The ultimate tool for turning podcasts into text
Transcripts, show notes, chapters, translations and social posts from any Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube or TikTok link. Everything you’d write after the episode, drafted from the episode itself.
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Your episode opens in an editor.
Click a word and you hear it. Change a speaker name once and it changes everywhere. The whole episode is one page you can actually read, with the line playing highlighted as it goes.
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Chapters
The problem: hearing something and losing it
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Introducing podcaststotext.com
0:12
Why I built it
0:29
How it works: paste, choose a format, read
1:01
Who it is for
1:17
Try it free, and what comes next
1:28
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AI that simplifies everything after the episode.
Chapters with real timestamps, a summary, show notes, translation into around a hundred languages, and a chat that answers from the transcript only. The panel beside your transcript cycles through the lot.
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The problem: hearing something and losing it
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Introducing podcaststotext.com
0:12
Why I built it
0:29
How it works: paste, choose a format, read
1:01
Who it is for
1:17
Try it free, and what comes next
1:28
Who said it, and when, on every line.
Speaker recognition is on every plan, free included. Export to TXT, MD, SRT, VTT, JSON, DOCX or PDF and the timings come with it.
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Have you ever listened to a podcast and wish you could read what was being said?
Maybe to quote it, study it, or just to find that one line again without re-listening to the whole podcast.
Hey everyone, I'm Marios and I'm really excited to introduce you to my new project,
podcasttotext.com.
It's a web-based app that converts podcast episodes from Spotify and Apple Podcasts into clean, accurate text in just seconds.
Why did I build this up? You may ask.
I built it because I listened to a lot of podcasts.
And at the end of each episode, I was forgetting what was being said.
So I wanted a way to quickly take notes or revisit specific moments without rewinding,
One episode, a week of posts.
Everything generated from an episode is kept on one page, per show: the blog post, the newsletter, drafts for X, LinkedIn and Instagram, SEO fields, a YouTube description with chapter timestamps, and the pull quotes. Open one to read it, edit it in place, or export it as markdown.
Content · Introducing PodcastsToText.com
SummaryMarios introduces podcaststotext.com, a web app that turns a Spotify or Apple Podcasts episode link into clean, accurate text in seconds. He built it as a listener rather than as a product idea: he was finishing episodes and forgetting what had been said, and the alternatives, rewinding, uploading files, transcribing by hand, were all too slow to bother with. The flow he describes is three steps: paste the episode link, choose a format, and read the transcript, with optional speaker labels showing who is talking. He frames it as an accessibility tool for creators, students, language learners and journalists, and closes by offering 30 minutes of free transcription with no card required, promising future episodes with updates and tips.Blog post## I kept forgetting what I had just listened to
This episode is about a small, ordinary problem. You finish a podcast, something in it was worth keeping, and by the time you go looking for it the line is gone. Rewinding does not help, because you do not know where it was.
## Why the usual fixes did not work
Uploading audio files and transcribing by hand were both rejected for the same reason: they are slower than the listening was. Anything that takes more effort than the episode itself will not survive contact with a normal week.
## What the tool does instead
It starts from the one thing you already have — the episode link from Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Paste it, choose a format, and the transcript comes back in seconds. Speaker labels are optional and show who is talking.
## Who it is for
Creators, students, language learners, journalists, and anyone who wants to do more with what they listen to. New accounts get 30 minutes of free transcription, no credit card required.Social postsX: I kept finishing podcasts and forgetting what was said.
So I built podcaststotext.com, paste a Spotify or Apple Podcasts link, get clean text in seconds. Speaker labels optional.
30 minutes free, no card.
LinkedIn: New project: podcaststotext.com.
I listen to a lot of podcasts, and by the end of an episode I'd already lost the line I wanted to quote. Rewinding didn't work. Uploading audio files didn't work. Transcribing by hand definitely didn't work.
So it takes the one thing you already have, the episode link, and gives you back clean, accurate text in seconds, with optional speaker labels showing who's talking.
It's for creators, students, language learners, journalists, and anyone who wants to do more with what they listen to. Sign up and the first 30 minutes are free, no credit card required.
Instagram: Finished another podcast and lost the one line I wanted to quote. Again.
So I built podcaststotext.com — paste the episode link, get clean text back in seconds. Speaker labels optional.
First 30 minutes free, no card. Link in bio.SEO metadataTitle tag: Introducing PodcastsToText.com — turn any episode link into text
Meta description: Marios introduces podcaststotext.com: paste a Spotify or Apple Podcasts episode link, choose a format, and get clean, accurate text in seconds, with optional speaker labels.
Keywords: podcast transcription, spotify transcript, apple podcasts transcript, speaker labels
URL slug: introducing-podcaststotextYouTube descriptionDescription: Paste a Spotify or Apple Podcasts episode link and get clean, accurate text back in seconds, with optional speaker labels.
0:00 The problem: hearing something and losing it
0:12 Introducing podcaststotext.com
0:29 Why I built it
1:01 How it works: paste, choose a format, read
1:17 Who it is for
1:28 Try it free, and what comes next
30 minutes of free transcription when you sign up. No credit card required.
Tags: podcasting, transcription, podcast tools, accessibilityPull quotes“Have you ever listened to a podcast and wish you could read what was being said?”
- Marios
“And at the end of each episode, I was forgetting what was being said.”
- Marios
“Uploading files or manually transcribing just wasn't practical.”
- Marios
“My goal is to make audio content more accessible for creators, for students, for language learners,”
- Marios
Publish the transcript and let people find the show.
Verify that the show is yours and any episode gets a public page here — show notes, chapters and the full transcript, open to readers and to search engines, with the words people actually search for on the page. Take it down again in one click.
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Introducing PodcastsToText.com
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Episode summary
Marios introduces podcaststotext.com, a web app that turns a Spotify or Apple Podcasts episode link into clean, accurate text in seconds. He built it as a listener rather than as a product idea: he was finishing episodes and forgetting what had been said, and …
Chapters
- 0:00The problem: hearing something and losing it
- 0:12Introducing podcaststotext.com
- 0:29Why I built it
- 1:01How it works: paste, choose a format, read
Full transcript
Have you ever listened to a podcast and wish you could read what was being said? Maybe to quote it, study it, or just to find that one line again without re-listening to the whole podcast. Hey everyone, I'm Marios and I'm really excited to introduce you to my new project, podcasttotext.com. It's a web-based app that converts podcast episodes from Spotify and Apple Podcasts into clean, accurate text in just seconds.
transcribing…
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Marios
Have you ever listened to a podcast and wish you could read what was being said?
0:05
Maybe to quote it, study it, or just to find that one line again without re-listening to the whole podcast.
0:12
Hey everyone, I'm Marios and I'm really excited to introduce you to my new project,
0:17
podcasttotext.com.
0:19
It's a web-based app that converts podcast episodes from Spotify and Apple Podcasts into clean, accurate text in just seconds.
0:29
Why did I build this up? You may ask.
0:32
I built it because I listened to a lot of podcasts.
0:35
And at the end of each episode, I was forgetting what was being said.
What you get
One recording. A dozen things to publish.
PodcastsToText drafts every asset you would otherwise write by hand, from the same transcript.
Transcript editor
Click any word to hear it. Name and merge speakers, fix a line in place, jump by chapter. The whole episode in one readable page.
Ask the episode
Ask a question and get an answer out of the transcript, with the follow-ups understood in context.
Chapters, show notes, social media posts
Every time-stamped asset you'd write by hand, drafted from your words.
Increase podcast visibility
Publish an episode transcript as a public page. It carries podcast structured data and goes in your sitemap, so people can find your show by what was actually said in it.
Every format you need
TXT, MD, SRT, VTT, JSON, DOCX and PDF, timings intact, ready for the video editor or the CMS.
Translate, on one click
Translate the podcast into any language you want. Generated once, then yours to re-read for free.
Build it into your own stack.
A REST API for your code, and 13 MCP tools for your agent. Claude, Cursor and anything else that speaks MCP can find a feed, transcribe an episode and write the show notes on its own.
Join more than 6,000 people turning episodes into text.
Paste a link, read the transcript, take the show notes. Thirty minutes free on sign-up, no card.
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Wherever your podcast lives, we meet it there.
Paste a Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube or TikTok link, connect an RSS feed, or drop a file. PodcastsToText pulls the audio, transcribes it, and drafts everything you would write afterwards.
Flexible pricing for your needs
Free
$0per month
- 30 minutes per month
- A full transcript of one episode, in the editor
- Episodes up to 30 minutes
- Speaker recognition
- All formats (TXT, MD, SRT, VTT, JSON, DOCX, PDF)
Creator
$14per month
Everything in Free, plus
- 5 hours per month
- Full-length episodes, no per-episode cap
- Full REST API + MCP access
- AI show notes, chapters and content
- 1 connected feed
ProPopular
$39per month
Everything in Creator, plus
- 40 hours per month
- AI show notes, chapters and content, higher limits
- 3 connected feeds
8× the hours of Creator, for 2.8× the price
Studio
$79per month
Everything in Pro, plus
- 90 hours per month
- Unlimited connected feeds
- Priority support
Podmaxxing
$459per month
Everything in Studio, plus
- 300 hours per month
How it works
From link to transcript in seconds.
Three steps, no setup, no software to install.
1
Paste the link
The episode URL from a Spotify podcast, Apple Podcasts, YouTube or TikTok: the one in your address bar, not a file you exported. Or drop in an audio file if you have one.
2
We work out the rest
We find the audio behind the link, work out who is speaking, and never ask what language it is in. A YouTube video with captions skips the queue entirely and costs nothing.
3
Read it, fix it, take it
It lands in an editor, not a download folder. Click a word to hear it, correct a name once and it changes everywhere, then take it as subtitles, a document, or JSON with the timings.
Podcast URL
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/example
Speaker recognition All formats
Processing…85%
[SPEAKER_00] Welcome to the podcast...
[SPEAKER_01] Thanks for having me...
...and more
FAQ
Questions people ask first
Apple Podcasts shows one for many episodes: touch and hold the episode, then tap View Transcript. Spotify shows a follow-along transcript on some episodes too. Neither lets you download it, and Apple caps a copy at 200 words. To get the whole transcript as a file, paste the episode link at the top of this page.
Paste the episode link into the field at the top of this page. Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, TikTok and direct audio files all work. Use the link to a single episode rather than to the show, and the transcript comes back with speaker labels and timestamps.
TXT, MD, SRT, VTT, JSON, DOCX and PDF. SRT and VTT are subtitle files, JSON carries the timings, and DOCX and PDF are for reading. There is no per-export charge, so picking a second format later costs nothing.
Yes. The free plan includes 30 minutes per month with no card, for episodes up to 30 minutes. You can also paste a link above without an account at all and read the opening of the real transcript before deciding.
101+ languages, detected automatically, you do not have to tell us which one the episode is in: English, Chinese, German, Spanish, Russian, Korean, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Turkish, Polish, Catalan, Dutch, Arabic, Swedish, Italian, Indonesian, Hindi, Finnish, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Greek, Malay, Czech, Romanian, Danish, Hungarian, Tamil, Norwegian, Thai, Urdu, Croatian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Latin, Maori, Malayalam, Welsh, Slovak, Telugu, Persian, Latvian, Bengali, Serbian, Azerbaijani, Slovenian, Kannada, Estonian, Macedonian, Breton, Basque, Icelandic, Armenian, Nepali, Mongolian, Bosnian, Kazakh, Albanian, Swahili, Galician, Marathi, Punjabi, Sinhala, Khmer, Shona, Yoruba, Somali, Afrikaans, Occitan, Georgian, Belarusian, Tajik, Sindhi, Gujarati, Amharic, Yiddish, Lao, Uzbek, Faroese, Haitian Creole, Pashto, Turkmen, Nynorsk, Maltese, Sanskrit, Luxembourgish, Myanmar, Tibetan, Tagalog, Malagasy, Assamese, Tatar, Hawaiian, Lingala, Hausa, Bashkir, Javanese, Sundanese, Cantonese, Burmese.
Audio is kept only while it is being transcribed, then deleted. The transcript stays in your library until you delete it, and deleting it removes it. Nothing is sold, shared, or used to train anything.
Turn your next episode into everything else.
Paste a link, get a transcript, and let the chapters, show notes and social posts draft themselves. No card required.
