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Spoken is an API service that provides podcast transcripts as clean Markdown with real speaker names, allowing users to fetch transcripts for individual episodes or entire show back catalogs. It charges per episode transcript fetched, not per minute of audio, and offers metadata listing of episodes for free.

THE PRODUCT, BEYOND THE PITCH

Editorially reviewed · Sources checked Sep 14, 2026

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A good fit for

Researchers and developers who need comprehensive, speaker-labeled podcast transcripts for ingestion into knowledge bases or language models.

Know the limitations

Users are charged per episode transcript fetched, which can add up for large back catalogs (e.g., 300 episodes cost $30 at the 500-pack rate).

What you can do

Building searchable podcast archives by fetching transcripts for episodes and entire back catalogs.
Integrating podcast transcripts into knowledge bases or LLM sessions for research or note-taking.

Features

Returns transcripts as speaker-labeled Markdown with real speaker names and credit info in headers.
Allows searching for episodes by text or by pasting a URL from Spotify, YouTube, or any podcast app.
Provides a free metadata-only listing of all episodes in a podcast show.

Integrations

Not confirmed yet.

Platforms & data export

Not confirmed yet.

THE COST FOR YOUR TEAM

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A practical workflow

Search for an episode using the API with a text query or URL.
Fetch the full transcript of an episode by its ID using the API.
List all episodes of a podcast show for free using the API to get episode IDs for transcript fetching.

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What changed

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bestFor
Before: []
After: ["Researchers and developers who need comprehensive, speaker-labeled podcast transcripts for ingestion into knowledge bases or language models."]
features
Before: ["Provides podcast transcripts in Markdown format with real speaker names and credit information in headers.","Allows listing all episodes of a podcast show with metadata at no cost.","Supports searching for episodes by text query or by pasting a podcast URL from Spotify, YouTube, or any podcast app."]
After: ["Returns transcripts as speaker-labeled Markdown with real speaker names and credit info in headers.","Allows searching for episodes by text or by pasting a URL from Spotify, YouTube, or any podcast app.","Provides a free metadata-only listing of all episodes in a podcast show."]
limitations
Before: ["Charges per episode transcript fetched, which can add up for large back catalogs (e.g., 300 episodes cost $30 at the 500-pack rate)."]
After: ["Users are charged per episode transcript fetched, which can add up for large back catalogs (e.g., 300 episodes cost $30 at the 500-pack rate)."]
summary
Before: "Spoken is an API service that provides podcast transcripts as clean Markdown with real speaker names, allowing users to fetch transcripts for individual episodes or entire show back catalogs. It charges per episode transcript fetched, not per minute of audio, and supports integration with knowledge bases and language models."
After: "Spoken is an API service that provides podcast transcripts as clean Markdown with real speaker names, allowing users to fetch transcripts for individual episodes or entire show back catalogs. It charges per episode transcript fetched, not per minute of audio, and offers metadata listing of episodes for free."
useCases
Before: ["Building searchable podcast archives and knowledge bases with full transcripts for research or personal use.","Integrating podcast transcripts into language model sessions for querying and discussion."]
After: ["Building searchable podcast archives by fetching transcripts for episodes and entire back catalogs.","Integrating podcast transcripts into knowledge bases or LLM sessions for research or note-taking."]
walkthrough
Before: ["Search for an episode using the API with a text query or URL, then fetch the transcript by episode ID.","List every episode of a show with a free API call to get metadata, then fetch each transcript individually.","Use a cron job to regularly fetch new episodes as they publish to keep the archive up to date."]
After: ["Search for an episode using the API with a text query or URL.","Fetch the full transcript of an episode by its ID using the API.","List all episodes of a podcast show for free using the API to get episode IDs for transcript fetching."]