How to turn one podcast episode into show notes, a blog post and short clips with AI
Every episode needs show notes, timestamps, a blog post and short clips, and doing all of it by hand is a second job.
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CapCut
by ByteDance
Free video editor with AI captions, effects and background removal.
Privacy & risks
- Minimum age
- 13+ (under 18 needs parental consent)
- A June 2025 terms update was criticized for a broad, perpetual licence over user content, including faces and voices. CapCut says that wording predates the update.
Descript
by Descript
Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript like a document.
Free; Hobbyist $16/mo yearly ($24 monthly); Creator $24/mo yearly
Privacy & risks
- Trains on your data
- Yes, opt-out
- Minimum age
- 13+ (under 18 with a parent)
- Its terms ban cloning the voice of a speaker who has not consented.
ElevenLabs
by ElevenLabs
Natural-sounding AI voices for voiceovers, audiobooks and dubbing.
Free 10k credits/mo; Starter $6/mo (commercial use + voice cloning); Creator $22/mo
Privacy & risks
- Trains on your data
- Yes, opt-out
- Minimum age
- 18+
- You can opt out of training under Data use in settings. Uploading the voice of anyone under 18 is banned.
- Voice actors sued in 2024 (Vacker v. ElevenLabs), and proposed Illinois biometric class actions filed in May 2026 name ElevenLabs among the defendants. Claims are allegations.
HeyGen
by HeyGen
Makes talking-avatar videos and translates videos with lip-sync.
Free (3 videos/mo, watermark); Creator $29/mo; Pro $49/mo
Kling AI
by Kuaishou
Generates realistic video clips from text or images.
Privacy & risks
- Trains on your data
- Yes
- Minimum age
- 13+ (13 to 16 need parental consent)
- Its terms let Kling use your content to create, test, improve and train its models.
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OpusClip
by OpusClip
Finds the best moments in long videos and cuts them into short clips.
Free 60 credits/mo (watermark); Starter $15/mo; Pro $29/mo ($14.50/mo yearly)
Runway
by Runway
Generate and edit video clips from text and images.
Free 125 one-time credits; Standard $15/mo ($12 yearly); Pro $35/mo
Privacy & risks
- Trains on your data
- Yes
- Minimum age
- 13+
- Its terms say your inputs and outputs may be used to train its models.
- Proposed class actions filed in 2026 (including Gardner v. Runway) allege it downloaded YouTube videos for training. Runway is also a defendant in Andersen v. Stability AI.
Suno
by Suno
Generates full songs with vocals from a text prompt.
Free 50 credits/day (no commercial rights); Pro $8/mo yearly with commercial use
Privacy & risks
- Trains on your data
- Yes
- Minimum age
- 13+ (under 18 with parental consent)
- Its terms say your submissions may be used to train its models.
- Universal and Sony's copyright lawsuit continues (Warner settled; dismissed January 2026). A Munich court ruled largely for the German music society GEMA; that judgment is not final.
Synthesia
by Synthesia
Turns scripts into presenter videos with AI avatars, for training and business.
Free basic plan (watermark); Starter $29/mo; Pro $89/mo
Privacy & risks
- In 2023 researchers found Synthesia avatars used in pro-China and pro-Venezuelan-government propaganda videos.