2 to 4 h episodes · RSS link · show notes from chapters

Transcribe long podcast episodes in Japan and write the show notes from chapters.

A podcast episode from Japan that runs 2 to 4 hours can go in by RSS link or as a file, and comes back at about 2 minutes per audio hour, so 3 hours takes roughly 6 minutes. The first 20 minutes are free, and a $6 pack of 500 minutes holds two 3-hour episodes with 140 minutes left.

Packs from $6, credits never expire · then from $0.36/hour · Credits never expire · Never used to train AI

✓RSS links work · ✓A 3-hour episode, about 6 min · ✓First 20 minutes free on arrival · ✓Packs from $6

Built for long episodes

Three hours of conversation, turned into notes, quotes and a searchable archive.

Straight from the feed

Paste the RSS feed or the episode page and we pull the audio, so there is no export from your hosting dashboard. A file from the editor works just as well.

Show notes from the chapters

Chapters with timestamps follow the topics as they change, and the brief gives the thesis and takeaways. Those two cover most of the show notes for a long episode.

Quotes for the clips you post

Key quotes come with timestamps and the guest's name, so whoever posts the episode can find the line and cut it in the editor.

A back catalogue, priced

Twenty-five 3-hour episodes are 75 hours, or 4,500 minutes. The $24 pack of 5,000 minutes covers them with 500 left, at $0.29 per audio hour.

Why long episodes go untranscribed

The longer the conversation, the less likely it is written down.

✗ Where long episodes stall

Many transcription tools were sized for a 30-minute episode, not a 3-hour one. Listeners looking for a topic from an old episode have nothing to search.

Upload limits below a long episode
Exporting and splitting the audio
Show notes written by listening again
Timestamps added by hand
Per-seat plans for a two-person show
Old episodes never searchable

✓ The episode, done in minutes

Paste the feed, read the text, publish the notes. Older episodes can go through the same way, one at a time.

RSS or file, either works
About 6 minutes for 3 hours
Chapters ready for the description
Guests named in quotes and chapters
Credits that wait between seasons
TXT for the blog, SRT for video

Sample

A long episode, as it might come back.

This sample is illustrative and written for this page, not taken from a real show. It is shown in English; an episode in Japanese comes back in Japanese.

transcript · whipscribe.com/view/transcribe-long-podcasts-japan

00:00:30 Welcome back. Today is a long one, so get a drink. We are going through the whole history of the project from the first prototype.

00:42:15 The first version only worked on one machine, and that machine was in my kitchen.

01:58:40 Let us take a short break. When we come back I want to talk about the year everything nearly stopped.

02:51:05 If I had to give one piece of advice, it would be to write down every decision while you still remember why you made it.

Export

One transcript. Five clean formats.

Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.

.txt

Plain text

De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.

.srt

SRT captions

Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.

.vtt

WebVTT

HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.

.docx

Show notes

Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.

.json

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
Unlimited AI chat per transcript
Executive summary & key quote

Get 500 minutes

Best value

$12/2,000 min

33 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.

2,000 minutes of audio
Priority queue
All export formats
Unlimited AI chat per transcript

Get 2,000 minutes

Bulk pack

$24/5,000 min

83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.

5,000 minutes of audio
Priority queue
API access for batch pipelines
All export formats

Get 5,000 minutes

FAQ

Long podcasts from Japan, the common questions.

How long does a 3-hour episode take?

About 6 minutes at roughly 2 minutes per hour of audio. A 4-hour episode is usually ready in about 8. The transcript is saved to your Library when it finishes. Each episode is kept separately in your Library.

How much does a run of long episodes cost?

Two 3-hour episodes use 360 of the 500 minutes in the $6 pack. Ten episodes of 3 hours come to 1,800 minutes, inside the $12 pack of 2,000. A back catalogue of 25 such episodes suits the $24 pack of 5,000 minutes.

Is there a limit on episode length or file size?

An episode file can last up to 10 hours and weigh up to 5 GB. Before the first pack, uploads stop at 2 GB, which an audio episode almost never reaches. An RSS link avoids the upload altogether.

We recorded a 12-hour marathon. Will it fit?

As two files, since one file holds up to 10 hours. Split it at a break and upload both; each comes back with its own chapters.

Does it work for episodes in Japanese with some English?

Japanese is detected automatically among 99 languages. An episode is transcribed on its main language, so English segments in a Japanese show are worth checking before you publish them.

Which exports do I get, and is my audio used for anything else?

You get TXT for the website, DOCX for editing, SRT and VTT for the video upload and JSON for your own tools. Unreleased episodes are safe to send: recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training.

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