Podcast, step by step

How to transcribe a podcast

How to transcribe a podcast: the steps that take the episode of the podcast and turn it into text, with the export that comes back. Free $0, 3 files a day.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short

Nothing from Podcasts is needed after the download, because the file is the input. The time of every segment of the episode of the podcast stays in the export. The free plan is $0 with 3 files a day, and one file may be 30 minutes.

How it works

How to transcribe a podcast, step by step

  1. 1

    Download the episode

    In the Podcasts app open the episode and press Download under it.

  2. 2

    Pick the quality

    The app can save the episode in a higher or in a lower quality, and the choice changes the size of the file.

  3. 3

    Mind the default

    By default the app downloads the audio of the episode, and not the video of it.

  4. 4

    Copy the part you need

    Every line of the text carries the moment it was said, so a quotation can be copied with its own timecode.

  5. 5

    Wait for the text, not for the file

    The upload of the episode of the podcast is quick; the engine reads it once and hands the whole text back as a document.

The result

What comes back from the engine

  • TXT

    One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.

  • TXT, CSV

    The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.

  • SRT, VTT

    SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.

  • Markdown, DOCX

    The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.

The facts

How Podcasts stores the file, and what it says about it

Where the file is

The episode is downloaded in the Podcasts app: the Download button under the episode itself.

What can go wrong

By default the app takes the audio of the episode, not the video of it.

Length of one file

up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro

Free plan

$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card

The case

What the recording does not give you

Podcasts keeps the file, and keeping the file is not the same as keeping the text. Everything that comes after the recording asks for an hour of somebody's time, and that hour is hard to find. The engine reads the episode of the podcast once and hands the text back, so nobody has to listen to it twice.

Tips

  • Name the file of the episode of the podcast after the meeting, not after the day.

  • Podcasts gives the file, but the name of the file is yours to choose.

  • Check the length of the episode of the podcast before the upload: 30 minutes is the limit of one file.

  • Over 30 minutes on the free plan a file has to be cut before sending; Pro has no minute limit.

  • Set the language of the episode of the podcast yourself when you know it, or leave it on automatic detection.

FAQ

Questions about how to transcribe a podcast

What are the steps to transcribe a podcast?

The file of the episode of the podcast is the input, and the engine reads it as it is: no conversion, no link, and no account.

What do I need before I transcribe a podcast?

Bring the episode of the podcast to your disk and upload it here; our own engine returns the text with the time of every line.

Do I need an account to transcribe a podcast?

Our own engine reads the episode of the podcast and keeps the time of every segment, so the work ends with a document.

What is in the file after I transcribe a podcast?

Send the episode of the podcast to the widget and the text comes back as a document, with the speakers on request.

Is there a faster way to transcribe a podcast?

There is one step before the engine: the file of the episode of the podcast has to be on your own disk.

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Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps