2 to 4 hours · RSS link · about 8 min for 4 h

Transcribe long podcast episodes from the RSS link.

A long South African podcast episode of two to four hours transcribes in about 4 to 8 minutes, straight from the RSS feed or a YouTube link. The first 20 minutes are free, and a $6 pack of 500 minutes covers two four-hour episodes with show notes, chapters and quotes.

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

✓RSS and YouTube links · ✓4 hours in about 8 minutes · ✓First 20 minutes free · ✓Episodes never train a model

For long-form shows

Show notes, chapters and clips for an episode that ran three hours.

From the feed

Paste the RSS feed or the episode's YouTube link and the audio is fetched for you. Pasting the feed also skips the export and upload wait for a three-hour file. A local export from your editing software goes through upload page.

Chapters for the player

The episode is split into chapters with timestamps that you can paste into the description or the podcast app's chapter list. Listeners skip to the topic they came for.

Show notes from the brief

The brief gives the episode's thesis and main takeaways, plus the names, books, numbers and dates mentioned. That is most of a show-notes page before you edit a word.

Quotes worth posting

Key quotes come with the guest named and the timestamp, so a social post can link straight to the moment. A chat over the text finds the line you half remember.

Why long episodes ship without notes

The longer the conversation, the less time anyone has to write it up.

✗ Notes written from a relisten

Writing show notes for a three-hour episode means listening to all three hours again.

A full relisten for show notes
Exporting a smaller file for upload
Tools that stop at an hour
Chapters marked by hand
Guest names misspelt in the notes
A subscription for a weekly show

✓ Text for the whole episode

The episode comes back with the pieces a show page needs. An editor can turn that into a show page, a newsletter post and a few clips in one sitting.

A 4-hour episode in roughly 8 min
RSS and YouTube links
Chapters ready for the player
Names and numbers listed
Guests named in summary and quotes
Captions for the video cut

Sample

Part of a long episode, as it comes back.

This excerpt is illustrative and was written for this page; the hosts and guest are invented.

transcript · whipscribe.com/view/transcribe-long-podcasts-south-africa

00:00:40 Welcome back. Today's guest started a bakery in her garage and now supplies forty shops. We have a lot to get through.

00:22:18 The first year we lost money every month. The turn came when we stopped making twenty products and kept four.

02:10:05 Before we wrap up, what would you tell someone starting this year?

02:10:20 Know your numbers weekly, not monthly. By the time a monthly report shows a problem, it is too late.

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 podcast episodes, answered.

How long does a four-hour episode take to transcribe?

About 8 minutes, at roughly 2 minutes per hour of audio, and a two-hour episode about 4. The public proof run on long files did 4.94 hours in 372 seconds.

What would a season of long episodes cost me?

Twelve episodes of three hours are 36 hours, or 2,160 minutes, just over the $12 pack's 2,000, so the $24 pack of 5,000 minutes is the right fit. Two four-hour episodes, 480 minutes, fit on the $6 pack. Credits never expire, and a first-time visitor can hear how the first 20 minutes of an episode came out before buying.

Can I transcribe straight from the RSS feed?

Yes. Paste the podcast's RSS feed or an episode link, or a YouTube link if the show is filmed. No download or upload is needed.

My episode is a 4 GB video. Will it go through?

Yes once a pack is on the account, since one file can be up to 5 GB or 10 hours. Before the first pack the upload limit is 2 GB. The audio-only MP3 of the same episode is far smaller.

Which languages work for South African shows?

English, Afrikaans and Zulu are all among 99 languages detected automatically. An episode that changes language is detected on its main language. Intro music and sound effects are not transcribed; the conversation is.

Which exports, and is the audio kept private?

Export the episode as TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT or JSON. Episodes are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training.

Paste the episode's feed. Read the opening 20 minutes free.

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