WhipScribe turns an episode page from a Simplecast site into a timestamped transcript. 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.
How it works
No download, no converter, nothing to install: the episode link does the work.
On the show's Simplecast site, open the episode you want. The address reads yourshow.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-title.
Simplecast episode pages are recognised directly, so there is nothing to download first. The preview appears with no signup.
Check who said what in the summary and key quotes. Export TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON. Each transcript is saved to your searchable library.
Episode pages on a simplecast.com address: yourshow.simplecast.com/episodes/…. We checked a public episode of this form and its audio came through in full. Many shows publish their site on their own domain; we only confirmed simplecast.com addresses, so on a custom domain use the fallback below if the link is refused.
If a link won't go through, paste the episode's direct MP3 link or the show's RSS feed instead (a feed link lists the show's episodes to choose from), or download the audio and upload the file. Files can run up to 10 hours or 5 GB; the box on this page takes files up to 500 MB, and larger files continue on the upload page.
What you can do with the transcript
One transcript per episode feeds your notes, captions and archive. More ideas on podcast transcripts.
Simplecast lets you add a transcript to each episode's page on your Simplecast site. Export TXT or DOCX, use the timestamps to find each speaker's lines, add the names, and paste the text in.
Export SRT or VTT for the clip you are cutting. The timing is already there, so captions line up with the speaker without manual syncing.
A transcript opens the show to deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences, and to anyone who would rather scan a conversation than play it.
Company and brand shows often need a written version. The DOCX export is an editable first draft; the summary and key quotes show who said what.
With the back catalog in your library, search a product name, a guest or a phrase and jump to the second it was said.
Pricing
Packs from $4, credits never expire. After that, one-time packs: $4 for 300 minutes, $18 for 3,000 minutes or $32 for 6,000 minutes, and credits never expire.
80 episodes of about an hour each is 4,800 minutes. A single $32 pack of 6,000 minutes covers the lot for 40 cents an episode, with 1,200 minutes to spare. See every option on the pricing page.
All 2 Simplecast links pasted here in the last 90 days came back as a transcript (24 minutes of audio). Our production records, 28 Jul 2026 to 26 Oct 2026.
FAQ
Simplecast's help pages describe adding a transcript to an episode's page by pasting in the text. You bring the words; Whipscribe is one way to produce them, with TXT and DOCX exports ready to paste.
The page of a single episode, for example yourshow.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-title. Paste it into the box at the top of this page and the preview starts with no signup.
We confirmed simplecast.com episode addresses. If a custom-domain link is refused, paste the episode's MP3 link or the show's RSS feed, or download the audio and upload it.
If the episode is public, the link works the same way. Private notes, research or quoting a line with credit is everyday use; republishing the full text of someone else's show needs their permission. This is common sense, not legal advice.
Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file. A pack from $4 opens the full transcript.
In your account's library, where they stay searchable. For an unreleased episode, upload the audio file instead of sharing a link.
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Instant preview, no signup, no card. A free account keeps every transcript in one searchable library.
For the recordings and videos it produces: see a video transcription service for uploads and links and how our transcription services work.