podlens

# 🎧 PodLens - Free Podwise: Podcast & Youtube Transcription & Summary AI Agent

🧠 For knowledge-seekers who want to learn from audio content more effectively.

🤖 Now with 24x7 automation service & 📧 smart email digest & 📒 sync to Notion!

A fast & cost-free & AI-powered tool that:
- 🎙️ transcribes audio content from Apple Podcast and YouTube platforms
- 📝 summarizes
- 📊 visualizes
- 🌏 features bilingual Chinese/English interface

[中文版 README](README_zh.md) | **English README**

![Terminal Demo](demo/terminal.gif)


## ✨ Key Features

- 🤖 **24x7 Intelligent Automation**: Set-and-forget service monitors your favorite podcasts and YouTube channels, automatically processing new episodes hourly - **autopodlens**
- 📧 **Smart Email Digest**: Daily automated email summaries with AI-generated insights and processed content overview
- 📝 **Sync to Notion**: Automatically sync processed content to Notion with your own Notion page and token
- 🎯 **Interactive Manual Mode**: On-demand processing with intuitive command-line interface for immediate transcription and analysis of specific episodes - **podlens** 
- ⚡ **Ultra-Fast Smart Transcription**: Multiple AI-powered methods (Groq API for speed, MLX Whisper for large files) with intelligent fallback chain
- 🍎 **Apple Podcast & YouTube Integration**: Seamless content extraction from both major platforms with smart episode detection
- 🧠 **AI-Powered Analysis**: Generate intelligent summaries and insights using Google Gemini AI with structured topic analysis
- 🎨 **Interactive Visual Stories**: Transform content into beautiful, responsive HTML visualizations with data charts and modern UI
- 🌍 **Bilingual Support**: Full Chinese/English interface with smart language detection and switching
- 🗂️ **Smart Organization**: Episode-based folder structure with automatic file management and duplicate detection


## 📦 Installation

```bash
pip install podlens
```

## 🔧 Configuration

### 1. Create .env Configuration File

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