PodcastsToText

TikTok audio,
written down.

TikTok gives you a video and keeps the script. Paste a link and we transcribe the audio itself, so it works on clips with no captions, and it does not inherit the typos from the ones that have them.

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How it works

Three steps, under a minute

No downloader, no watermark remover, nothing saved to your phone.

  1. Copy the video link

    Tap Share on the video and choose Copy Link. Full tiktok.com URLs and the vm.tiktok.com / vt.tiktok.com short links both work.

  2. Paste it above

    Drop the link into the field above and sign in with a free account. Full tiktok.com and short vm.tiktok.com links both work.

  3. Download the transcript

    We fetch the video's audio and transcribe it. Most clips are short, so the whole thing is usually done in under a minute.

Who it's for

What people do with a TikTok transcript

Creators repurposing

Lift a script off a clip that performed and reshoot it, rewrite it, or post it elsewhere.

Journalists & researchers

Quote a video accurately and keep a record of what was said, in case it comes down.

Language learners

Slow down fast, slang-heavy speech by reading it instead of replaying it.

Accessibility

Give a readable transcript for videos whose auto-captions are missing or wrong.

Exports

Seven formats out

.txt

Plain text

The script as prose, ready to rewrite or repost.

.md

Markdown

Title, speakers and paragraphs intact, for Obsidian, Notion or any notes app.

.srt

SubRip subtitles

Burn accurate captions into an edit.

.vtt

WebVTT

Captions for HTML5 players and web embeds.

.json

Structured JSON

Segments and timings as data you can parse.

.docx

Word document

Speaker headings and timestamps as real formatting, ready to edit or hand off.

.pdf

Print-ready PDF

Paginated and page-numbered, for sharing, archiving, or marking up.

While you are here

Discover PodcastsToText

The transcript is where it starts. Here is what the rest of the studio does with it.

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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Transcribed from the episode link · click any line to seek
M
Marios
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,
without re-listening the whole podcast.
Uploading files or manually transcribing just wasn't practical.
So I decided to make something that's fast.
Chapters
The problem: hearing something and losing it
0:00
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
0:19 / 1:54

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.

See everything it makes
Chapters
The problem: hearing something and losing it
0:00
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

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
SummaryGenerated from this episodeMarios 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 postGenerated from this episode## 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 postsGenerated from this episodeX: 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 metadataGenerated from this episodeTitle 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 descriptionGenerated from this episodeDescription: 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 quotesGenerated from this episode“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
FAQ

TikTok transcript questions

No. We fetch the video's audio and run it through the same speech recognition used for podcasts, so it works whether or not the creator added captions, and it does not inherit their typos when they did.

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