Adam Greenwell

ListenUp is a powerful WordPress plugin that adds text-to-speech functionality to your posts and pages. With just a few clicks, you can generate high-quality audio versions of your content using Murf.ai’s advanced AI voices.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Easy Audio Generation: Generate audio for any post or page with a simple click</li>
<li>Murf.ai Integration: Uses professional AI voices for natural-sounding audio</li>
<li>Gen2 API Controls: Tune reusable Murf audio with locale, format, response mode, duration, timing metadata, speed, pitch and pauses</li>
<li>No FFmpeg Required: Ideal for hosting environments where FFmpeg is not available or restricted</li>
<li>Smart Caching: Audio files are cached locally to save API credits</li>
<li>Hands-Off Generation: Queue audio automatically when content is published and backfill recent posts on a schedule</li>
<li>Intelligent Chunking: Long content is automatically broken into manageable chunks</li>
<li>Seamless Playback: Multiple audio chunks play continuously without interruption</li>
<li>Leech Protection: Secure audio delivery prevents unauthorized direct file access and hotlinking</li>
<li>Download Control: Restrict downloads to logged-in users or disable downloads entirely</li>
<li>Flexible Placement: Choose where to display the audio player (before/after content)</li>
<li>Shortcode Support: Use [listenup] shortcode to place players anywhere</li>
<li>Accessibility First: WCAG-compliant audio player with keyboard navigation</li>
<li>Mobile Responsive: Works perfectly on all devices</li>
<li>Admin-Friendly: Simple settings page with clear instructions</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Setup: Enter your Murf.ai API key in the plugin settings</li>
<li>Generate: Use the meta box on any post/page, or enable background generation on publish</li>
<li>Display: Audio players appear automatically or via shortcode</li>
<li>Listen: Visitors can play, pause, and download audio content</li>
</ol>
<h4>Advanced Features</h4>
Content Chunking: For posts that exceed Murf.ai’s API limits, content is automatically broken into smaller chunks. Each chunk generates a separate audio file, but the frontend player seamlessly plays all chunks in sequence without interruption.
Audio Concatenation: When downloading audio content that has been chunked, the plugin automatically concatenates supported stream-friendly formats into a single file, so listeners do not have to manage separate chunks.
Bulk Cloud Migration: Upload existing local-only audio files to configured cloud storage from the Audio Library without regenerating audio. Large backlogs run in small browser-safe batches, track remaining work by post, and upload the canonical playable audio file instead of internal chunk files.
Murf Gen2 Controls: Choose URL or direct base64 responses, set single-file target durations, request word timing metadata, tune speed/pitch/variation, and use <code>[pause 1s]</code> tags in content or pre-roll scripts. ListenUp still caches generated files locally so audio is reused instead of regenerated on every play.
No FFmpeg Dependency: Unlike many audio plugins, ListenUp doesn’t require FFmpeg, making it perfect for shared hosting environments, managed WordPress hosts, or any situation where FFmpeg is not available or restricted.
Leech Protection: Audio files are served through a secure PHP proxy with cache-safe per-file tokens, preventing unauthorized direct access and hotlinking without embedding expiring nonces in cached article HTML. All audio is delivered via WordPress AJAX endpoints with proper HTTP range request support for smooth seeking. This server-agnostic solution works on Apache, Nginx, IIS, and any PHP-capable server without requiring special server configuration.
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bloggers who want to offer audio versions of their posts</li>
<li>Content creators looking to improve accessibility</li>
<li>Websites targeting mobile users who prefer audio content</li>
<li>Educational sites with long-form content</li>
<li>News sites wanting to offer audio news</li>
</ul>
<h4>Accessibility Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Full keyboard navigation support</li>
<li>Screen reader compatible</li>
<li>High contrast mode support</li>
<li>Reduced motion support</li>
<li>Proper ARIA labels and descriptions</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin integrates with external services to provide text-to-speech functionality and optional cloud storage capabilities.
Murf.ai API 
This plugin uses Murf.ai’s text-to-speech API to generate high-quality audio content from your post and page text.
<ul>
<li>Purpose: Generates high-quality audio from text content using professional AI voices</li>
<li>Data Sent: Post/page text content, selected voice ID, locale, voice style preferences, speech generation settings, response mode, optional target duration, optional word timing request, pronunciation dictionary rules (if configured)</li>
<li>When Sent: Only when audio generation is requested manually, queued automatically on publish, processed by the recurring backfill job, or when generating pre-roll audio through the plugin settings</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://murf.ai/terms-of-service</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://murf.ai/privacy-policy</li>
</ul>
Optional Cloud Storage Services 
This plugin optionally supports uploading audio files to cloud storage services (Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Cloudflare R2) to reduce bandwidth usage on your web server. This feature is completely optional and disabled by default. No data is sent to these services unless you explicitly configure and enable cloud storage in the plugin settings.
<ul>
<li>Amazon S3: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/</li>
<li>Google Cloud Storage: https://cloud.google.com/terms/</li>
<li>Cloudflare R2: https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
For support, please visit the plugin’s support forum or contact the developer.
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
This plugin does not collect or store any personal data. Audio files are cached locally on your server. The plugin only communicates with Murf.ai’s API when audio generation is requested manually, through enabled automation, or when generating pre-roll audio from plugin settings.

ListenUp

Add "read this to me" functionality to your WordPress posts using Murf.ai text-to-speech technology.

takeshiue

Want to add audio to your blog — but don’t have time to record? QuikVox AI generates a podcast-ready script from your existing content and converts it to natural-sounding speech using Google Gemini TTS, all from your WordPress dashboard. No studio. No microphone. No editing.
QuikVox AI is a powerful WordPress assistant designed to streamline your podcast production workflow. By leveraging the advanced capabilities of Google Gemini AI, it allows you to generate high-quality scripts from your existing content and convert them into natural-sounding audio—all without leaving your WordPress dashboard.
Whether you are an AI news blogger or a content creator looking to expand into audio, QuikVox AI provides the tools to automate the tedious parts of scriptwriting and voice generation.
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>AI-Powered Script Generation: Automatically extract content from your posts/pages and generate professional podcast scripts using Google Gemini (Flash/Pro/Flash-Lite models).</li>
<li>Natural AI Voices: Convert scripts into audio using the latest Gemini TTS (Generative Audio) models. Choose from 15+ high-quality voices with distinct characteristics.</li>
<li>Multilingual Support: Generate content in 5 major languages: Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), and Korean.</li>
<li>Prompt Management: Save and manage custom prompt sets for different podcast styles. Includes an AI translation tool to help you expand your prompts globally.</li>
<li>Seamless Media Integration: Generated audio files are automatically saved to your WordPress Media Library and can be embedded directly into your articles via a simple audio player.</li>
<li>Post & Page Support: Works with both standard Posts and Pages, allowing you to turn any content into audio.</li>
<li>Role-Based Access Control: Script generation and Audio Analytics are available to Editor-level users and above. API configuration and prompt management are restricted to Administrators.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Advanced Voice Selection</h3>
Unlike basic TTS plugins, QuikVox AI provides detailed metadata for each voice: 
* Gender Identification: Clear male/female labels. 
* Tone Characteristics: Voices are tagged with their unique style (e.g., “Warm, deep, informative” or “Soft, narrating”). 
* Dynamic UI: The editor dropdown shows icons and descriptions so you can find the perfect voice for your persona.
日本語の説明 / Japanese Description
ブログ記事を音声化したいけど、録音する時間がない——そんな方のためのプラグインです。QuikVox AI は、WordPressの投稿・固定ページから自動でポッドキャスト用スクリプトを生成し、Google Gemini TTSを使って自然な音声に変換します。マイクも収録スタジオも不要。WordPress管理画面だけで完結します。
テキスト読み上げ・音声合成・AI音声生成をWordPressに。
QuikVox AI は、WordPressの投稿・固定ページからAIを使ってポッドキャスト用スクリプトと音声を自動生成するプラグインです。Google Gemini AIの機能を活用し、既存コンテンツを高品質な音声コンテンツに変換します。
主な機能
<ul>
<li>AIスクリプト生成: 投稿・固定ページの内容からGoogle Gemini（Flash / Pro / Flash-Liteモデル）を使ってプロ品質のポッドキャスト原稿を自動生成します。</li>
<li>自然なAI音声: Gemini TTSモデルを使ってスクリプトを音声に変換します。特徴の異なる15種類以上の高品質ボイスから選択できます。</li>
<li>多言語対応: 日本語・英語・中国語（簡体字・繁体字）・韓国語の5言語に対応しています。</li>
<li>プロンプト管理: ポッドキャストのスタイルに合わせたプロンプトセットを保存・管理できます。AI翻訳ツールも内蔵しています。</li>
<li>メディア統合: 生成された音声ファイルはWordPressメディアライブラリに自動保存され、記事内にオーディオプレーヤーとして埋め込めます。</li>
<li>投稿・固定ページ対応: 通常の投稿と固定ページの両方で利用できます。</li>
<li>ロール別アクセス制御: スクリプト生成とAudio Analyticsはエディター以上のユーザーが利用可能です。API設定とプロンプト管理は管理者のみに制限されています。</li>
</ul>
ボイス選択の詳細
<ul>
<li>性別表示: 男性・女性のラベルを明示しています。</li>
<li>トーンの特徴: 各ボイスのスタイル（例:「温かみのある低音・情報系」「柔らかい・ナレーション向け」）をタグで表示しています。</li>
<li>動的UI: ブロックエディターのドロップダウンにアイコンと説明が表示されるため、用途に合ったボイスをすぐに選べます。</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to an external service:
<ol>
<li>Google Gemini API</li>
</ol>
– Purpose: Generate podcast scripts from post content and convert text to speech 
– Data sent: Post content and optional user prompts 
– Service provider: Google 
– Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy 
– Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms
Users must provide their own API key to use this feature. Script and voice generation data is sent only when the user triggers generation actions.
<ol>
<li>QuikVox AI License Verification Service</li>
</ol>
– Endpoint: https://quikvox-ai.com/license/verify 
– Purpose: Verify license keys and refresh plan/status information 
– Data sent: License key, site URL, home URL, and plugin version 
– Service provider: QuikVox AI 
– Triggered only when: 
 – an administrator saves or activates a license key 
 – an administrator clicks the “License Recheck” button 
 – the QuikVox AI Settings page is opened and the scheduled next check time has passed
No license verification request is sent from normal front-end page views, post views, or general admin screens.

QuikVox AI

Add AI-powered text-to-speech audio to any WordPress post. Generate podcast scripts and natural voices using Google Gemini TTS — no recording studio r …

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