Automatic Transcription of the Audio | AI transcription

Podigee offers the option of running an audio transcription algorithm (AI) when encoding.

We save this transcript once as a JSON and once as a VTT file on our servers. The URLs to the files are shown as a link tag via <podcast:transcript> in your RSS feed.

What can the transcription algorithm do?

The algorithm attempts to convert spoken words into text and summarize sections of speech in the text into time units.

Once the transcript has been created, it can be called up in the " Transcript" tab in the episode settings and edited in the transcript editor. This is what the created text document looks like in the transcript editor, without manual editing:

In the editor, there is the option of simply listening to short passages again and editing the text directly at this point, otherwise confusing text passages can sometimes occur.

You also have the option of downloading the transcript directly as a text file. A downloaded transcript can look like the following image, for example.

🤖 What automatic transcription (still) can't do

Automatic transcription is a powerful tool – but it has its limits.
Even though speech recognition keeps improving, it still struggles with technical terms, unclear pronunciation, or poor audio quality.

Even high-quality studio recordings with clearly spoken standard language can contain recognition errors.

That’s why: Manual editing is always necessary.
A fully accurate transcript generated by AI alone isn’t possible (yet).

The good news: Editing an automatic transcript takes far less time than transcribing everything manually – so you still save a lot of effort.

Does transcription cost extra and how do I activate it?

Yes, for the Advanced Plus Plan | No, for the Business Pro Plan this feature is free of charge

We charge €0.10 / $0.12 per transcribed minute. A separate invoice will be created for this. In the podcast settings, the feature can be switched on or off at the episode settings level. Under the " Media File" tab, you can either check the checkbox Transcript in the pop-up window and also check the box Save as default settings if you want to use these settings for each subsequent episode. For episodes that have already been published, you can also click on the button Update audio file and then select the Transcript in the pop-up window. Then confirm with the Update audio file button, so the episode will be re-encoded and a transcript will be created.

❗️ If the transcription option is activated, it will be applied to every newly encoded episode. There is no free re-encoding within 7 days for a transcription. If you want to re-encode an episode that has been transcribed, you should first disable this feature.

Before publication and as the default setting at Publish..: