Podcast episodes as searchable transcripts
Vocateca turns Apple Podcasts and Spotify episodes into timestamped text on your Mac, so an hour of audio becomes something you can skim, search, and quote.
Download for MacHow it works
Add a show
Paste an episode link or subscribe to a podcast by its Apple, Spotify, or RSS address.
Transcribe locally
Vocateca downloads the episode audio and transcribes it on your Mac — no cloud service, no per-minute billing.
Read and export
Skim the timestamped transcript, jump to any moment, and export to Markdown, SRT, or JSON.
Apple Podcasts
Paste an Apple Podcasts episode or show link. Vocateca resolves it to the underlying feed and transcribes new episodes as they publish.
Spotify Podcasts
Add a Spotify show or episode link. Where an open feed is available, Vocateca subscribes and keeps the transcript library up to date.
How it's different
Web transcribers upload each episode and charge per minute. Vocateca subscribes to the feed and transcribes locally, so a long back catalogue is just disk space.
| Feature | Vocateca | Online tools |
|---|---|---|
| Where audio is processed | On your Mac, offline | Uploaded to their servers |
| Cost model | One app, no per-minute fees | Per-minute or subscription credits |
| Subscriptions | Auto-transcribe new episodes | One episode at a time |
| Apple + Spotify + RSS | Yes | Varies |
| Timestamps | Per-line, clickable | Often plain text only |
| Export formats | Markdown, TXT, SRT, VTT, JSON | Limited or paywalled |
| CLI + MCP | Yes — scriptable, LLM-ready | No |
| Back-catalogue cost | Free after download | Pay per minute, every time |
In short: Subscribe once, and every new episode arrives already readable.
More to explore
Every export format
Markdown for notes, SRT/VTT for captions, JSON for pipelines. Pick what your workflow needs.
See export formats →Apple, Spotify & RSS
Subscribe by whichever address you have — Vocateca resolves it to the feed and keeps up with new episodes.
Private by default
Transcription runs on-device. No uploads, no third-party servers, no account required.
How privacy works →Transcribe from the command line
The same engine ships as a CLI and an MCP server, so you can transcribe a podcast episode from a script or hand it to an LLM agent.
Open-core: the CLI and MCP server are Apache-2.0.
See LLM workflows →Terminal
vocateca transcript https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id0000000000