---
title: "Generate podcast-style audio narratives with Podcast Generation"
description: "Build a repeatable text-to-audio workflow around Azure OpenAI Realtime streaming, PCM collection, WAV conversion, and frontend playback for podcast-style output."
verification: "listed"
source: "https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/main/.github/skills/podcast-generation"
author: "Microsoft"
publisher_type: "organization"
category:
  - "Media & Transcription"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
---

# Generate podcast-style audio narratives with Podcast Generation

Build a repeatable text-to-audio workflow around Azure OpenAI Realtime streaming, PCM collection, WAV conversion, and frontend playback for podcast-style output.

## Prerequisites

Azure OpenAI Realtime API access, WebSocket-capable backend, PCM to WAV conversion, frontend audio playback layer

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

Install command or upstream instructions:

```
Install the Microsoft skills repository with npx skills add microsoft/skills, then enable podcast-generation and configure Azure OpenAI Realtime credentials before wiring the backend streaming and frontend playback flow.
```

## Documentation

- https://microsoft.github.io/skills/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/generate-podcast-style-audio-narratives-with-podcast-generation/)