Turn Every Episode into Transcripts, Show Notes, and Captions

Search engines cannot listen to your show. A transcript turns 45 minutes of audio into thousands of indexable words, so your episode can rank for every topic you discussed — not just its title. Transcripts also make your show accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing listeners (and podcast apps like Apple Podcasts and Pocket Casts now surface transcripts prominently), and they give skimmers a way to preview an episode before pressing play.

1Transcribe uses OpenAI Whisper to reach up to 99.9% accuracy on clear audio — and podcast audio, recorded on decent microphones, is about as clear as audio gets. Guest names and niche jargon are quick to fix in the built-in editor before you publish.

The transcript is raw material for everything you publish around an episode:

If you publish a video version, captions are non-negotiable — much of YouTube and virtually all social feeds play muted. 1Transcribe exports SRT subtitle files with accurate timing, ready to upload to YouTube, Spotify video, or your editor for burned-in captions on clips. Upload the video file directly (MP4, MOV, MKV, WEBM) and the audio track is transcribed automatically — no need to extract audio first.

Automatic speaker diarization labels each voice, so a two-host banter show or a guest interview reads as a clean dialogue — essential when you are turning conversation into show notes or a Q&A-style article. Long formats are no problem: a single file can run 10 hours, and batch upload (5 files) makes it practical to work through your back catalog and add transcripts to old episodes — often the fastest SEO win an established show can make. Flat pricing matters here too: US$49.99/year covers unlimited episodes, where per-minute services would charge a weekly one-hour show hundreds of dollars a year.