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Paste an Apple Podcasts or Spotify episode link — or upload the audio file — and get an accurate transcript with AI summaries, flashcards, and more, in 30+ languages.
Open Apple Podcasts or Spotify, hit share on any episode, and copy the link. Got the audio file instead? Upload MP3, M4A, WAV, and other common formats directly.
Open VidNotes on iOS, Android, the web app at app.vidnotes.app, or the Chrome extension and paste it in. VidNotes resolves the episode to its audio and gets to work.
You get the full episode transcript with timestamps plus an AI summary, flashcards, extracted action items, and a chat to ask questions about the episode.
That insight you half-remember from a 2-hour episode? Search the transcript instead of scrubbing audio. Every episode becomes a searchable reference you can quote with a timestamp.
Turn episodes into show notes, newsletters, blog posts, or social clips scripts. Export transcripts as Markdown, TXT, or PDF and drop them straight into your content workflow.
Podcasts are packed with knowledge that evaporates after listening. Transcripts plus auto-generated flashcards and summaries turn passive listening into material you actually retain.
Most podcasts still ship without transcripts. Generate accurate text versions so deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences can read every episode.
Long-form conversations with founders, authors, and experts. Capture every exchange as searchable text you can quote from.
Science, history, business, and self-improvement shows. Turn dense episodes into summaries, notes, and flashcards.
Daily news shows and analysis. Skim the transcript in minutes instead of listening for an hour, and archive what's worth keeping.
Episodes in any of 30+ supported languages. Transcribe Spanish, Japanese, Korean, French, Portuguese, Arabic, and more with the language detected for you.
Podcasters & creators
Generate show notes, episode summaries, and quotable pull-outs from your own episodes. Transcribe other shows in your niche to study their structure and topics. Export as Markdown into your publishing flow.
Students & lifelong learners
Turn educational episodes into structured notes and flashcards. Build a searchable library from the best shows in your field instead of relying on memory.
Language learners
Transcribe podcasts in the language you're learning and read along as you listen. Real conversational audio beats textbook dialogues every time.
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Start 7-day free trialYes. Paste an Apple Podcasts or Spotify episode link into VidNotes on iOS, Android, the web app at app.vidnotes.app, or the Chrome extension, and you get a full transcript of the episode. You can also upload audio files directly — MP3, M4A, WAV, and more.
Yes. VidNotes resolves Apple Podcasts episode links to the original audio and transcribes it in full. Paste any podcasts.apple.com episode URL and the transcript arrives with timestamps.
Yes. VidNotes handles long-form episodes — multi-hour interviews included. Long audio is processed in chunks automatically, so you get one continuous transcript with timestamps you can search and quote from.
VidNotes has a free account so you can put podcast transcription through its paces before subscribing. The yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial before the $49.99/year subscription, while monthly is $9.99/month for unlimited transcriptions across podcasts, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and local files.
Yes. Every podcast transcription comes with the full text plus AI summaries, flashcards for studying, action items, and a chat where you can ask questions about the episode. Export it all as PDF, TXT, or Markdown.
VidNotes runs on OpenAI's Whisper model, trained on 680,000 hours of multilingual audio. Podcasts are usually clean, mic-recorded speech — close to the best case for AI transcription — so accuracy lines up with professional transcription services for most shows.
Paste an episode link and watch it work from a free account.