VocaCast

VocaCast is an iOS app that turns a typed topic into a researched audio briefing of 2 to 12 minutes, built from live web search with numbered citations. Briefings can run on demand or on a schedule.

VocaCast is an iOS app that produces spoken briefings on whatever topic a user types in. Instead of returning a page of links or a chat reply, it searches the live web, collects facts from several sources, and narrates the result as an audio piece running from 2 to 12 minutes. Claims carry numbered citations, and each one can be tapped to open the original source, which makes the output easier to check than a typical AI summary. The workflow has three parts. A user asks a question or names a subject, the app researches it, and the briefing is ready to play with a chosen voice and playback speed. Briefings can also be put on a schedule, so a fresh one arrives on selected days, for example a weekly update on a market or a recurring client check. Every briefing has a page with a transcript and its sources, which can be shared with colleagues. The maker describes VocaCast as a paid product that does not sell or mine user data and does not train AI models on questions or briefings. The audience is broad: professionals preparing for client calls or board meetings, commuters who want the news without a screen, students starting a research project, and curious people standing in a museum or driving somewhere new. Its closest comparison is NotebookLM, which works from documents the user uploads; VocaCast needs no uploads and draws on the open web instead. Against Perplexity it trades reading for listening, and against ChatGPT it makes citations the default rather than an extra. Podcasts differ because the listener picks the topic instead of a host. The main practical limitation is reach: at the time of listing the app is offered on iOS only, so Android and desktop users have no native option.