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Podcast episodes

Podcast to text

Upload an episode's audio file and get a timestamped transcript to edit into show notes, an accessible page or quotes. This is for your own show or audio you have permission to use; there is no podcast-app or RSS input.

Free preview: one file up to 15 minutes and 25 MB, 3 tries a day, no account needed.

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The file you need

For your own show, the audio is the MP3 or WAV you exported from your editor, or the episode file you can download from your hosting dashboard. That is the best source: it is the version before any extra compression. For someone else's show, you need their permission, and the site cannot fetch an episode from a feed or a podcast app for you. Upload the file from your computer.

Step by step

  1. Export or download the episode as MP3, WAV or M4A.
  2. Upload it in the box above and choose the spoken language if you know it.
  3. When the transcript appears, set the speaker names (labels cover up to eight people and come with a free account).
  4. Edit mistakes in names, brands and technical terms, then export.

Long episodes

Without an account one file can be up to 15 minutes and 25 MB. A free account lifts those per-file limits and keeps your transcripts in a library, so for anything longer than a short clip, create one rather than cutting the file up. Most episodes are longer than a short clip, so for a regular show a free account is the practical route. Splitting an episode in your editor also works if you only want one segment, such as the interview.

Show notes, quotes and accessibility

A transcript is raw material. Read it for the chapter points, pull the best quotes with their timestamps, and tidy it into an episode page. Publishing a transcript on your own page gives readers who cannot or do not want to listen something to read; no particular search ranking is promised by doing so. Check guest names, products and numbers against the audio before publishing, and get your guests' agreement to a published transcript. More on that in the podcaster guide.

Music, ads and overlapping voices

Intro music and sung segments are not what a speech transcriber is built for, and jingles and ad reads with music under them can turn up as odd text. Two hosts talking over each other are rough for any transcript, so skim those passages. Export as text, Markdown, SRT or VTT, depending on whether it is for a page or for a video version of the show.

How it works

  1. Add a recording

    Drop in a video or audio file, choose one from your device, or record from the microphone. Nothing to install.

  2. It transcribes

    Speech becomes timestamped text, with speaker labels when more than one person talks.

  3. Read, fix, export

    Click any line to correct it, then download TXT, subtitles, Markdown, JSON or CSV.

Questions

Can I paste my RSS feed or a Spotify or Apple Podcasts link?
No. There is no feed or link input. Upload the audio file.
Can I transcribe another person's podcast?
Only with permission to use that audio. We do not download episodes.
Is the transcript ready to publish?
It is a draft. Correct names, numbers and quotes against the audio first.
Does it make chapters or summaries?
It gives timestamped text you can build chapters from. It does not write show notes for you.
Is it free?
Yes — one recording up to 15 minutes and 25 MB with no account, up to 3 tries a day. A free account keeps your transcripts in a library and lifts the guest limits; the current limits and paid plans are on the pricing page.

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