Monoblog vs VoxAI – AI Text to Speech, Audio & Summary for Posts

Combines the awesome functionality of MediaElement.js HTML5 media player and Plupload to enable you or the authors of your site to upload mp3s of people reading the text of your blogs. If you so choose, this plugin can also generate an audio podcast of your Monoblog content. Check out OwnTheNarrative.com for more information and examples. Setup After activating, while still in the admin panel, go to Appearance->Widgets. Then click and drag the Monoblog widget to whatever sidebar/area you want. NOTE: The sidebar/widget area must be visible in your posts in order for this to work. Uploading Record yourself reading your blog post and save it as an mp3. (Use Audacity or a similar program) Navigate to your blog post in your browser If you have at least author rights, you should see “Select Monoblog File”. Give that a click. Select your mp3 file. Click Upload

VoxAI adds AI text to speech and an AI-generated summary to your WordPress posts — with a single click. Convert any article into natural audio narration so visitors can listen to your posts or have them read aloud, and give every article a smart AI summary at the top. No recording equipment, no microphone, no manual editing. Powered by the OpenAI text to speech and summarization models. Readers stay longer. Bounce rates drop. And your content becomes accessible to audiences who prefer to listen — on their commute, at the gym, or while multitasking. ✨ Key Features AI Summary Generator Uses OpenAI GPT-4o Mini to read your article and write a concise, accurate summary. The summary appears in a collapsible panel inside your post — clean, discreet, and on-brand. Text-to-Speech Audio Player Converts your full article into natural-sounding audio using OpenAI’s text to speech (TTS) engine, so readers can listen to your posts or have them read aloud. Six high-quality voices available (Alloy, Echo, Fable, Onyx, Nova, Shimmer). The MP3 is saved to your server — no recurring API call for playback. Great for accessibility and for turning your blog into a podcast-style audio experience. Reading Time Estimator Automatically calculates and displays the estimated reading time for every post. Configurable and translatable. Smart Positioning Choose to inject the AI Reader widget before the content, after the content, or disable injection entirely and use the shortcodes manually. Shortcodes for Full Control – [voxaiau_summary] — Displays the AI Summary panel. – [voxaiau_tts] — Displays the AI Audio player. 📝 Works Where the Official AI Plugin Doesn’t The official WordPress AI plugin is Gutenberg-only. Every feature it offers — title generation, summarization, excerpt, alt text — lives inside the block editor sidebar. Activate the Classic Editor plugin and all of it disappears. VoxAI is different. It was built to work in both environments from day one: Gutenberg — Full sidebar panel with real-time generation status, voice selector, and cost estimator. Classic Editor — Dedicated metabox with exactly the same features: generate summary, generate audio, voice selector, per-post cost display. If your site runs the Classic Editor — or if you manage a client site that does — VoxAI is the only AI audio and summary plugin that works out of the box, no editor swap required. 🔗 WordPress 7.0 & Official AI Plugin Compatible VoxAI integrates natively with the WordPress 7.0 AI infrastructure: WP AI Client support — When the site has an AI Connector configured (Settings → Connectors), VoxAI uses it for summary generation without requiring a separate API key. Falls back to your OpenAI key if no connector is configured. Abilities API — Registers voxai/generate-audio and voxai/generate-summary as discoverable AI Abilities. They appear in the Abilities Explorer and can be triggered by AI agents or automation workflows. Complements, not competes — The official AI plugin handles text features (title, excerpt, classification). VoxAI adds the one thing it doesn’t have: professional audio narration. Editor-agnostic — Unlike the official AI plugin, VoxAI works identically with Gutenberg and with the Classic Editor plugin active. 🔧 Minimal configuration required Paste your OpenAI API key in Settings → AI Audio & Summary, choose which post types to activate it on, and you’re done. The widget renders automatically. 🌐 Languages English (default) Português do Brasil (pt_BR) — fully translated 🔒 Privacy & External Services This plugin sends post content to the OpenAI API only when you explicitly request a summary or audio generation. No data is sent automatically without user action. This plugin uses the OpenAI API. By using this plugin, you agree to: – OpenAI Terms of Service – OpenAI Privacy Policy No data is stored on our servers. The generated MP3 is saved locally on your WordPress install.