Spotify shows a transcript inside the app for some episodes, but you can't copy it, search across it, or save it. Spoken turns the same episode into a file: clean Markdown, real speaker names instead of "Speaker 1", and a timestamp on every turn.
How it works
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Copy the link
Three dots on the episode, then Share, then Copy episode link.
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Paste it here
The episode appears with its show, its date and a free excerpt.
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Keep the text
Read it on the page or save it as a Markdown file. One credit per episode.
On desktop, right-click the episode instead of tapping the three dots. The link looks like https://open.spotify.com/episode/…. Re-reading an episode you already fetched is free.
What the transcript looks like
**Matthew Walker** (6:25)
Yeah, I think we, many of us can resonate with the idea of dental hygiene,
but turns out there's something called sleep hygiene. …
**Andrew Huberman** (12:18)
There are a couple of quick points that are based on some what I consider
really nice studies. …That is from the free demo episode, a Huberman Lab conversation you can read in full without a key.
Download the transcript as a file
The simplest way needs no tools. Open the full transcript on the episode's page, select all of it, and paste it into your notes, a document or an AI chat.
If you work in a terminal, one command saves it as a Markdown file, which opens in any text editor.
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" https://spoken.md/transcripts/1000784858476 -o episode.mdDo you need a Spotify transcript generator or extractor?
Usually not. Most tools sold as Spotify transcript generators take the episode's audio and run speech recognition on it, which takes minutes and labels the voices "Speaker 1" and "Speaker 2". Extractor extensions copy the on-screen text out of the Spotify web player, one open episode at a time, on a desktop browser only.
Spoken does neither. It returns the transcript that was published with the episode, so the text arrives in seconds and the speakers have their names. The limit is the same fact turned around: if an episode was published without a transcript, Spoken has nothing to return, and a generator that works from the audio is the tool for that episode.
Does it work for every show?
No. Spoken has transcripts for shows that publish them, in English and several other languages. The search above tells you in one step: if the episode appears, the transcript is available. If it doesn't, try the show's name on its own.
For scripts and agents
The same search works from the command line, and it accepts a Spotify link as the query. The demo key pt_demo needs no signup.
curl -G https://spoken.md/search \
--data-urlencode "q=https://open.spotify.com/episode/03RuWQJLemEh7uGXlXXZ9D" \
-H "x-api-key: pt_demo"
# the search returns the episode id; fetch the transcript with it
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" https://spoken.md/transcripts/1000784858476Full details, including how to list every episode of a show, are in the agent docs.
FAQ
Can I download a transcript from Spotify directly?
Spotify's in-app transcript cannot be downloaded as a file: it is view-only and appears for a subset of episodes. Spoken gives you the transcript as Markdown you can save, search and quote.
Is there a Spotify transcript generator?
Spoken does the job people use a Spotify transcript generator for: paste a Spotify episode link and get the transcript as text. It returns the transcript that was published with the episode, so there is no audio to upload and no waiting for a transcription to finish. For an episode that was published without a transcript, a speech-to-text tool that takes the audio is the right choice.
Do I need a Chrome extension to extract a transcript from Spotify?
No. A Spotify transcript extractor extension copies the text out of the Spotify web player while the episode is open. Spoken needs only the episode's link, works on a phone, and returns the whole transcript with speaker names and timestamps as a file.
What does a transcript cost?
Spoken charges one credit per episode. Spoken credits start at 100 for $15 and never expire, and re-reading an episode you already fetched costs nothing. The excerpt on every spoken.md episode page is free.
Are the speaker names real, or "Speaker 1" and "Speaker 2"?
Spoken's speaker names are real names wherever they can be identified from the episode itself. When a name can't be established, the label stays generic rather than guessing.
Do I need a Spotify link, or does a show name work too?
Either works: Spoken's search accepts a Spotify episode link, a YouTube link, a topic, a guest name, or the show's name. Links are the most precise way to land on one specific episode.
Is there an API?
Yes, Spoken has an API, and the spoken.md site runs on it. Search returns episode ids, and each id fetches a Markdown transcript. There is an agent guide and an OpenAPI document.
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