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Parlato<\/strong> turns your WordPress posts into audio. Read a post aloud with a single click, or let AI script a narrated podcast monologue and convert it to a natural-sounding MP3. Every file is stored in your Media Library and played back with a lightweight HTML5 player. No third-party embeds, no tracking scripts.<\/p>\n\n Parlato is bring-your-own-key (BYOK)<\/strong>: you connect your own OpenAI and\/or ElevenLabs account, so there is no Parlato subscription and you pay your providers directly for what you use.<\/p>\n\n Two TTS providers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Two ways to generate audio:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n For the Narrator format, Parlato first generates a structured script with an OpenAI GPT model (selectable, with adjustable reasoning effort), then converts that script to audio with the TTS provider and voice you chose.<\/p>\n\n Key features:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Both formats \u2014 plain read-aloud TTS and the AI-scripted Narrator podcast \u2014 are fully free: Parlato imposes no generation limit of its own. Usage is subject to your chosen provider's API quotas, rate limits, billing and availability.<\/p>\n\n How it works:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Parlato is a \"bring your own key\" plugin: it does not contact any service on its own and ships with no bundled accounts. It connects to the third-party services below only when you configure an API key and explicitly trigger an action (generating audio, generating a podcast script, loading voices, or playing a preview). API requests include the key entered in settings; the browser preview request described below does not. Parlato sends no data in the background and stores no personal data of its own. You should disclose the use of these services in your site's privacy policy.<\/p>\n\n Used when OpenAI is the selected TTS provider, to convert your post text into an MP3 audio file. On each generation Parlato sends the (truncated) text of the post and your OpenAI API key to Used for the Narrator podcast format to turn your post into a spoken-style script before audio generation. Parlato sends the post text and your OpenAI API key to Used when ElevenLabs is selected for TTS. On generation Parlato sends the truncated post text and your API key to To generate audio for a post:<\/strong>\nOpen Posts<\/strong>, hover over any post, and click Generate<\/strong> in the row actions.<\/p>\n\n To display the player manually:<\/strong>\nSet Player position to \"Manual\" and add No. Parlato is free and open-source. You only pay your TTS provider (OpenAI and\/or ElevenLabs) for the API usage you trigger. See OpenAI pricing<\/a> and ElevenLabs pricing<\/a> for current rates.<\/p><\/dd>\n The title badge is off by default. Enable it under Parlato \u2192 Player \u2192 Title badge<\/strong>. Once on, a small microphone icon appears next to the title of any post that has generated audio, in post listings (home, archives, categories). It is intentionally hidden on the single post's own page, where the audio player is already shown.<\/p><\/dd>\n As many as you like \u2014 Parlato imposes no generation limit of its own. Both formats \u2014 read-aloud TTS and Narrator \u2014 are free. You only pay your own provider (OpenAI or ElevenLabs) for the API usage, subject to their quotas, rate limits and billing.<\/p><\/dd>\n For OpenAI, sign in at platform.openai.com<\/a> and click Create new secret key<\/strong>; make sure billing is enabled. For ElevenLabs, create a key at elevenlabs.io<\/a> with Text to Speech<\/strong> and Voices (Read)<\/strong> permissions; leave unrelated scopes disabled.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Define them in your The matching settings field shows as locked when a constant is detected.<\/p><\/dd>\n For read-aloud TTS, Parlato sends as much post text as the selected provider's API accepts per request \u2014 about 4,000 characters with OpenAI, and 10,000 or more with ElevenLabs depending on the model. Only posts exceeding that technical limit are truncated at the nearest sentence boundary, with a short note appended. For the AI Narrator podcast, up to the first ~1,500 words of the post are sent to the AI to write the narration script (developers can change this budget via the In your WordPress Media Library. Each audio file is a standard attachment linked to the post. You can manage, delete, or download them like any other media file.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Regenerating removes the previous MP3 from the Media Library and generates a new one.<\/p><\/dd>\n Hover over the post in the Posts list and click Remove audio<\/strong>. This deletes both the MP3 attachment and the player.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Posts are enabled by default; you can enable pages and any public custom post type with the Post types<\/strong> setting on the Parlato \u2192 Player<\/strong> tab. Audio generation and the automatic player then work on every enabled post type.<\/p><\/dd>\n Your post text is sent to your chosen TTS provider (OpenAI or ElevenLabs) to generate audio, and \u2014 for the Narrator podcast \u2014 to OpenAI to generate the script, together with your API key. Data is sent only when you explicitly trigger generation. Parlato itself does not collect or store personal data; you should disclose the use of these services in your site's privacy policy. The settings page includes a disclosure notice. See the \"External Services\" section below for the full list of services and their privacy policies.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n
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External Services<\/h3>\n\n
OpenAI \u2014 Text-to-Speech<\/h4>\n\n
https:\/\/api.openai.com\/v1\/audio\/speech<\/code>. Data is sent only when you trigger generation for a post.<\/p>\n\n\n
OpenAI \u2014 Chat Completions (podcast script)<\/h4>\n\n
https:\/\/api.openai.com\/v1\/chat\/completions<\/code>. Data is sent only when you trigger generation of a Narrator podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n
ElevenLabs \u2014 Text-to-Speech<\/h4>\n\n
https:\/\/api.elevenlabs.io\/v1\/text-to-speech\/<\/code>. It calls https:\/\/api.elevenlabs.io\/v1\/voices<\/code> with the key when loading voices. When you click a voice preview, your browser loads audio from the URL returned by ElevenLabs; that host receives standard connection data (IP address and user agent), but no API key or post text. Calls occur only after the corresponding user action.<\/p>\n\n\n
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sk-<\/code>) and\/or ElevenLabs<\/a><\/li>\n[parlato]<\/code> anywhere in your post content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do I need to pay for a Parlato subscription?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How do I show the microphone icon next to post titles?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How many AI podcasts can I create?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How do I get the API keys?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I set the API keys in code instead of the settings page?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
wp-config.php<\/code>:<\/p>\n\ndefine( 'PARLATO_OPENAI_API_KEY', 'sk-...' );\ndefine( 'PARLATO_ELEVENLABS_API_KEY', '...' );\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\nHow long can the audio be?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
parlato_narrator_input_words<\/code> filter).<\/p><\/dd>\nWhere are the MP3 files stored?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Will regenerating overwrite the old file?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How do I delete the audio for a post?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does Parlato work with custom post types?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
What data is sent to external services?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
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