How do I transcribe a podcast back catalogue? Episode by episode, straight from the feed.
Paste the podcast's RSS feed or each episode's link, or a Google Drive folder of the masters, and every episode is transcribed at about 2 minutes per audio hour, with any single file allowed up to 10 hours or 5 GB (2 GB before the first pack). A back catalogue of 90 episodes at 50 minutes is 4,500 minutes, which the $24 pack of 5,000 minutes covers after the first 20 free minutes.
Working through the archive
Years of episodes, turned into text you can publish and search.
Start from the feed
Episodes published through RSS already sit on public URLs, so paste the feed or an episode link and the audio is fetched without touching your connection. A show also published on YouTube can go in by video link. Masters kept in Google Drive go in as a shared folder link.
Work in batches, newest first
Recent episodes are the ones listeners search for, so do the last season first and check how you use the output. Then move back a season at a time; credits never expire, so a batch a month draws on the same balance without a renewal.
Count the minutes
Episode count times average length gives the total. Forty 45-minute episodes are 1,800 minutes, inside the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes; 90 episodes of 50 minutes, 4,500 minutes, fit the $24 pack of 5,000 minutes; a ten-year weekly archive of hour-long shows is several $24 packs, bought as you go.
What each episode gives you
A brief with the thesis and takeaways, chapters with timestamps ready for show notes, the names, numbers and dates mentioned, and the questions the episode answers. Guests and hosts are named in the summary and key quotes. Single large files can also use the upload page.
Archives without text
Why old episodes stay invisible.
✗ Audio nobody can search
Search engines and listeners cannot read audio, so years of conversation sit behind a play button.
- Old episodes found by nobody
- Guests' best lines lost in the audio
- Show notes written from memory
- Per-episode quotes that add up fast
- Monthly plans paid in quiet months
- Clips found by scrubbing through hours
✓ Every episode as text
Each episode becomes a document you can publish, quote and search, at a one-time price per batch.
- Links instead of uploads
- About 2 minutes per hour of show
- 4,500 minutes on the $24 pack
- Chapters ready for show notes
- Guests named in the summary
- TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT, JSON
Sample output
An older episode, finally readable.
Invented, illustrative lines, not from any real show. Times are where each line falls in the episode.
Export
One transcript. Five clean formats.
Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.
Plain text
De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.
SRT captions
Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.
WebVTT
HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.
Show notes
Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.
Machine-readable
Timestamped text for your own tools.
Pricing
Honest pricing, no surprises.
A pack from $6 (500 minutes) opens the full transcript. After that, no subscription and no auto-renew — every tier is a one-time minute pack, and credits never expire. Buy once, use the minutes whenever you need them.
Casual pack
$6/500 min
8 hours of audio — $0.72 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 500 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$12/2,000 min
33 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 2,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
Bulk pack
$24/5,000 min
83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 5,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Podcast archives, answered.
How long does a back catalogue take?
Each episode takes about 2 minutes per audio hour, so a 50-minute episode is ready in under 2 minutes and a 3-hour special in about 6. Episodes fetched by link skip your upload completely.
How do I work out the cost?
Multiply episodes by average minutes. Up to 500 minutes, the $6 pack of 500 minutes; up to 2,000, the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes; above that, the $24 pack of 5,000 minutes, and two of them for a 9,000-minute archive. Your first 20 minutes cost nothing.
Does it handle music beds and intros?
Music, sound effects and jingles are not transcribed; the speech over and between them is. A long musical intro simply shows as a gap in the timestamps.
Some old episodes only exist as files. Is that fine?
Yes. Upload them directly or put them in a Drive folder shared by link. Each file can run up to 10 hours or 5 GB, and before the first pack the upload ceiling is 2 GB, which a typical episode MP3 is far below.
Can I use the text for show notes and episode pages?
That is the usual use. The brief and chapters give a ready outline, TXT and DOCX paste into your site, and SRT or VTT add captions to a video version of the episode.
What happens to the audio?
Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training. Nothing is published anywhere by us; the transcripts stay in your Library until you export or delete them.
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