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Podcast Transcript Generator

Turn a podcast episode into a transcript with each voice separated, ready to edit, publish on your show page, or turn into show notes and clips.

Transcribe an episode

Free to start — no credit card required.

Exemplary AI's podcast transcript generator turns an episode into text with each voice separated: upload the audio (MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC or OGG) or the video of a video podcast, or paste a YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo or X link.

Detect speakers suggests names for the hosts and guests from what they say, and you can rename any speaker yourself. Download the transcript as PDF, SRT, VTT, TXT, Markdown, JSON or DOCX, or write Show notes, Chapters and Key quotes from it. Free plan: 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark.

Podcast transcripts at a glance

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Episodes
MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC and OGG audio or MP4, MOV and WEBM video, or a YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo or X link
Podcast app links
Spotify and Apple Podcasts links are not supported: upload the episode file
Speakers
Separated automatically; Detect speakers suggests names, and any speaker can be renamed
Transcript downloads
PDF, SRT, VTT, TXT, Markdown, JSON and DOCX
From the same transcript
Show notes, Chapters, Summary and Title ideas
Translation
Into any of 116 languages, as subtitles on the player or downloads
Free plan
500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark
How it works

How to make a podcast transcript

A video podcast episode added to Exemplary AI from a YouTube link

A transcript of your own, not just one in the listening app

Listening apps increasingly show a transcript to people while they play an episode. That helps listeners, but it stays inside the app. To publish the words on your own site, quote them in show notes, put captions on a video episode or translate an episode, you need a transcript file you can edit and export.

From one transcript you can write the episode description with the show notes generator (our show notes template covers what to include), and cut short video or audiogram clips with the podcast clips generator. For a plain audio file, MP3 to text covers the same steps.

What it does

Built for Episodes with Several Voices

Hosts, co-hosts and guests stay apart in the transcript, so it reads like the conversation it was.

Every voice separated

Speakers are told apart automatically. Detect speakers suggests a name for each from the conversation, and you can rename, add or reassign them.

Show notes from the transcript

AI Writer turns the episode into Show notes, Chapters, Key quotes and Title ideas, without pasting the transcript anywhere.

Clips for social

Turn the moments people will share into vertical clips with captions; an audio-only episode becomes audiogram clips.

Episodes in other languages

Translate the transcript into any of 116 languages for listeners who read another language, and download each translation as its own file.

Questions

Common questions

How do I get a transcript of my podcast?
Upload the episode file, or paste the link to the episode on YouTube, and start the transcript. When it is ready, name the speakers, correct any misheard words and download it.
Can I paste a Spotify or Apple Podcasts link?
No. Links from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo or X import, but podcast app links do not. Upload the episode file instead: MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC and OGG audio and MP4, MOV and WEBM video all work.
Does it tell the hosts and guests apart?
Yes. Each voice gets its own speaker label automatically. Detect speakers suggests names from what is said in the episode, and you can rename a speaker, add one or move a line to another speaker by hand.
Can I publish the transcript on my podcast website?
Yes. Download it as TXT or Markdown for a web page, or PDF or DOCX for a document, with or without timestamps and speaker names.
Can I make show notes from the transcript?
Yes. AI Writer writes show notes, chapters with timestamps, key quotes and title ideas from the same transcript. The <a href="/podcast-show-notes-generator">show notes generator</a> shows what you get.
Is the podcast transcript generator free?
You can start on the Free plan: 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark. Paid plans take longer episodes and larger files.

Make the most of your next episode

Upload a conversation and turn its transcript into notes, captions, and clips.