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Transcribe Podcast Episodes to Editable Text with SpeechNotes

Turn any podcast audio or video file into a clean, editable text transcript in minutes, ready for blogs, captions, or archival storage.

Takes

Audio Video Url

Produces

Text Document

What you'll produce

Input

30‑minute interview audio file in MP3 format

Output

Full transcript of the interview saved as a Google Docs document, ready for editing and publishing

The Workflow

7 steps · click a step number to mark it done

Open speechnotes and have it ready before you start

Open SpeechNotes and click the "Start Transcribing" button on the homepage.

Upload your podcast file (MP3, WAV, or video) by pressing the "Upload file" button.

Choose the spoken language, enable any optional settings (e.g., speaker separation), and click "Transcribe".

Wait for the AI to process the file, then review the generated transcript in the preview pane for any errors.

Click "Export" and select "Google Docs" (or "Download as .txt") to save the transcript.

Set up a Zapier automation to automatically send finished transcripts to a Google Drive folder or email them to your team.

Open the exported document, clean up formatting, and repurpose the text for blog posts, show notes, or caption files.

Open speechnotes and follow the steps above.