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Get a Transcript of Podcasts You Found on Spotify

Get a transcript of a podcast you found on Spotify by pasting the same episode from Apple Podcasts or the show's website, or by uploading your own episode file. The free plan covers 120 minutes every week.

Transcribe a podcast episode

Paste the Apple Podcasts or show website link, or press Transcribe to upload a file

Spotify links are refused. Free plan: 120 minutes every week, files up to 500 MB and 6 hours.

Heard it on Spotify? Get the same episode elsewhere

Spotify links do not work here: Spotify protects its audio, so those links are refused, and its in-app transcripts, where a show has them, cannot be exported. Most podcasts are also on Apple Podcasts or their own website, so search there for the same episode and paste that public link instead. If the show is yours, upload the file you exported from your editor or host, up to 500 MB and 6 hours. Shows that are exclusive to Spotify cannot be transcribed.

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From episode audio to show notes

A transcript turns an episode into text you can search, quote and publish. Paste the episode page link or upload the audio, and Hear2Text returns timestamped segments you can edit in the browser. Accuracy is up to 99% on clear studio audio; music under speech, phone-quality guests and people talking over each other lower it, so check names and quotes before publishing. On the free plan you export TXT; paid plans add SRT and VTT for the video cut, Word and PDF, plus AI summaries you can shape into show notes.

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Ask questions about the episode

Once the episode is transcribed, ask the AI assistant about it: what the guest said about a topic, which moments are worth quoting, or a short outline you can turn into show notes. Every answer comes from the transcript, which carries timestamps so you can jump back and check. The assistant is part of the paid plans.

  • Summarize an episode
  • Pull out quotable lines
  • Draft show notes
  • Find where a topic comes up
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How to get a podcast transcript

Find the episode outside Spotify, paste its link or upload the file, then edit and export.

  1. Step 01

    Paste a non-Spotify link

    Find the episode on Apple Podcasts or the show's website and paste its link, or upload your own episode file.

  2. Step 02

    Let it transcribe

    Hear2Text detects the language and transcribes the whole episode with timestamps, usually in minutes.

  3. Step 03

    Review and edit

    Read through, fix names and jargon in the browser, and replay any segment by its timestamp.

  4. Step 04

    Export and reuse

    Export TXT on the free plan, or SRT, VTT, Word and PDF on a paid plan, and turn it into notes or posts.

Who uses podcast transcripts

Anyone who wants to read, search or quote a podcast instead of scrubbing through the audio.

  • Podcasters

    A host uploads each finished episode and publishes the transcript on the episode page for listeners who prefer to read.

  • Content marketers

    A marketer transcribes a company podcast episode and cuts quotes, a blog post and social captions from the text.

  • Students

    A student transcribes an educational podcast from Apple Podcasts and keeps the text as study notes to search before an exam.

  • Researchers

    A researcher transcribes interviews from public podcasts and searches them for mentions of a topic, with timestamps to cite.

What you get from a podcast transcript

  1. Full episode transcripts

    Whole episodes up to 6 hours in one pass, in any of 100 languages, detected automatically.

  2. Speaker labels

    Every plan labels each voice as Speaker 1, Speaker 2 and so on, which makes interviews easy to follow.

  3. Show notes drafts

    On paid plans, AI summaries condense an episode into a draft you can edit into show notes.

  4. Quotes you can verify

    Every segment is timestamped, so you can find a line, check it against the audio and quote it accurately.

  5. Searchable episode pages

    A published transcript puts the spoken words of an episode on its page as text that search engines and readers can find.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I transcribe any podcast on Spotify?
No, not from a Spotify link. Spotify protects its audio with DRM, so Hear2Text refuses its links. Most shows are also published on Apple Podcasts or on their own website, and a public episode link from there works. Search the show name plus "podcast", open the episode page, copy its link and paste it here. Episodes exclusive to Spotify cannot be transcribed.
How do I create show notes from a transcript?
Transcribe the episode, then ask the AI assistant for a summary, the main topics and quotable lines, and use the timestamps to add chapter markers. AI summaries are on the paid plans at $9.99 a month or $89.99 a year. On the free plan you can export the TXT transcript and write the notes yourself. Always read the draft against the recording before publishing.
Does it identify different speakers?
Yes, on every plan. Speaker identification labels each voice, for example Speaker 1 and Speaker 2, so a host and guest are easy to tell apart. It does not know their names, so check who is who against the recording; on the paid plans you can rename them. Cross-talk, where people speak over each other, is the hardest part for labelling and accuracy alike.
Can I use this for my own podcast?
Yes, and it is the easiest case. Upload the exported episode file from your editor or hosting service: MP3, WAV, M4A and other common formats work, up to 500 MB and 6 hours per recording. You can also paste the public episode link from your host page or Apple Podcasts. The free plan gives 120 minutes every week with TXT export; paid plans add SRT, Word and PDF.
How long does it take to transcribe a podcast episode?
Usually minutes, not hours. The time depends on the length of the episode, so a three-hour interview takes longer than a twenty-minute solo show. Noisy recordings need more checking once the transcript is ready. Recordings up to 6 hours are accepted on every plan. The language is detected automatically, so nothing needs to be set before you start.

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