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Podcast Transcription Scraper — Speech to Text, Audio & Video

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Audio & video transcription: never charged for a link we can't reach, can't decode, or that has no speech. Any audio or video URL to text, SRT and VTT with timestamped segments — direct file links from any host, plus 14 tested sites for page links. About 90 languages, no API key of your own.

Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 audio minutes

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Developer

Steadyfetch Team

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Total users

135

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You can access the Podcast Transcription Scraper — Speech to Text, Audio & Video programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "urls": [],
10    "podcastUrls": [],
11    "outputFormats": [
12        "text",
13        "segments",
14        "srt",
15        "vtt",
16    ],
17}
18
19# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
20run = client.actor("steadyfetch/media-transcriber").call(run_input=run_input)
21
22# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
23print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
24for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
25    print(item)
26
27# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Speech to Text API — Any Audio or Video URL API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Podcast Transcription Scraper — Speech to Text, Audio & Video API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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