Overcast Transcripts
What’s in this beta:
Transcripts of most podcasts (swipe on the episode art during playback, it’s a new page past the info screen)
Live-scrolling of transcripts during playback
Tap to seek on any line of text
Music detection
All of this should work even with dynamic ad insertion… and even with private/membership podcasts!
And if you play an episode that isn’t transcribed yet, you can transcribe it right on your iPhone (if you’re running iOS 26+).
This is really impressive, and I think it will be transformative for podcast listening and triage. There’s a long discussion with more technical details in the latest Accidental Tech Podcast.
The way you can follow along as the audio plays, or jump to a place in the episode by tapping a paragraph in the transcript, is just so convenient. It made me seriously consider using Apple Podcasts. And of course, I immediately tested the Overcast implementation.
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It’s the kind of feature that fits how I use podcasts. Like chapters, it supports choice. It lets you cut through the noise and get straight to the topics that interest you.
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