The episode is downloaded in the Podcasts app: the Download button under the episode itself.
Podcast
Podcast episode to quotes with timestamps in English
Podcast episode to quotes with timestamps in English: send the file and get the text with the timecodes. One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
What the Podcasts stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into quotes with timestamps
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Mind the default
By default the app downloads the audio of the episode, and not the video of it
- 2
Hand the file over
The widget takes the file of the Podcast episode as it is and marks the speech as English, so the engine does not have to guess what it is about.
- 3
Apply the instruction of the task
The ready instruction reads the transcript of the Podcast episode as the editor of the interview, and the list of quotations comes in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes.
- 4
Name the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; this Podcast episode is in English, so the language of the widget is set to English for the list of quotations.
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Check the file before the upload
The downloaded episode is an MP3 file, and the app can offer it in a higher or in a lower quality
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.
What Podcasts keeps, and what it says about it
The downloaded episode is an MP3 file, and the app can offer it in a higher or in a lower quality.
By default the app takes the audio of the episode, not the video of it.
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
The case
What the recording does not give you
The episode is downloaded in the Podcasts app: the Download button under the episode itself. That is the part that depends on the Podcasts; everything after it is the work of the list of quotations, and it is the same for every recording.
Tips
The instruction of the list of quotations is already written.
A recording of the Podcast episode in English is read as English.
A file over 30 minutes has to be cut into parts; the Pro plan takes a recording of any length.
By default the app takes the audio of the episode, not the video of it.
Questions about Podcast episode and quotes with timestamps
Which problems can come with the Podcast episode?
The episode is downloaded in the Podcasts app: the Download button under the episode itself. The engine does not change the file of the Podcast episode; it reads it as it is and writes the list of quotations.
What does the Podcasts keep for the Podcast episode?
By default the app takes the audio of the episode, not the video of it. The file of the Podcast episode is the input of the engine, and the list of quotations is written from it.
Who reads the list of quotations after the Podcast episode is sent?
the editor of the interview. The transcript of the Podcast episode is read first, and the list of quotations comes out of it in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes.
What do I get without a card?
3 files a day of up to 30 minutes every day, and the export of the text in the formats of the service, so the list of quotations comes back in every one of them.
Do I need an account for the Podcast episode?
The file of the Podcast episode and the widget are enough: the engine reads the English speech and writes the list of quotations.
Related pages
- The same task on podcast episode to text meeting action items ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Interview to quotes with timestampsThe page of the task: the instruction that is written for it and an example of the answer.
- Transcribe audio to textWhat the service does with a file: the formats of the export, the limits and the plans.
- Podcast episode to textWhere Podcasts keeps the file, what it holds and what the engine does with it.
Sources
- SiPhone user guide: download, save and remove podcasts (read 2026-10-24)support.apple.com · checked
- WBBC Sounds help: download a podcast (read 2026-10-24)www.bbc.co.uk · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps