SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED PODCASTS

1 . A method, comprising:

receiving a request to provide a podcast to a client device, wherein the request is indicative of a podcast customizing feature;

determining, based upon the request, a set of content items;

generating a summary of the set of content items based upon the podcast customizing feature;

generating the podcast to comprise an auditory representation of the summary; and

providing the podcast to the client device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

providing, for display on the client device, a content interface providing a first content item and a podcast customization interface, wherein:

the podcast customization interface comprises a first selectable input associated with generating the podcast;

the request is received in response to a selection of the first selectable input;

the request is indicative of the first content item; and

the set of content items comprise the first content item.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:

the first content item comprises a first article.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:

the podcast customizing feature is received via the podcast customization interface.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the podcast customizing feature comprises a target length of the podcast.

6 . The method of claim 5 , comprising:

determining a target summary length based upon the target length; and

submitting an indication of the target summary length to a language model, wherein generating the summary is performed using the language model based upon the target summary length.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the podcast customizing feature comprises an entity of interest associated with the podcast;

determining the set of content items comprises:

analyzing a database of content items to identify a first content item comprising first information associated with the entity of interest; and

including the first content item in the set of content items; and

generating the summary of the set of content items comprises including, in the summary, a set of text indicative of at least some of the first information associated with the entity of interest.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

generating the podcast comprises converting the summary to the auditory representation of the summary using a text-to-speech converter.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the podcast customizing feature comprises a level of detail of the podcast.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the podcast customizing feature comprises an audience competency level associated with the podcast.

11 . A computing device comprising:

a processor; and

memory comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause performance of operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a request to provide a podcast to a client device, wherein the request is indicative of:

an article; and

a podcast customizing feature;

generating a summary of the article based upon the podcast customizing feature;

generating the podcast to comprise an auditory representation of the summary; and

providing the podcast to the client device.

12 . The computing device of claim 11 , the operations comprising:

providing, for display on the client device, a content interface comprising the article and a podcast customization interface, wherein:

the podcast customization interface comprises a first selectable input associated with generating the podcast; and

the request is received in response to a selection of the first selectable input.

13 . The computing device of claim 12 , wherein:

the podcast customizing feature is received via the podcast customization interface.

14 . The computing device of claim 11 , wherein:

the podcast customizing feature comprises a target length of the podcast.

15 . The computing device of claim 14 , the operations comprising:

determining a target summary length based upon the target length; and

submitting an indication of the target summary length to a language model, wherein generating the summary is performed using the language model based upon the target summary length.

16 . A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions that when executed cause performance of operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a request to provide a first podcast to a client device, wherein the request is indicative of:

a second podcast; and

a podcast customizing feature;

generating a summary of the second podcast based upon the podcast customizing feature;

generating the first podcast to comprise an auditory representation of the summary; and

providing the first podcast to the client device.

17 . The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16 , the operations comprising:

converting audio of the second podcast to a transcript, wherein generating the summary of the second podcast is performed using the transcript.

18 . The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 17 , wherein:

the podcast customizing feature comprises a target length of the first podcast.

19 . The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 18 , the operations comprising:

determining a target summary length based upon the target length; and

submitting an indication of the target summary length to a language model, wherein generating the summary is performed using the language model based upon the target summary length.

20 . The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16 , wherein:

generating the first podcast comprises converting the summary to the auditory representation of the summary using a text-to-speech converter.