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Add your episode
Drag in a podcast episode — an audio file like MP3 or M4A, or a video podcast in MP4, MOV, WebM, or MKV. The file is read locally; nothing is uploaded yet.
Podcast episode → summary
Get a podcast summary — key takeaways, notes, and a timeline.
For listeners and creators who want the takeaways from an episode without sitting through the whole thing.
Transcribe a short or long episode and convert the video to a notes summary: the key takeaways, the topics covered, and a timeline you can read or download as Markdown, HTML, PDF or plain text — plus the full podcast transcript. Drop an episode to summarize a podcast: the audio is extracted in your browser and only the audio is sent for transcription, so in Browser mode, the default, the original file is never uploaded. Following a podcast on YouTube? Paste the video link instead.
- Key takeaways
- The episode in a few points.
- Full transcript
- Searchable text of the episode.
- Private by default
- Only audio is sent for transcription.
Sign in to chat with your notes: ask follow-up questions and get answers with quotes from the video.
How it works
Three steps from an episode to a summary.
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Transcribe and summarize
We extract the audio in your browser, transcribe the episode to text, then use AI to pull out the key takeaways, the topics and guests covered, and a timeline.
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Read, copy, or download
Review the podcast summary on the page, copy it into your show notes or notes app, or download the summary as Markdown, HTML or PDF and the full transcript as a text file.
Why use it
Get the episode's value in minutes.
Skim the key takeaways before deciding whether an episode is worth a full listen.
Use the timeline to jump straight to the segment or guest you came for.
Creators can turn the transcript and summary into show notes you own and publish.
Following a podcast on YouTube? Paste the link here, or use the Chrome extension right on the YouTube watch page; full-length episodes work here too.
For YouTube episodes that have captions, paste the link into the YouTube summarizer to get the key takeaways and a timeline.
More note types
Notes for meetings, lectures, and any video.
Recording something other than a podcast? Turn a call into meeting notes from video, turn a class into lecture notes from video, or make general notes from any video. Only need the sound? Extract the audio as MP3, M4A, or WAV.
Make notes from any videoFAQ
Podcast summary questions
How do I get a podcast summary?
Drop a podcast episode recording onto the box at the top of this page or choose a file. By default the audio is extracted in your browser and transcribed, then AI turns the episode into notes — a podcast summary with the key takeaways, the topics covered, and a timeline — that you can read on the page or download as Markdown, HTML, PDF or plain text. No sign-up is required.
Can I summarize an episode that is only an audio file?
Yes. Podcasts usually are audio, so MP3 and M4A files work exactly like video: drop the file in and the episode is transcribed and summarized the same way. Video formats — MP4, MOV, WebM, and MKV — work too if you have a video version of the episode.
What is in the podcast summary?
The full episode transcript plus a summary: the key takeaways, the topics covered, any terms or names worth remembering, and a timeline so you can jump to the part of the episode you care about. Download the summary as Markdown (.md), HTML or PDF and the transcript as plain text (.txt), or copy them.
Can I summarize a long episode or a YouTube podcast?
Yes. Common recordings work — audio files like MP3 and M4A, plus video files like MP4, MOV, WebM, and MKV for video podcasts. In Browser mode, the default, transcribe up to two hours per range, then move the range to the next part; Server mode (paid plans) processes the whole recording if your remaining audio time covers it. Browser mode, the default, takes files up to 2 GB; Server mode (paid plans) takes files up to 8 GB. YouTube podcast links work too, if the video has captions.
Try it now
Summarize your next podcast episode.
Try transcription and AI notes without signing up. Paid plans include higher-quality transcripts and notes, multiple languages, result emails so you can close the page after upload, Server files up to 8 GB and selections as long as your plan time allows. In Browser mode, the default, your original video stays in your browser and only selected audio is uploaded; Server mode on paid plans uploads the video and deletes it after extraction.