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The best AI tools for starting and editing a podcast
A practical shortlist of tools that do the heavy lifting for starting and editing a podcast, picked from our 40-tool directory.
Our picks
Descript Video
Edit video by editing text — Transcript-based editing, overdub and filler-word removal for video and podcasts.
ElevenLabs Audio
Realistic voice cloning — Best-in-class text-to-speech and voice cloning for audiobooks, dubbing and agents.
Otter.ai Audio
Live meeting transcription — Real-time notes and searchable transcripts for meetings and interviews.
Suno Audio
AI song generation — Generate full songs with vocals and instruments from a text prompt.
How to combine them
Most real workflows chain two or three of these. For example, draft with a writing tool, generate visuals with an image tool, and assemble a video with a video tool. Start with the one closest to your bottleneck, then add the next only when it saves real time.
Before you pay
Every tool above has a free or trial tier. Prove the output quality on one real task before upgrading — paid plans mostly add volume and speed, not a different kind of result.
Browse the full AI tools directory for more.