Use cases

Free Podcast Transcription with Whisper

Turn a podcast recording into editable text and SRT or VTT captions. Transcribe locally, review guest names, and export material for your episode page.

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Protective limits: 200 MB and 20 minutes. Tested in desktop Chrome. Device performance and codecs affect processing; try a short clip first.

Give listeners a written way into an episode. A transcript helps you find a quote, check a passage, or prepare captions for a video excerpt. Start with a short, clear section of your recording and review it before publishing. The original audio stays on your device.

Prepare an episode excerpt

Use the original MP3, WAV, or M4A rather than audio captured from a loudspeaker. Music under speech and guests talking over each other make recognition harder. The current limits are 200 MB and 20 minutes: split a longer episode in your recording editor before selecting a file here. Keep an ordered list of those parts.

Review names before publishing

Replay segments that mention guests, brands, links, or specialist terms. Correct these directly in the transcript. Voices are not automatically labeled, so add host and guest labels yourself if your published transcript needs them. A quote should remain faithful to the recording, even when you tidy surrounding notes.

Reuse text and timed captions

Download TXT to draft show notes or find passages for a newsletter. Download SRT or VTT for a video podcast excerpt. The tool does not write show notes or chapter summaries for you. When you split an episode, each part starts its own timecode at zero; adjust offsets in your editor before combining captions.

A practical review example

Illustrative review, not a model accuracy claim:
Audio: “Today our guest is Ana Costa.”
Check: the guest’s preferred spelling.
Output: an edited transcript plus optional timed captions.

Prepare, review, and export

  1. 01

    Prepare your file

    Choose a podcast excerpt within 200 MB and 20 minutes.

  2. 02

    Process and review

    Set its spoken language, run recognition, and check names against playback.

  3. 03

    Download your result

    Download TXT for editing or SRT/VTT for the matching video excerpt.

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Your files stay in this browser

Whisper recognizes speech on your device. The first use downloads the program and model. Your files and transcript are not uploaded. Results are not saved automatically. Download before leaving.

Podcast transcription: Common questions

Useful answers before you begin.

Can I process a full hour-long episode?

Not in one file in this version. Prepare parts shorter than 20 minutes and under 200 MB before selecting them; there is no built-in splitter or batch queue.

Does it write episode summaries?

No. It supplies a transcript that you can use while writing your own show notes.

Will it label guests automatically?

No. Review speaker changes and add names yourself when needed.

Use cases

Practical workflows for podcast excerpts, meeting recordings, interviews, and lectures. Review locally, then export text or subtitles.

Meeting transcription

Convert a saved meeting recording into searchable text without inviting a meeting bot. Review decisions and numbers locally, then export your transcript.

Interview transcription

Transcribe interview recordings without uploading the audio. Replay passages, check quotations and speaker names, then export editable text or subtitles.

Lecture transcription

Turn recorded lectures into searchable text or original-language subtitles. Review technical terms against the audio and export notes you can study from.

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