Unread, turns your unread newsletters into a daily podcast
Honest problem-solving: converts newsletter debt into listenable daily podcasts via RSS.

Unifies YouTube and podcast transcripts into daily AI briefs like Readwise Reader.
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Readwise Reader · Glasp · Shortform
Honest problem-solving: converts newsletter debt into listenable daily podcasts via RSS.
Rust CLI chains Podcast Index, Whisper, and YouTube into one command-line workflow.
Solves real commute friction, but Spotify podcasts and news briefing apps already do this.
Yet another transcript extractor when YouTube already ships this built-in.
Outputs ready-to-use Markdown with speaker diarization and timestamps, accepts Apple Podcasts/YouTube/RSS links, and can run fully locally or use ElevenLabs for higher-quality diarization. Not groundbreaking — speech-to-text pipelines already exist — but the one-command UX, RSS browsing/search flags, and explicit local-mode make it genuinely useful for folks who want tidy transcripts without wiring together multiple tools.
The neat twist is goal-driven framing — it promises to filter and reframe sources around what you actually need instead of dumping generic summaries. The landing lists concrete UX bits (Substack/RSS sources, 5am delivery, full transcript, $5/month) but is light on how content is ranked, filtered, or vetted; execution looks clean, not revolutionary.