Your town’s
News Flash.
Without writing it.

Webradio.ai reads what your council already publishes (app, website, events calendar, Facebook), turns it into a 2 to 10 minute audio bulletin and has it read by a natural voice. Nobody writes, nobody records: you listen, you approve, it goes out.

No writingNo recordingApproved by the council
Your townResidents’ app
Today’s News Flash
Le Flash de Magny-le-HongreLoading the latest edition…
News
RoadworksHigh Street: temporary traffic lights2 h ago
EventsFarmers’ market on Saturday morningYesterday
Read automatically: the council’s app, website, events calendar and Facebook page.
Posts↗Writing≋Voice↗Sound design≋Publishing

Hear your town’s
News Flash.

Pick a town: the AI looks up its latest news and the weather, writes the Flash and voices it, music included. About 2 minutes.

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We have also emailed you a link to set your password and find your Flash in your account.

What you no longer
have to do.

A hand-made audio bulletin takes a journalist and a sound engineer. The News Flash does it for every edition, from what the council already publishes.

A hand-made bulletin

Five steps, every time.

  • Go through the app, website, calendar and Facebook to find the news
  • Sort, prioritise and rewrite each item so it sounds right
  • Find a voice, record, redo the bits that went wrong
  • Edit the audio, add music, export the file
  • Post it on the website, the app and social media, one by one
With the News Flash

It’s all automatic.

  • Collection of posts from the chosen period
  • Writing for the ear, alerts first
  • Voicing by a natural voice
  • Music and editing
  • Audio, video, listening page and player ready to publish

Your only job: listen and approve.

It starts from what
the council already publishes.

Nothing changes in your routine: you keep publishing as you do today. Each source is tested in one click before it is added.

Council messages

Those sent through the residents’ app. Priority alerts lead the bulletin.

Website news

RSS feed, WordPress site or a simple news page: the Flash reads them as they are.

Events calendar

Current and upcoming events are announced with dates and venue, the soonest first.

Facebook page

Posts from the town’s official page round off the bulletin.

From post to Flash,
in four steps.

Only information published within the period you choose is used: the Flash is always up to date.

01 / COLLECT

Wherever the council publishes.

App, website, calendar and Facebook are read automatically, over 1 to 60 days.

02 / WRITE

Written for the ear.

The AI sorts, prioritises and rewrites: short sentences, clear dates, priority news first.

03 / VOICE

A natural voice.

Female or male voice, several tones, with the music of your choice.

04 / PUBLISH

Everywhere at once.

Audio file, video, listening page and a player to embed on the website or in the app.

A bulletin built
like a radio show.

Every Flash follows the same running order, that of a real local news bulletin. Residents know where they are from one edition to the next.

  1. Opening

    The town’s name, the date, the tone is set.

  2. Council messages and alerts

    Priority information first: roadworks, outages, instructions.

  3. Website and Facebook news

    Local life, rewritten to be understood on first hearing.

  4. Events

    Upcoming events, the soonest first, with dates and venue.

  5. Close

    A pointer to the app or website to find out more.

With every Flash,
everything ready to publish.

One bulletin, adapted to each of the council’s channels. Nothing to export or convert.

Subtitled video

The video version

Every Flash also comes as a subtitled vertical video, ready for Facebook, Instagram and the council’s information screens.

The audio file

The edition’s MP3, to download or share.

The embeddable player

On the website or in the app: it always shows the latest Flash.

Chapters and full text

Each topic has its own chapter, and the full text stays readable for everyone.

Sources cited

For each item, its source and a link to the original post.

Local life and its residents
AUTOMATIC · IN YOUR CONTROL

The AI prepares.
The council decides.

Set up once,
your way.

The voice

Female or male, several tones to choose from, with a sample to hear before you decide.

The music

Opening and transition music, or the voice alone if you prefer.

The length

2, 3, 5, 8 or 10 minutes, depending on how much is going on in town.

The period

1 to 60 days of news covered by each edition.

Case by case

A different voice or music for a single bulletin, without touching your settings.

Approval

You listen to the Flash before it goes out. Nothing is published without your go-ahead.

Already live.
Hear a real Flash.

This is the player you embed on a website or in an app. It automatically shows the latest edition from Magny-le-Hongre (France), in French: for your town, the Flash is written and read in English.

Do you build an app
for local councils?

The News Flash plugs into your platform. You keep the relationship with your councils; Webradio.ai produces and hosts the audio.

A complete API

Request a Flash, get notified as soon as it’s ready, browse the history of editions.

Your towns Coming soon

Create and manage your towns, their sources and access from your own tool.

A free demo mode

Three Flashes every 24 hours to test on your towns before activation.

Secure access

Allowed IP addresses, call log and rate limiting.

Frequently asked
questions.

Another question about the News Flash? Write to us.

Do we need to change the way we publish?

No. The Flash reads what the council already posts on its app, website, events calendar and Facebook page. There is nothing to re-enter.

Can we correct a Flash before it goes out?

Yes. You listen to every edition before it is published, and nothing goes out without your go-ahead.

How long does it take to produce a Flash?

A few minutes of processing, with nothing for you to do: collection, writing, voicing and music follow on automatically.

What length and frequency should we choose?

2 to 10 minutes, covering 1 to 60 days. A small village often goes for a short weekly Flash, a busier town for a longer format.

Where can residents listen to it?

On the council website through the player, in the residents’ app, on the listening page shared by link, and as a video on social media.

Your town’s Flash,
this week.

Pick your town: a first Flash is generated in two minutes from its news, so you can listen before you decide.