Spotify is rolling out auto-generated podcast transcripts to extra creators within the coming weeks, the corporate announced Thursday.
The textual content transcripts will even be time-synced so listeners can visually comply with alongside as a podcast episode progresses. Transcripts can be found by scrolling down beneath the podcast participant and tapping right into a “learn alongside” part. A transcription of a present makes the podcast extra accessible to customers and permits listeners to skip round and skim an episode with out listening via.
Spotify says “tens of millions” of podcast episodes will get the software, and sooner or later, creators might add media to transcripts — a helpful characteristic if a creator is describing a picture on the present, for instance.
Past transcripts, cell podcast listeners globally will now be capable of leap round an episode utilizing chapters as properly. Podcasters can add time-stamped chapters to their reveals that briefly describe a section of the present, permitting listeners to preview matters or begin listening at particular factors.
The auto-transcription characteristic follows the current addition of an AI-generated voice cloning software that interprets podcasts into completely different languages. Announced earlier this week, the software makes use of OpenAI’s Whisper technology to create variations of podcast episodes in different languages. The characteristic is proscribed to a handful of creators to translate English-language podcasts into Spanish, with French and German translations coming within the subsequent few weeks.
