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Transcribe an NPR podcast episode.

WhipScribe transcribes NPR podcasts from their feeds.npr.org feed, episode MP3 address or Apple Podcasts link. Packs: $4 for 300 minutes, $18 for 3,000, $32 for 6,000; Workspace $19 a month. Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file. Measured turnaround: about 2 minutes per audio hour. 99 languages. Checked 2 Nov 2026.

Free preview of the opening minutes Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file 99+ languages TXT · DOCX · SRT · VTT · JSON

The file you have

Where an NPR episode's audio is.

NPR podcast feed: Works. NPR feeds look like feeds.npr.org/<number>/podcast.xml; pasted here they list the show's episodes to choose from.
Episode MP3 address: Works for any episode: the enclosure address inside the feed.
Apple Podcasts link: Works, and is the quickest way to a specific episode.
NPR One and NPR app: NPR retired NPR One and moved its features into the NPR app; share the episode from there only to find its title.

Sometimes a link works. Paste the NPR podcast feed, the episode's MP3 address or its Apple Podcasts link.

How it works

Three steps, the first one is the only one that takes any thought.

Find the episode in Apple Podcasts or the feed

Search the show's name; NPR shows are listed under NPR.

Paste its link here

About two minutes of processing per hour of audio.

Read and quote

Free preview; a pack opens the full transcript with timestamps.

Good to know

What trips people up, and what to do about it.

Many NPR shows publish their own transcripts on npr.org a few days after broadcast; check the episode page first if you only need to read along.
Local station newscasts in the NPR app are live or short-lived streams, not podcast episodes, and have no file to fetch.
Find the right episode by date: daily NPR shows publish several similar titles a week, so check the date in the feed or in Apple Podcasts before pasting.
Sponsor messages inserted into the public file are transcribed with the episode.

Example. A debate coach wants the transcript of a 26-minute NPR explainer the day it comes out. They paste the episode's Apple Podcasts link and have the timestamped text in about a minute, before npr.org posts its own.

What comes back

More than a wall of text.

The same four things for every NPR recording, whatever its length.

A transcript with timestamps

Every line carries its time. Click a line to hear that second again, or search a name or phrase and jump to each place it was said.

A summary, chapters and key quotes

A brief with the takeaways, chapters with their start times, and the quotes worth keeping. Speakers are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters.

Questions answered from the recording

Ask where a topic came up or what was decided, and get the answer with the time it was said, instead of scrolling the whole text.

Every export

TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT, JSON from the same transcript: a document to edit, caption files for video, plain text to paste, structured data for your own tools.

Pricing

Free preview. Packs from $4, and the minutes never expire.

A 26-minute episode is 26 minutes, so the $4 pack (300 minutes) covers it 11 times over. Every recording gets a free preview, and in 31 countries, or for recordings of an hour or more in most others, a summary you can read before paying; a pack opens the full transcript and every export. Packs are one-time purchases with no subscription and no seat fee.

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Pick a pack to open secure checkout. Workspace is $19 a month for unlimited transcription (300-hour fair-use mark). Full pricing

What we measured, last 30 days

3,332 recordings, 2,490 audio hours, 65 languages detected. An hour of audio came back in 3.1 minutes for half of the recordings and within 17.5 minutes for nine in ten, measured from the moment the file landed to the finished transcript. Refreshed 2026-10-28; method on how we test.

FAQ

NPR One (NPR app) to text, answered.

Is NPR One still available?

NPR retired the NPR One app and moved its features into the NPR app. NPR podcasts themselves are still published as public feeds.

Where is an NPR podcast's RSS feed?

NPR feeds are at feeds.npr.org followed by the show's number and /podcast.xml. Searching the show on Podcast Index also finds it.

Does NPR already publish transcripts?

For many programmes, yes, on the episode's page at npr.org, usually after a delay. This is useful when you need it at once or the show does not publish one.

What does transcribing NPR recordings cost?

The preview is free, and so is the summary in 31 countries or for recordings of an hour or more. A pack opens the full transcript: $4 for 300 minutes, $18 for 3,000 minutes, $32 for 6,000 minutes. Packs are one-time, credits never expire, and Workspace is $19 a month if you transcribe every week.

How long can the recording be?

One file can run up to 10 hours or 5 GB. The box on this page takes files up to 500 MB; a larger file continues on the main upload page, which uploads it in parts. Most recordings come back in about two minutes per hour of audio.

Is the recording kept private?

Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training. You can delete a recording and its transcript at any time.