaker and the connected platforms. What you need An OpenAI API account (https://platform.openai.com). You pay OpenAI directly for the AI usage — usually only a few cents per podcast. A free Spreaker account (https://www.spreaker.com) with a show already created. AkaVoice Pro AkaVoice Pro is a separate, optional paid plugin for publishers who want more. It is not required — this free plugin is fully functional on its own. Pro adds podcasts narrated with your own cloned voice, extra text-to-speech engines (Microsoft Azure and Google Gemini), Google Search Console integration, an SEO-optimised lazy-loaded player, and priority support. Learn more at https://akavoice.ai. Your API keys stay yours Your OpenAI key and Spreaker token are encrypted with AES-256-CBC before being stored in the WordPress database, using a key derived from your site’s own AUTH_KEY and SECURE_AUTH_KEY salts. They are decrypted only at the moment a request is made to OpenAI or Spreaker. The plugin does not register your site, does not send usage statistics, and does not phone home. External Services This plugin connects to two third-party services in order to produce and publish podcasts. It connects only when you actively use it, and only with the API credentials you enter yourself. No data is sent to the plugin author, and the plugin does not track your site. OpenAI When you convert an article, the article’s title and text are sent to the OpenAI API. OpenAI is used for two steps: rewriting the article into a spoken-word script (GPT-4o-mini model) and synthesizing that script into an MP3 audio file (TTS-1-HD model). The request is authenticated with the OpenAI API key you enter in the plugin settings, and usage is billed to your own OpenAI account. Data sent: the article title and body text, the chosen narration voice, and the target language. When: each time an article is converted, either manually or by the background queue. OpenAI is a service provided by OpenAI, L.L.C. — Terms: https://openai.com/policies/ — Privacy policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/ Spreaker The generated MP3 file is uploaded to the Spreaker API as a new episode of your Spreaker show. Spreaker hosts the audio file and distributes the podcast to platforms such as Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music. The request is authenticated with the Spreaker access token and show ID you enter in the plugin settings, and the episode is created under your own Spreaker account. Data sent: the generated audio file, the episode title and description, and (if you enable it) the auto-share settings. When: each time an article is converted. The plugin also embeds Spreaker’s public episode player — an iframe loaded from widget.spreaker.com — into converted posts so visitors can listen. This loads only on posts that have an associated episode. Spreaker is a service provided by Spreaker Inc. (an iHeartMedia company) — Terms: https://www.spreaker.com/terms — Privacy policy: https://www.spreaker.com/privacy

The Spreaker shortcode plugin is an easy way to embed Spreaker audio player into your WordPress blog. It works for any Spreaker episode, show, or user. Once you install this plugin, it will work on all of your blog posts. A simple example: [spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=3331356"] More Options Spreaker shortcode requires the resource play. It can be only of the following: resource="episode_id=X": id of the episode to embed. resource="show_id=X": id of the show, whose latest episode should be displayed. resource="show_key=X": private key of the show to embed. The plugin also supports the following optional parameters: width: player’s width – can be in % or px (ie. 100% or 400px). height: player’s height – can be in % or px (ie. 100% or 400px). theme: player’s UI theme. Supported themes are: light (default) and dark. color: player’s main color. Supported fromats are short and long hex values (ie: F00 or FF0000). This feature requires the podcast author to subscribe to Station plan or above. cover: HTTPS url of an image to display as player’s background. playlist: configures how the playlist should be built. It can be playlist="false" to disable the playlist or playlist="show" to display all show’s episodes in the playlist. The default behavious depends on resource. The playlist is visible only if the player height is greater than 200px. playlist-continuous: enables or disables the playlist continuous playback. When true it continuously plays all episodes in the playlist until the end. playlist-loop: enables or disables loop playlist playback when continuous playback is enabled. When true and playlist continuous playback is enabled as well, it will loop the playlist continuously (defaults to false). playlist-autoupdate: enables or disables the playlist autoupdate, when a new episode is published. This feature is enabled by default. chapters-image: enables or disables the display of chapters images in the player (defaults to true). episode-image-position: when right or left shows the episode image on the right or left (defaults to right) hide-likes: when true the likes button is not displayed in the player (defaults to false) hide-comments: when true the comments button is not displayed in the player (defaults to false) hide-sharing: when true the share button is not displayed in the player (defaults to false) hide-logo: when true the Spreaker logo is not displayed in the player (defaults to false). This feature requires the podcast author to subscribe to Broadcaster plan or above. hide-episode-description: when true the button to open the description of the current episode is not displayed in the player (defaults to false) hide-playlist-descriptions: when true the button to open the description of episodes in the playlist is not displayed in the player (defaults to false) hide-playlist-images: when true the images of episodes in the playlist are not displayed in the player (defaults to false) hide-download: When true, it hides the episode download button (defaults to true) How to get the shortcode Play any track on www.spreaker.com and then click on the share button in the player (bottom-right corner): you can customize the appearance of the player and get the shortcode to copy and paste to your WordPress blog. Help If you need further help, please contact us at help.spreaker.com.