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Turn an article or web page into a podcast

Paste an article's link or text into Lissin and get a podcast about it: a walk-through, a two-voice discussion or only the parts you care about.

The short answer

Copy the article's link, add it to a new request in the Lissin iPhone app and say what you want: a walk-through, a two-host discussion or only the parts that bear on your question. Lissin reads the page, writes a script and voices it. Pasted text works the same way, and one episode can take up to 20 links.

How to do it

  1. Use the link when the page is public

    Copy the URL from Safari, Chrome or a news app, then add it in Lissin's Create screen. Lissin does not appear in the iPhone share sheet yet, so the link is pasted rather than shared. Most pages that open without signing in can be read, including blog posts, documentation and journal articles that are free to view.

  2. Paste the text when the page needs a login

    Lissin cannot sign in to a site on your behalf. For an article you can read in your own account, copy the text and paste it into the request. That takes up to 8,000 characters, about 1,300 words, including your instructions. For anything longer, save the page as a PDF and upload it on a paid plan.

  3. Say what kind of episode you want

    "Walk me through this in order" gives a faithful summary. "Two hosts: one explains it, one pushes back" gives a discussion. "Only the parts that matter for a small landlord" gives a briefing for you. Lissin rewrites the article as spoken audio. It does not read it word for word.

  4. Put several articles into one episode

    Add up to 20 links and ask what they agree on, where they differ and what is new in each. Five pieces on one story become a single episode you can finish on a walk, and the episode lists the sources it used so you can go back to any of them.

At a glance

Links per episode
Up to 20
Pasted text
Up to 8,000 characters including your instructions
Uploads (Plus and Pro)
PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, EPUB, HTML, Markdown, text and images, up to 120 pages, within your plan's file limits
What you get
A spoken episode for one or two voices, with its sources listed
Where it plays
The iPhone app, with offline downloads on paid plans, or a share link in any browser

Hear what comes out

Shows already published on Lissin, free to play in the browser.

Questions

Will it read the article to me word for word?
No. Lissin writes a new script from the article, so the episode is shorter and spoken. If you need every sentence as written, a text-to-speech reader suits the job better. Our Speechify comparison covers that case.
What happens with a paywalled article?
Lissin cannot get past a paywall or a login, and an episode built only on that link fails with an error. Paste the text you can read in your own account instead.
Can I share an article to Lissin from Safari?
Not yet. Copy the link in Safari and paste it into a new request in the app.
Can I listen in my podcast app?
Episodes play in Lissin or from a web link. There is no RSS feed to add to Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Overcast.

What this does not do

Creating an episode needs the iPhone app on iOS 26 or later, and there is no share-sheet extension, so links are pasted. Pages behind a login or a paywall cannot be read. Uploads need a paid plan. The episode is an interpretation of the article, not a recording of it, so check quotes and numbers against the original before you rely on them.

Make your own show, or hear a sample

Make a show from your topic or documents in the Lissin iPhone app (iOS 26 or later). Or listen to public shows in the web player without installing the app.

Open the playerDownload Lissin: Personal Audio Shows on the App Store

Last reviewed October 20, 2026 by Lissin Editorial.