Listen to This Article as a Podcast – AI Text to Speech Audio Player

Listen to This Article as a Podcast is a text to speech audio player plugin for WordPress, powered by the Hi, Moose text-to-podcast generator. It lets you add a “read aloud” or “listen to this article” audio experience to your posts using natural-sounding AI narration. Text to Speech & Read Aloud Audio for WordPress It adds an audio version of your posts—similar to a “listen to this article” or “read aloud” button—but powered by high-quality, natural AI voices. Perfect for sites that want to offer text-to-speech, podcast-style audio, read aloud, or article-to-audio experiences without managing audio files manually. By offering an audio version of your content, you can:

• Increase Engagement: Users stay longer when they can listen instead of read.
• Improve Accessibility: Great for readers with visual impairments or who prefer audio.
• Boost SEO & AEO: The plugin embeds full transcripts and Schema.org JSON-LD data. The conversational nature of the transcript is optimized for Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), helping your content perform better in AI-powered search results like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. This plugin automatically detects your domain and lets you manage audio right inside the WordPress editor: load available episodes for your domain or generate new audio for the post/page.

On the Hi, Moose platform, you can customize each podcast-style audio version before embedding it—choose narration voices, adjust pacing and length, provide optional focus instructions, and fine-tune the player’s colors. Hi, Moose also includes built-in analytics showing listeners, plays, resumes, and completion rates. Once generated, the final audio and transcript are embedded on your WordPress site through a clean, lightweight player. Useful Links

• 'Listen to this Article' Live Demo
• Hi, Moose AEO Platform
• Support

Features

• “Listen to This Article” Button: Add an instant audio version of your post.
• AI Text-to-Speech: High-quality AI voices generate natural, podcast-style audio.
• SEO-Friendly Transcript: Embeds a full, indexable transcript for improved accessibility, SEO, and AEO/GEO/AI search visibility.
• Natural-Sounding Voices: Designed to sound conversational and clear.
• Hosted Audio Delivery: No hosting required. Audio and transcripts are delivered via a global CDN.
• Multilingual Text to Speech: Supports 24 languages with automatic detection or manual selection.
• Advanced Voice Customization: Control voice style, pacing, accent, direction, and optional extended context.
• Customizable Player: Choose a color style that matches your brand.
• Analytics: Track plays, resumes, completion rate, total listen time, and engagement metrics.
• In-Editor Audio Workflow: Load available audio or generate new audio directly from the post editor sidebar.
• Preview Before Publishing: Preview the selected audio in the editor, then click Update/Publish to save.
• Schema.org JSON-LD: Automatically includes PodcastEpisode structured data.
• Flexible Placement: Auto-insert at the top of a post or use the [himoose_podcast] shortcode.
• Lightweight Player: Responsive and designed to load quickly.
• Accessibility Friendly: Ideal for sites offering read-aloud or audio alternatives.
• Privacy-Friendly: No personally identifiable information (PII) is collected. Do Not Track is respected.

1.1.0

• Generate new audio directly inside the editor (Classic + Block Editor meta box).
• Added generation options (voices, length, focus, player colors, custom title) and save defaults for faster repeat use.
• Added support for audio selection and generation on both posts and pages (pages require the shortcode).
• Show generation status and preview audio from the editor.
• WordPress 6.9.1 support.
• Updated demo URL.

1.0.0

• Initial release.