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How to Turn RSS into Audio
This guide walks you through setting up RSS feeds in EchoLive, generating audio for new articles, and building a personal listening routine, all in under 5 minutes.
- Step 1: Add a feed. Paste any RSS/Atom URL or website URL
- Step 2: Organize. Create folders, set fetch intervals
- Step 3: Generate audio. Single item or bulk queue
- Step 4: Listen. Global player with speed and seek controls
- Step 5: Search. Find any article later with AI semantic search
Start by opening EchoLive Feeds and clicking "Add feed." Paste an RSS or Atom URL, or just a website URL, and EchoLive discovers the feed automatically. If the site doesn't have RSS, you can use crawl-based import to pull pages from the sitemap.
Once subscribed, organize your feeds into folders (e.g., "Tech News", "Newsletters", "Industry"). Set the fetch interval (EchoLive refreshes every 15 minutes by default) and optionally enable auto-generation with a default voice.
To generate audio, open a feed item and click "Generate", or select multiple items and bulk-generate. Each job runs with progress tracking and queuing, so you can kick off a batch and come back when it's ready.
Listen in the global player, which persists across the entire app. Adjust playback speed, seek within articles, and use word-sync highlighting to follow along. Star important items for later reference.
Over time, everything you've listened to is indexed by AI Search. Semantic search lets you find articles by concept, not just keyword, so your feed archive becomes a living knowledge base.