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Add a transcript to a Transistor episode.

Transistor publishes a transcript with your episode when you give it one. Upload the episode audio here, export the transcript, and add it on the episode's page so apps that support transcripts can show it.

Free preview and summary Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file 99+ languages TXT · DOCX · SRT · VTT · JSON

The file you have

Getting the audio in, and the transcript back out.

Your episode audio: The file you uploaded to Transistor (from your editor, or downloaded again from the episode in your dashboard).
Or a link: The show's public RSS feed address transcribes the newest episode; an episode's MP3 address from the feed works for any other.
Where the transcript goes: On the episode's edit page in Transistor, in the transcript section. It is then included with the episode in your feed for apps that display transcripts.
Formats to export: SRT or VTT keep the timestamps; TXT is plain reading text.

Sometimes a link works. A public link can be pasted; anything private or signed-in has to be downloaded and uploaded as a file.

How it works

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

Upload the episode, or paste the feed

The transcript is ready in about two minutes per hour of audio.

Read it through once

Fix names and jargon; click a line to hear it. The summary and chapters are a ready draft for show notes.

Add it in Transistor

Export SRT or VTT and add it in the episode's transcript section, then save the episode.

Good to know

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

Do it before you publish. Upload the final audio here first, then publish the episode with its transcript and chapter timestamps in one go.
Check the names. Guests' names and product names are where automatic transcripts slip; a two-minute read fixes what listeners would notice.
Pay for episodes, not months. A weekly 40-minute show uses about 170 minutes a month; the $4 pack covers close to three months and never expires.

Example. A fortnightly 50-minute interview show uploads each final MP3 before publishing. The transcript is ready in about two minutes; the VTT goes into the episode's transcript section and the chapter list into the description.

What comes back

More than a wall of text.

The same four things for every Transistor 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 50-minute episode is 50 minutes, so the $4 pack (500 minutes) covers it 10 times over. Every recording gets a free preview and 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

1,901 recordings, 830 audio hours, 64 languages detected. An hour of audio came back in 3.7 minutes for half of the recordings and within 19.7 minutes for nine in ten, measured from the moment the file landed to the finished transcript. Refreshed 2026-10-02; method on how we test.

FAQ

Transistor to text, answered.

How do I add a transcript to a Transistor episode?

Transcribe the episode audio here, export SRT or VTT, then open the episode in Transistor and add the file in its transcript section.

Which format should I export?

SRT or VTT if you want the timestamps kept, which podcast apps use to follow along; TXT for a plain text block.

What does transcribing Transistor recordings cost?

The preview and the summary are free. A pack opens the full transcript: $4 for 500 minutes, $8 for 1,000 minutes, $12 for 2,000 minutes, $24 for 5,000 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.