Which podcast apps support transcripts?
Spotify, Podcast Addict, Player FM, Metacast and Goodpods show the transcript from your RSS feed, and Apple Podcasts can be switched to use it. Pocket Casts, Overcast, Castro, Castbox, Deezer and Amazon Music don't. To make your transcript reachable in any app, link it in your show notes.
Adding a transcript to your RSS feed
You can have Transistor transcribe your episodes, or upload your own transcripts. Either way, the transcript is linked in your RSS feed for apps that support it.
See How do I add a transcript to my episode?
Making your transcript available in every app
The easiest way to make your transcript reachable in any podcast app is to link to it in your show notes. Add the {{transcript}} placeholder tag to your show notes, and it links to the episode's transcript page.
Apple Podcasts and Spotify can create their own transcripts
Apple Podcasts and Spotify can transcribe episodes automatically, and may show their own transcript instead of yours. You can choose how this works for your podcast in Apple Podcasts Connect and Spotify for Creators. You'll need to claim your podcast there first:
Which podcast apps will show my transcript?
Not all podcast apps will support transcripts added into your RSS feed. Some will show the transcript that you add into your RSS feed and some podcast apps will auto-generate their own transcripts for you. Some podcast apps do not support transcripts at all.
Here's how each podcast app treats transcripts:
Spotify - Spotify picks up transcripts from your RSS feed, in VTT or SRT format. Transcripts created by Transistor include both. If you upload your own, upload a VTT or SRT file. Like Apple, Spotify can also create its own transcripts automatically, which you can control in Spotify for Creators.
See How do I claim my podcast in Spotify?
Apple Podcasts - Apple Podcasts defaults to their own automatically generated transcripts. However you can change the setting to switch to the transcripts provided in your RSS feed. You can do that in Apple Podcasts Connect under the Transcripts section. You can read more about Apple Podcasts transcripts.
Apple Podcasts does not support TXT format transcripts. They only accept VTT and SRT formats.
YouTube - If you have episodes hosted directly on YouTube you can take a transcript created by Transistor and add it to your video in YouTube for use as closed captions / subtitles. We recommend you use the .SRT format file that we provide with our AI Transcripts.
You can read more about Adding a transcript / subtitles to a YouTube video. YouTube only accepts certain file formats and you can read about YouTube's accepted transcript formats.
Amazon Music - The Amazon Music app currently only shows auto-generated transcripts for a select handful of large shows. They do not pull in transcripts from your podcast's RSS feed. You can read more about how Amazon Music uses transcripts here: https://podnews.net/press-release/amazon-music-transcripts
Pocket Casts - Pocket Casts does not seem to support any form of podcast transcripts currently. However it does seem to be a regularly requested feature, so they may choose to add it in future. Some Android devices may have a compatible closed captioning feature that may work with audio played through Pocket Casts.
Podcast Addict - Podcast Addict supports the following transcript formats from your RSS feed: srt, x-subrip, json and HTML. They do not support .TXT format transcripts.
Metacast - Metacast is a "transcript-first" podcast player; transcripts are either generated by AI or provided by podcast creators.
Deezer - While Deezer does seem to have a lyrics feature for music they do not have a transcripts or closed captions feature for podcasts.
Player FM - Player FM does support transcripts from the RSS feed. When playing a podcast episode you should see a transcript icon to switch to the transcript page. However the formatting displayed in their app may not match the layout of your transcript in Transistor.
Overcast - While Overcast has a page for Chapters, it doesn't currently show any form of transcript.
Castro - Castro doesn't currently seem to have support for transcripts in RSS feed but it has been mentioned as being on the Castro future feature roadmap as of May 2024.
Castbox - Castbox does not currently have a transcripts feature. You can see this mentioned on their support forums page.
Goodpods - Goodpods does have support for transcripts, here's one of their Transcript Pages.
TuneIn - TuneIn does not currently have a transcripts feature in either the web version or in their podcast app.
Anghami - We have not been able to find any support for transcripts in Anghami web, mobile or desktop app.
Fountain - Fountain has great support for transcripts. They show the transcript from the feed and also offer on-demand transcripts for Fountain Premium Users. To access transcripts in Fountain when playing an episode click the [CC] icon to access the transcripts page.
JioSaavn - We have not been able to find any support for transcripts in JioSaavn.
Gaana - We have not been able to find any support for transcripts in Gaana.
Pandora - Pandora on Android devices has Live Captions but it doesn't seem to support transcripts from podcasts RSS feeds. Android Live Captions Guide.
iHeartRadio - iHeartRadio has a basic free transcription tool but the podcast app doesn't seem to pull transcripts from the podcast RSS feed.
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Updated on: 08/11/2026
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