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  • A new demo for producing the podcast:location tag has been released by Alberto Betella of RSS.com. The tool follows best-practice for the tag, including populating OpenStreetMap IDs, and differentiating between “creator” (where the podcast is being recorded) and “subject” (where the podcast is about). It’s written in Javascript, and supports autocompletion; it requires a key from LocationIQ (which has a free tier).

  • Podcastle has launched what it describes as a premium AI voice API, called Async. The tool allows developers to offer instant voice cloning, broadcast-quality voices, and real-time, low-latency performance.

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