Libsyn lets you upload a transcript file for each episode. WhipScribe makes that file. Paste the episode's page on the show's Libsyn website, or the episode's MP3 link, and get a transcript with speaker labels and word-level timestamps, exported as SRT, VTT, TXT, DOCX or JSON. Libsyn's play.libsyn.com share link does not work, so use one of those instead. Or drop the audio in the box, using the upload page above 500 MB. Packs from $4, credits never expire.
How it works
Start from the episode page on the show's Libsyn site, or from the MP3 itself. Skip the Share button.
Open the episode on the show's site, like yourshow.libsyn.com/episode-title, and copy that address. Or copy the MP3 link, which looks like traffic.libsyn.com/…/Episode_303.mp3.
WhipScribe fetches the audio and starts the transcript. Preview immediately, with no account.
Export SRT or VTT and add it to the episode in Libsyn, so apps that read transcripts from your feed can show it.
Link forms
Libsyn shows are set up in different ways, so no single link form is guaranteed for every show. These are the forms we tested in September 2026. If one fails, paste the MP3 link.
https://yourshow.libsyn.com/episode-title. Open the single episode first; the show homepage points at the whole feed, not one episode.
A direct link such as https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/yourshow/Episode_303.mp3. To find it, use the episode's download link on the show site, or open the show's RSS feed and copy the episode's .mp3 address. Pasting the RSS feed itself also works.
Older embed links in the form html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/… are accepted.
Libsyn's current Share and player links, play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/…, are refused today. Paste the episode page or the MP3 link instead, or download the audio and upload it via the upload page.
What the transcript is for
Libsyn publishes the transcript you give it. Here is what that file does for the show.
Upload SRT or VTT to the episode in Libsyn and it goes into your feed, where apps that support transcripts can show it and highlight words as they play.
Skim the timestamped text for topic changes and write notes and chapter titles in minutes.
Listeners who are deaf or hard of hearing get the full episode, not just the description.
Long-running Libsyn shows have hundreds of episodes. In your WhipScribe library, finding the one where a guest said something is a search.
Pricing
A long-running show with 250 episodes at about 40 minutes each is 250 × 40 = 10,000 minutes. Two $24 packs (5,000 minutes each) cover the whole catalog for $48, and credits never expire, so you can work through it a batch at a time.
A pack from $4 opens the full transcript, and anyone can preview a transcript instantly with no signup. After that, one-time packs: $8 for 1,000 minutes, $12 for 2,000 minutes, $24 for 5,000 minutes. Credits never expire, and there is no subscription. See pricing.
FAQ
Paste the episode's page on the show's Libsyn website (yourshow.libsyn.com/episode-title) or the episode's MP3 link into the box on this page. Preview with no signup; a pack from $4 opens the full transcript.
Links in the form play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/…, which is what Libsyn's Share button gives you, are refused today. Paste the episode page on the show's Libsyn site or the episode's MP3 link instead, or download the audio and upload it.
Use the episode's download link on the show's Libsyn site, or open the show's RSS feed and copy the .mp3 address listed for that episode. Pasting the RSS feed itself also works.
Libsyn lets you upload your own transcript for each episode as an SRT or VTT file and adds it to your feed; its guidance also covers transcripts that Apple Podcasts generates. You bring the file, and WhipScribe exports both formats.
Export SRT or VTT from WhipScribe, then add the file to the episode in Libsyn's episode editor. Libsyn's help pages have the current steps.
Transcribing a public episode for your own notes, study or accessibility is something people do all the time. Publishing that transcript, or reusing large parts of it, is different: the words belong to the people who made the show, so ask them first. That is common sense, not legal advice.
No. Pasting a link does not change anything on the show's Libsyn account, website or feed. The transcript is kept in your own WhipScribe library, where you can search it and export it when you choose. Only paste links to audio you are allowed to use.
Instant preview, no signup, no card. A free account keeps your transcripts in one searchable library.