How much does it cost to transcribe a podcast?

To try it, nothing: without an account, the trial transcribes up to the first 10 minutes of a recording, and the result page shows what you can read without paying and how to read the rest. What the free account includes today and Pro's prices are on the pricing page.

Does it label the hosts and guests by name?

Not by name on its own. In American English, British English and Indian English, the transcript separates the voices into Speaker 1, Speaker 2 and so on; you rename each label once, and the name holds for the whole transcript. In Australian English and Philippine English, it separates them too, on recordings of up to 2 hours. If the separation fails, the transcript comes without speaker labels, and says so.

Which file should I upload?

Whichever you have: the exported episode or the raw recording. We accept MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, Opus, MP4, MOV and WebM, among others.

Can I publish the transcript on the episode page?

It is your recording and your transcript. Read it through first — names, places and figures are where errors cluster — and export it as TXT or Word for the page.

What happens to the episodes I upload?

Your recordings and transcripts are not used to train models. In the no-account trial, the file and the transcript are deleted 48 hours later — or 7 days after payment, if you buy just that transcript; in an account, they are kept until you delete them.

Transcribe a podcast episode

Upload the finished episode — the MP3 or WAV your editor exports, or the raw recording of a guest — and try it here, with no account. In an account, the transcript comes with a time on every word, so a line worth quoting in the show notes is a click away from the audio that proves it.

LanguageIdentify speakers

Auto detect can mishandle a recording that switches language.

Free: one recording up to 10 minutes · its transcript to read · no account · deleted after 48 hours

What you get

In an account — free or Pro, with the same features — the transcript comes with:

Who spoke: In American English, British English and Indian English, the transcript separates the voices into Speaker 1, Speaker 2 and so on; you rename each label once, and the name holds for the whole transcript. In Australian English and Philippine English, it separates them too, on recordings of up to 2 hours. If the separation fails, the transcript comes without speaker labels, and says so.
A time on every word: Click any line to hear it; the transcript follows the audio while it plays, which is how you find the moment worth clipping.
Editing in the text itself: Guests' names, the books and companies they mention: fix them where they sit, and the fix is in the export.
Export: Word (DOCX), TXT, SRT and VTT, on every plan. TXT or Word for the episode page, SRT or VTT if the episode also goes out as video.
A summary in the episode's shape: An interview episode gets the themes, notable quotes kept in the guest's own words and the claims a listener might want to check; a conversation between hosts gets the key points and the moments worth returning to. You can change which shape is used.

From transcript to show notes

A transcript on the episode page gives search engines the words your audio cannot show them, and gives listeners a way to find the minute they want. Publish it after a read-through, not before. Every automatic transcript has errors, and they cluster on proper names, numbers and technical terms. Before you quote a passage, click the line and listen: with a time on every word, that check takes seconds.

Intro music, ads and the cold open are transcribed along with everything else, as whatever words the recogniser hears in them; cut what you do not want from the text, or trim the file before uploading. Where hosts talk over each other, the text needs review.

Long episodes

Without an account, the trial transcribes up to the first 10 minutes of a recording. On Pro, each file can be up to 8 hours, within the month's included hours; what each plan includes, the pricing page shows. See plans and prices.

On long recordings, speaker labels can wander from one section to the next — a consequence of how long audio is processed, not a setting.

Before you upload

Name the main language rather than leaving it on automatic. Automatic detection has to decide what language each stretch of speech is in, and where a recording switches language, what was said in the other one may come back translated instead of transcribed — or not come back at all. Either way nothing is marked as missing: the transcript will look complete.

Philippine English is marked “preview” in the language list: offered, but without a quality commitment yet, so check its transcript more closely before you use it.

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to transcribe a podcast?: To try it, nothing: without an account, the trial transcribes up to the first 10 minutes of a recording, and the result page shows what you can read without paying and how to read the rest. What the free account includes today and Pro's prices are on the pricing page.
Does it label the hosts and guests by name?: Not by name on its own. In American English, British English and Indian English, the transcript separates the voices into Speaker 1, Speaker 2 and so on; you rename each label once, and the name holds for the whole transcript. In Australian English and Philippine English, it separates them too, on recordings of up to 2 hours. If the separation fails, the transcript comes without speaker labels, and says so.
Which file should I upload?: Whichever you have: the exported episode or the raw recording. We accept MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, Opus, MP4, MOV and WebM, among others.
Can I publish the transcript on the episode page?: It is your recording and your transcript. Read it through first — names, places and figures are where errors cluster — and export it as TXT or Word for the page.
What happens to the episodes I upload?: Your recordings and transcripts are not used to train models. In the no-account trial, the file and the transcript are deleted 48 hours later — or 7 days after payment, if you buy just that transcript; in an account, they are kept until you delete them.