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Every episode becomes searchable text, chapter-able timestamps, and show-notes-ready output. Free preview of the opening minutes, then credit packs from $4 for 300 minutes.
124,589 minutes of podcasting recordings already transcribed here · packs from $4, any length · ~2 min per hour of audio · 99+ languages · private, never used for training
- 124,589 minof podcasting recordings transcribed by users here, across 1,706 files
- ~2 minper hour of audio, measured on production
- 99+languages, auto-detected
At a glance
- Field
- Podcasting
- Transcribed here
- 124,589 minutes across 1,706 podcasting recordings, out of 404,452 minutes site-wide since April 2026 (measured 10 Nov 2026)
- Turnaround
- About 2 minutes per hour of audio; most files finish in under a minute
- Input
- Any audio or video file, YouTube, podcast or RSS link; up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file
- Output
- A brief with chapters, the names, numbers and dates that were said, and the questions it answers; word timestamps and AI chat. Export TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX or JSON
- Languages
- 99+, with automatic detection
- Privacy
- Private servers, no third-party AI, never used for training, delete any time
- Price
- Packs from $4 for 300 minutes, credits never expire; every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes
- Support
- contact@whipscribe.com or the chat on every page
Quick answers
The five questions people ask before the first upload.
- What does WhipScribe do for podcasting recordings?
- Every episode becomes searchable text, chapter-able timestamps, and show-notes-ready output. Free preview of the opening minutes, then credit packs from $4 for 300 minutes.
- How much does it cost?
- Every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes; a pack from $4 (300 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export. Credit packs: $4 = 300 min · $18 = 3,000 min · $32 = 6,000 min; credits never expire and there is no seat fee. Workspace is $19 a month for unlimited transcription (300-hour fair-use mark; 100 GB of storage included, then $3 per extra 100 GB a month).
- How long does a transcript take?
- A one-hour recording is usually ready in about two minutes; most files finish in under a minute. Files up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file.
- Is it private?
- Yes. Transcribed on our own servers; audio is never sent to a third-party AI service. Never used to train, fine-tune or evaluate any model. Delete a recording and its transcript at any time; account deletion removes every record tied to the email.
- Which languages and files does it accept?
- 99+ languages, detected automatically; the transcript comes back in the recording's language. WhipScribe translates a finished transcript into any of 99 languages with the same timestamps, so SRT and VTT stay aligned. Input: any audio or video file (MP3, MP4, M4A, WAV, FLAC, OGG, WEBM, MOV, GSM and more), a YouTube, podcast, RSS, Google Drive, Twitch or Kick link, or a microphone recording. Export: TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT, JSON.
Built for Podcasting
What matters when transcribing podcasting recordings?
SEO-ready body text
A 45-minute interview becomes ~7,000 words of indexable content. Paste into your episode page and every named entity, question, and topic becomes searchable. Audio alone has no such ceiling.
Chapter-able timestamps
Word-level and segment-level timing in every export. Hand-cue chapters or feed the transcript to an LLM for auto-chaptering. Drops straight into YouTube chapter format or Apple Podcasts chapter spec.
Show-notes-ready
Clean TXT or DOCX plus a JSON with per-segment times. Paste into Buzzsprout, Transistor, Simplecast, Spotify for Creators, or a WordPress block — the timestamps survive.
Chapter-ready timestamps
The summary, key quotes and chapters name the host and each guest; every line of the transcript carries its timestamp. Zoom, Riverside, or local multi-mic recordings — same workflow.
How it works
How do I transcribe a podcasting recording?
Drop or paste
A file, a YouTube link, a podcast link or an RSS feed. Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file.
Read in a minute
Timestamps, a summary and AI chat over the transcript. Click any line to hear it.
Get the brief, not just the text
The Intelligence tab reads the recording back to you: a short brief, chapters, the names and numbers that were said, and the questions it answers. Export TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX or JSON whenever you want it elsewhere.
Intelligence
What comes back from a podcasting recording?
Episode 148 — the guest who disagreed
Brief overview
The disagreement starts at 34:00 and is the episode — everything before it is setup.
- The clippable exchange runs 34:00–37:40, self-contained, no setup needed.
- Three book and paper references are named and need links in the show notes.
- The guest's best line lands at 1:05:30, well after most listeners drop off.
Questions this recording answers
- Where is the clip?
- 34:00 to 37:40 — the disagreement, self-contained and usable without setup.
- What needs linking in the notes?
- Three references, named at 12:20, 52:15 and 1:14:00.
Chapters
- How the guest got here
- Where they disagree
- The counter-example
- The line
Names, numbers and dates
Example output, written to show the shape. Your own recording produces its own brief, in the language it was recorded in.
Questions
What else do people ask about podcasting transcription?
Can I get chapter markers from a transcript?
Yes. Word- and segment-level timestamps ship in every export. Hand-cue or feed the transcript to an LLM for auto-chaptering, then paste as YouTube chapters or Apple chapter-spec.
What does a weekly 60-minute show cost?
About 3,120 minutes a year — one $32 pack of 6,000 minutes covers it. No seats, no monthly minimums, and every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes.
Does it label hosts and guests?
In the summary, key quotes and chapters, yes: the host and each guest are identified and named there. Every line of the transcript carries its timestamp.
Ship the next episode with a transcript.
Packs from $4 for 300 minutes, credits never expire; every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes.