An audio post is made in the web version of the publication: Create and then Podcast.
Substack audio post to flashcards for revision in Russian
Substack audio post to flashcards for revision 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.
What the Substack stores is what the engine needs. The Russian speech becomes the revision deck in the sections Cards, Terms to define, Self-check questions; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into flashcards for revision
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Open the transcript
The transcript icon is pressed, and the transcript can be corrected or replaced by the file of the author
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Send the recording to the bot
The file of the Substack audio post is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as Russian; the answer comes back as the revision deck.
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Apply the instruction of the task
The instruction of the revision deck is written for this task already: it reads the text of the Substack audio post and asks for Cards, Terms to define, Self-check questions, and it keeps every claim to the transcript.
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Set the language of the speech
The speech of the Substack audio post is Russian, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on Russian while the revision deck is written.
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Check the file before the upload
The transcript of a post can be edited, and a transcript file of the author can be uploaded as a .txt, .srt or .vtt file
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 Substack keeps, and what it says about it
The audio file is recorded in the app or uploaded, and the transcript is opened with the transcript icon when the file has been processed.
A video post is recorded in the browser with the Recording Studio of Substack or uploaded with Select file.
The audio file of a post is an MP3, a WAV or an ACC file.
The transcript of a post can be edited, and a transcript file of the author can be uploaded as a .txt, .srt or .vtt file.
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
What the recording does not give you
The file of the Substack audio post is what the Substack keeps. A video post is recorded in the browser with the Recording Studio of Substack or uploaded with Select file. The engine reads the Russian speech, and the sections Cards, Terms to define, Self-check questions come out of it.
Tips
A name that was never said in the Substack audio post stays out of the revision deck.
The engine does not translate the Substack audio post from Russian.
The file of the Substack audio post stays on your own disk.
Questions about Substack audio post and flashcards for revision
Which problems can come with the Substack audio post?
An audio post is made in the web version of the publication: Create and then Podcast. The engine does not change the file of the Substack audio post; it reads it as it is and writes the revision deck.
What does the Substack keep for the Substack audio post?
The recommended maximum size of a video upload is 20 GB, with a H.264 codec and an AAC audio codec. The file of the Substack audio post is the input of the engine, and the revision deck is written from it.
How is the revision deck built from the Substack audio post?
The engine reads the Russian speech and the instruction writes the revision deck in the sections Cards, Terms to define, Self-check questions; every line comes from the transcript of the Substack audio post.
How long may the file be, and how much is free?
One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, and the free plan gives 3 files a day for the revision deck.
Where does the file of the Substack audio post wait?
On the Substack. The facts of the table above name the place where the file of the Substack audio post is kept and the way it comes off.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Lecture to flashcards for revisionThe 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.
Sources
- SSubstack help: how can I generate a transcript of an audio post (read 2026-10-25)support.substack.com · checked
- SSubstack help: guide to video posts on Substack (read 2026-10-25)support.substack.com · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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