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Transcripts
PodcasterPlus can turn an episode's audio into an accurate, editable transcript. Review it, fix speaker names, publish it to your RSS feed so podcast apps can show it to listeners, or export it for use anywhere else.
Before you start
- AI transcription is available on Creator plans and up. On the Free plan the transcript card shows an Upgrade to unlock button instead.
- Transcription works with MP3 and M4A audio, up to six hours per episode. Every run first prepares the audio through Audio Processing for the most accurate results, so a typical episode takes several minutes end to end. WAV uploads are converted to MP3 automatically and can be transcribed as soon as conversion completes. Very large MP3 files (over 100 MB) depend on the preparation step: if preparation is temporarily unavailable the transcription can fail with a size message, and retrying later succeeds.
AI credits
Transcription uses AI credits from your plan's monthly allowance. One credit covers roughly one minute of audio, and the card shows an estimate before you start.
| Plan | AI credits per month |
|---|---|
| Free | None |
| Creator | 120 |
| Studio | 300 |
| Production House | 1,200 |
| Enterprise | Unlimited |
If a run would exceed your remaining credits, it doesn't start; you'll see how many credits it needs versus how many remain. See Billing and Plans.
Transcribe automatically
Turn on Automatically transcribe new uploads in your Podcast Settings (the AI card on the General tab). New uploads are then transcribed for you once the audio is in a publishable format (WAV uploads start transcribing automatically after conversion), using about 1 credit per minute of audio. The six hour limit applies here too: a longer upload is not transcribed at all, and you get a notification explaining the limit. Uploads that would exceed your remaining credits are also skipped, with a notification so you know.
Re-uploading replaces edits
With auto-transcribe on, re-uploading an episode's audio re-transcribes it and replaces any transcript edits you've made.
Transcribe one episode
- Open the episode and go to the Media tab.
- In the Transcript card, pick the Spoken language, or leave it on Auto-detect.
- Check the credit estimate, then click Generate transcript.
- A dialog shows roughly how long the run will take and confirms you can leave the page while it works. Click Start transcription.
A progress bar tracks the stages (preparing, transcribing, identifying speakers, saving). Identifying speakers is the longest step on longer episodes. You can leave the page; transcription keeps running in the background and you'll get a notification when it's done.
When it finishes, the card shows the word count, duration, and language, plus badges for the transcript's state (AI draft, Edited, Published). Click Review transcript to open it.
The transcript surface
The transcript opens inside the Media tab rather than as a page of its own. Media stays highlighted, a Media back link sits above the transcript, and the Episode chat panel stays where it is, so you can talk about a passage while you read it.
If no transcript exists yet, you'll see No transcript yet with a Go to Media button (generation lives on the Media tab). On plans without AI transcription it shows Upgrade to unlock instead.
The transcript surface shows your transcript as paragraphs grouped by speaker, alongside a sticky audio player. Click a paragraph to jump the player to that moment.
- Speakers: the AI labels each voice. Use the speaker chips above the transcript to rename speakers, match them to people on the episode, add a speaker, or remove one. You can also change the speaker on individual paragraphs.
- Edit text: click into any paragraph and type. Save with Ctrl+S (or Cmd+S on a Mac); the page also warns you before leaving with unsaved changes.
- Find and replace: search the transcript, with case-sensitive and whole-word options, and replace every match at once. Great for a name the AI keeps mishearing.
Status chips above the transcript show Published and Edited states. If you edit after publishing, a notice reminds you the published version is older than your edits.
Publish the transcript to your feed
- Above the transcript, click Publish to feed (after the first publish, the button reads Publish update).
- Confirm in the dialog.
The saved transcript is rendered as a WebVTT file at a public URL and linked from your RSS feed, so podcast apps can show it to listeners. Publishing again after edits updates the same file. Unsaved changes are not included; save first, then publish.
Publishing also puts the transcript on the episode's public listen page. Listeners see a short preview, and Read the transcript opens a reading view where the text follows along with playback: the current word is highlighted as it is spoken, tapping a line jumps the audio to that moment, and the whole transcript is searchable. Speaker names you have set here are used there, so it is worth naming them before you publish.
Word-by-word follow-along needs a fresh publish
Word timings are written into the transcript file when you publish. A transcript published before this feature existed, or one imported from another host, still follows along a line at a time. Publishing the transcript again picks up the word timings.
To remove it, open the transcript's overflow menu and choose Unpublish from feed…. The public file is deleted and the link is removed from your feed, though apps may keep a cached copy for a while. You can publish again at any time.
Re-run the transcription
Choose Re-run transcription… from the overflow menu to replace the transcript with a fresh AI pass. This replaces everything, including every edit, split, and speaker assignment, and spends AI credits again. If a version is published, it stays live until you publish the new one. The confirmation button is Replace transcript.
Export the transcript
The Export menu downloads the transcript in four formats:
- SRT: subtitle file for video editors and players
- VTT: web-standard captions
- Plain text: just the words
- JSON: structured data with timings and speakers
Promo assets
The Promo assets panel beside the transcript generates promotional content from it: three title ideas, a short episode summary, a tweet, a LinkedIn post, and suggested tags. Click Generate content to create them, or Regenerate for a fresh set. Generation uses AI credits from your monthly allowance, billed on actual usage; a typical episode costs a few credits.