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Add Your Own Episode Transcript

Kelly Litzenberger
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You can upload a transcript for your episode through Libsyn. Your transcript will be used by publishing destinations (such as Apple Podcasts) that support the transcript tag in your RSS feed.

Prerequisites

  • Your transcript must be an SRT or VTT file.
  • The publishing destination must be instructed to look for your transcript.

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    Note

    By default, Apple will automatically create a transcript for your podcast on Apple Podcasts, but you can instruct them to use your own transcript instead. This process differs depending on whether you submitted your show to Apple Podcasts manually or had Libsyn do it.

    • If you have an Apple Podcasts Connect account: Configure your transcript settings to display transcripts that you provide, when available. You can do this at either the show level or the episode level. For help, see Apple Podcasts' article Transcripts on Apple Podcasts.
    • If Libsyn submitted your show to Apple Podcasts: Contact the Libsyn Support Team at support@libsyn.com to request that they configure your show's transcript settings to display transcripts that you provide, when available. Apple's auto-generated transcripts will display if a transcript is not uploaded in Libsyn.

To upload your transcript to Libsyn:

  1. Open the Add or Edit form for your episode. (See Publish an Episode or Edit an Episode.)

  2. Click the Add Episode Transcript area in the Optional Details section. In the window that opens, navigate to the SRT or VTT file you want to upload and then double-click it. (Alternatively, you can drag and drop the file into the Add Episode Transcript area.)
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  3. After the transcript file uploads, an icon indicates that a transcript is attached to the episode. (You can click Remove to delete the transcript from the episode.)Uploaded Transcript.png

  • You can use the Libsyn interface to view the URL for your transcript by opening the Quick Links window from the Episode Details. See About the Quick Links Window.

  • A <podcast:transcript> tag is automatically generated in your feed at the episode level with the proper file URL and type.

    Examples:

    <podcast:transcript url="https://traffic.libsyn.com/showname/episode1.srt" type="text/srt" />

    <podcast:transcript url="https://traffic.libsyn.com/showname/episode1.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
    Destinations can then use the transcript you have uploaded.

     

 

 

 

 

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