Turn a podcast episode into show notes, chapters and captions
The recording is the fun part. The text layer around it - show notes, chapters, a transcript for SEO, captions for the video cut - is the chore that eats an evening every week. Here’s how to get all of it from a single upload, so you can publish the same day you record.
What you actually need to ship an episode
For most shows, “done” means five text assets:
- A transcript (great for SEO and accessibility on your episode page).
- Timestamped chapters so listeners can jump around.
- Show notes - a tight summary with the key points and takeaways.
- Subtitles (.srt/.vtt) for the YouTube or Reels cut.
- Quotable pull-lines for social promo.
Traditionally that’s a transcript tool, a separate summariser, and a lot of copy-paste. It doesn’t have to be.
One upload, the whole text layer
Drop your episode audio (or the video file) into Speecho and you get four outputs at once, plus a couple of one-click extras built for exactly this:
- Transcript in clean paragraphs, downloadable as text, Word or PDF - paste it under the episode for search engines to index.
- AI chapters - one click splits the recording into chapters with clickable timestamps. Drop them straight into your player and YouTube description.
- Show notes - the AI summary gives you key points and takeaways; pick the “podcast show notes” style for a format that’s ready to publish.
- Subtitles - .srt and .vtt files sync’d to the audio, ready for your video editor or a direct YouTube upload.
- Pull-quotes - open Ask AI on the transcript and ask for the three most quotable lines for social.
A one-hour episode goes from raw file to full text kit in a few minutes - and costs about a dollar to process.
For the video cut
If you publish a video version, the subtitle files are the whole job. Upload the video, let Speecho extract the audio in-browser, and export .srt/.vtt that drop into Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve or straight onto YouTube. Need burned-in captions for a Reel or Short? See how to add captions to a video.
Why per-use beats a subscription here
Podcast schedules are lumpy - a burst of episodes, then a break. A monthly subscription charges through the quiet weeks anyway. Pay-as-you-go means you pay per episode and nothing when you’re not publishing, and because credits never expire, stocking up before a season is never wasted. The pricing page has the per-hour rates.
Recording an episode this week? Transcribe it free - the first 15 minutes are on us.
