Data guide
How to turn your dashboard into a daily audio briefing
A calm analyst reads your key metrics and what changed overnight, in two minutes flat.
Hear your numbers before you reach your desk — a short spoken rundown of your dashboard you can play on the commute, hands and eyes free.
You already have the dashboard. The problem is when you can look at it. The numbers you most need are sitting on a screen you can't safely glance at on the train, in the car, or while you're getting the kids out the door — exactly the window when a quick scan would set up your whole day. A dashboard audio briefing fixes that: it reads your key metrics out loud, tells you what moved overnight, and flags anything outside its normal range, so you arrive already knowing the score.
The Dashboard Narrator template turns that into a one-click routine. You feed it the figures — pasted from your dashboard, dropped in as an export, or pulled automatically from a feed — and Pollinator Studio writes a tight analyst-style rundown, voices it in a clear, level tone, and hands you an MP3. No screen, no spreadsheet squinting, no meeting. Just your numbers, spoken, in the time it takes to find your seat.
How to make one with Pollinator Studio
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Start from the Dashboard Narrator template
Open the template library and click Dashboard Narrator — it loads preset for a short, single-analyst metrics rundown with a calm, even delivery and an unobtrusive background bed. Use it exactly as-is, change any piece you like, or save your own version to reuse every morning.
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Drop in today's numbers
Paste the figures straight off your dashboard, drop in a CSV/exported summary, or just type the metrics that matter — revenue, signups, churn, pipeline, ad spend, uptime. Pollinator Studio reads them and writes the rundown. For a hands-off daily scan, switch to newsroom mode and connect an RSS, WordPress, or JSON feed from your reporting tool, then set a morning schedule with auto-publish.
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Tell it what to call out
Edit the AI script prompt so the briefing leads with what changed since yesterday and names anything outside a normal range — 'flag any metric up or down more than 10%.' Set the order so your north-star number comes first and the long tail comes last. Keep the intro a single line ('Here's your Tuesday rundown') and skip the outro for speed.
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Pick the analyst voice and pace
The default is a steady, neutral narrator, but you can preview all 73 voices and choose the one that's easiest to follow at speed. Set the delivery to measured and the pace a touch brisk — a morning briefing should feel efficient, not sleepy — and keep the background music low so the numbers stay front and centre.
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Set the length and generate
Cap it at two to three minutes so it fits one leg of a commute. Generate the script, skim it for any number that reads wrong, then render — the audio mixes and renders in well under a minute, so you can regenerate if a figure changed.
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Get it to your ears
Download the MP3 and drop it in your morning playlist, or — in newsroom mode — publish to a private RSS feed so each day's briefing lands automatically in your podcast app, ready to play the moment you walk out the door.
Make it your own
The Dashboard Narrator template is ready to use as-is — one click and you're generating. But every part is editable: swap any of the 73 AI voices and set each host's delivery and pace, change the background music, edit the AI script and intro/outro prompts, set the length, and add your own or AI-generated cover art. Point it at a different report, set the metrics and thresholds it should call out, change the analyst voice and pace, or save your own version as a reusable morning-scan template.
Prefer to start from scratch? Build your own custom template and save your setup to reuse for every future episode.
Tips for a great data episode
- Lead with the one metric that decides your day — the briefing should answer 'are we on track?' in the first ten seconds.
- Have it speak the change, not just the level: 'signups 412, up 18% on yesterday' beats a bare number you have to interpret.
- Round aggressively — 'about twelve thousand' is far easier to absorb at speed than '11,847.'
- Set explicit thresholds in the prompt so anything alarming gets flagged out loud instead of buried in a list.
- If you run it daily, save your tuned version as a custom template so tomorrow's briefing is literally one click.
What you can do with Pollinator Studio
- 100+ ready-made templates — one click to start
- 73 AI voices — preview + per-host delivery & pace
- AI script from a URL, pasted text, or a topic
- 83-track licensed music + transition library
- AI-generated (or upload your own) cover art
- One-click RSS distribution to Spotify, Apple & Amazon
- Schedule daily/weekly auto-generation + auto-publishing from your feed
Try the Dashboard Narrator template free
30 minutes of audio per month. No credit card, no microphone.
Start freeFrequently asked questions
Where do the numbers come from — do I have to type them every day?
Either way works. You can paste figures or an export each morning, or in newsroom mode connect an RSS, WordPress, or JSON feed from your reporting tool and set a daily schedule with auto-publish, so the briefing builds itself before you wake up.
Can it tell me what changed instead of just listing metrics?
Yes. Edit the script prompt to lead with deltas and flag thresholds — for example, call out any metric up or down more than 10% — so the briefing emphasises movement and anomalies rather than reading a flat list.
How long is a typical briefing?
Aim for two to three minutes — long enough to cover your key metrics and what moved, short enough to finish before your commute does. You set the target length and the AI writes to fit.
Is my data safe — does it get published anywhere?
Only if you choose to. The default is a private MP3 you download. If you publish via RSS for your podcast app, point it at a private feed so the briefing isn't publicly listable.
Which voice should I use for a metrics rundown?
Pick a clear, level voice that's easy to follow at a brisk pace — the template defaults to a steady analyst, but you can preview all 73 voices and set the delivery and speed per host to taste.
