Podcast Transcript Scraper — Any RSS Feed to Text & SRT
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Podcast Transcript Scraper — Any RSS Feed to Text & SRT
Extract per-episode transcripts from any podcast RSS feed via the Podcasting 2.0 <podcast:transcript> tag — no login, no ASR. Clean text, timestamped segments & SRT/VTT per episode, plus metadata. Works with Buzzsprout, Captivate, Transistor, RSS.com & more. $2 per 1,000 episodes.
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🎙️ Podcast Transcript Scraper — RSS podcast:transcript
Pull per-episode transcripts from any podcast that publishes them — no login, no AI transcription. A growing share of shows ship a transcript with every episode via the Podcasting 2.0 <podcast:transcript> RSS tag, and this actor reads any feed, grabs those transcripts, and returns clean text, timestamped segments, and SRT/VTT — across any compliant host (Buzzsprout, Captivate, Transistor, Fireside, RSS.com, and more).
Because the show already published the transcript, there's no speech-to-text compute — it's fast and cheap.
What does it do?
Give it one or more podcast RSS feed URLs and, per episode, it returns:
- 📝 Full transcript (plain text) — always included
- ⏲️ Timestamped segments —
{start, end, text}(+ speaker when the feed provides JSON) - 🎬 SRT / VTT subtitles
- 🎧 Episode metadata — title, publish date, duration, audio URL, episode link
No ASR, no API key — it reads the transcript the show published.
What data does it extract?
For every episode:
- 🎙️
podcast, 🏷️episode_title, 🆔guid, 📅published, ⏱️duration - 🔊
audio_url, 🔗episode_url,feed_url - 🗂️
transcript_type,transcript_url - 📄
transcript, ⏲️segments[], 🎬srt,vtt,segment_count - ✨
is_new(monitor), 🕒scraped_at
Who is it for?
- ✍️ Show teams & marketers repurposing episodes into show notes, articles, and clips.
- 🤖 AI / RAG builders assembling clean spoken-word datasets.
- 🔎 Researchers & journalists searching episode content by keyword.
- ♿ Accessibility & SEO workflows that need episode text.
How to use it (step by step)
- Click Try for free.
- Paste one or more podcast RSS feed URLs.
- (Optional) choose a preferred format and extra output formats (
srt,vtt,segments). - Click Start, then open the Dataset tab to view/export.
- (Optional) set monitorMode + a Schedule to grab transcripts for new episodes automatically.
Quick start
Input
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
feedUrls | podcast RSS feed URLs |
maxEpisodes | hard cap per feed (0 = all) |
preferType | srt · json · vtt (which transcript variant to use) |
transcriptFormats | txt · segments · srt · vtt |
monitorMode, alertOnNewEpisode | recurring new-episode watcher + alerts |
webhookUrl, slackWebhookUrl, emailRecipients | alert channels |
proxyConfiguration, requestConcurrency | proxy + parallelism |
Output
Each episode is one dataset record (fields above). Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or RSS, or fetch via the Apify API. Episodes whose feed has no transcript tag are returned with a note (not faked).
How much does it cost?
Pay-per-event — and with no transcription compute, it's cheap:
| Event | What it covers | Suggested price |
|---|---|---|
lot-scraped | each episode returned | ~$0.003 / episode |
lot-detail-enriched | each transcript fetched | ~$0.003 / episode |
monitor-run-completed | each scheduled watch run | ~$0.05 / run |
new-lot-detected | each new episode | ~$0.02 / episode |
alert-delivered | each Slack/email/webhook push | ~$0.005 / alert |
(Final per-event prices are set on the actor's pricing page.)
How does it work without AI transcription?
Podcasting 2.0 added a <podcast:transcript> RSS tag so shows can publish a transcript (SRT / VTT / JSON) alongside each episode. This actor reads those published transcripts — it does not run speech-to-text, so there's no GPU/compute cost.
Coverage note: only feeds whose host/publisher opts in emit the tag (well supported by Buzzsprout, Captivate, Transistor, Fireside, RSS.com). Episodes without a transcript tag are reported as such.
Is it legal to scrape podcast transcripts?
This actor reads publicly published RSS feeds and the transcript files the shows link from them. The content is the show's spoken material (copyrighted by its creators) plus public episode metadata. Scraping public feeds is generally legal, but you are responsible for your use — review the show's terms and respect creators' copyright; don't redistribute transcripts you're not licensed to.
FAQ
Which shows have transcripts?
Any whose feed includes <podcast:transcript>. Hosts like Buzzsprout, Captivate, Transistor, Fireside, and RSS.com support it; adoption is growing.
Is there a Whisper/ASR step? No — it reads the show's published transcript, so it's fast and cheap. (For shows without transcripts, you'd need an ASR actor instead.)
Can I get subtitles?
Yes — add srt and/or vtt to transcriptFormats.
Can I auto-grab new episodes?
Yes. Turn on monitorMode + an Apify Schedule — each run handles only episodes new since the last run.
How do I export? JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or RSS from the Dataset tab, or via the Apify API.
Feedback
Want speaker diarization passthrough, chapter support, or a directory-search input? Open an issue on the actor.
