What does the Podcasts keep for the Podcast episode?
The episode is downloaded in the Podcasts app: the Download button under the episode itself. The file of the Podcast episode is the input of the engine, and the task list is written from it.
Podcast
Podcast episode to a task list in Russian
Podcast episode to a task list in Russian: 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 Russian speech becomes the task list in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into a task list
- 1
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
- 2
Upload the file
The engine takes the Podcast episode from the widget of the page; the speech is in Russian, and the task list comes back with the timecodes.
- 3
Run the instruction of the task list
The transcript of the Podcast episode goes to the instruction that is written for the task list, and the sections of the answer are Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later.
- 4
Mark the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; the speech of this Podcast episode is in Russian, and the widget carries that setting for the task list.
- 5
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
| What | What the platform says |
|---|---|
| Where the file is | The episode is downloaded in the Podcasts app: the Download button under the episode itself. |
| What the file is | The downloaded episode is an MP3 file, and the app can offer it in a higher or in a lower quality. |
| 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 |
| Pro plan | $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. The Podcast episode from the Podcasts is only the input: the engine reads the Russian speech and writes the task list out of the transcript.
Tips
The instruction of the task list is already written.
Mark the language of the speech of the Podcast episode.
Check who may download the file of the Podcast episode.
By default the app takes the audio of the episode, not the video of it.
Questions about Podcast episode and a task list
What does the Podcasts say about the Podcast episode?
By default the app takes the audio of the episode, not the video of it. The engine reads the Russian speech of the Podcast episode and writes the task list from that text.
What comes back after the Russian Podcast episode is read?
the task list in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later, with the time of every line of the recording of the Podcast episode.
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 task list 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 Russian speech and writes the task list.
Related pages
- The same task on audacity recording to text lecture to notes enThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Voice memo to a task listThe 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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