Turn each episode into a speaker-labeled transcript that becomes show notes, an episode page, pull-quotes, and captions.
An episode that exists only as audio is invisible to almost everyone who hasn’t already pressed play. Search engines cannot read it, deaf and hard-of-hearing listeners cannot access it, and the person deciding whether to commit fifty minutes has nothing to skim. A transcript fixes all three at once — which is why transcripts have quietly become standard practice for shows that take growth seriously.
The workflow fits between export and publish: upload the finished episode — MP3, WAV, or M4A, whatever your editor produces — and get back punctuated text with the host and each guest labeled separately, timestamps throughout. From that one document come the show notes, the episode page for your site, pull-quotes for social, a newsletter section, and an SRT caption file if the episode also goes out as video.
For an independent show, the math is simple: a weekly 45-minute episode costs about $2 to transcribe, per episode, with no plan. The compounding payoff is the episode pages — each one ranks for the specific things you and your guests actually said, which is search traffic the audio alone could never earn.
Every voice is separated and timestamped, so quotes attribute correctly and the conversation stays readable on the page.
Show notes, an episode page, social pull-quotes, a newsletter section, and SRT captions for the video cut — all from a single upload.
About $2 per weekly episode, billed per file. No subscription tier between you and making transcripts a standard part of every release.
Yes. Export the transcript as SRT and you have a caption file for YouTube or any video platform, timed to the episode.
Yes. Each speaker is separated and labeled with timestamps. Swap the generic labels for names with one find-and-replace and the transcript is ready to publish.
Either works and costs the same — pricing is by duration, not file size. If you still have the WAV or FLAC master handy, the uncompressed audio gives the model marginally better input; otherwise the published MP3 is fine.
Yes. A transcript published on an episode page gives search engines the full text of the conversation, so the page can rank for the specific topics, names, and phrases discussed — queries the audio alone can never appear for.
Light cleanup: swap speaker labels for names, trim filler words if you want a tighter read, and add headings. The punctuation and paragraphs are already done — most shows spend 10–15 minutes per episode.
$2 per hour. No subscription. Files are auto-deleted after processing.