Spotify has started adding auto-generated transcripts to podcasts

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The Spotify service has announced the gradual rollout of automatically generated text transcripts for millions of podcasts on the platform.

Here's What We Know

The transcripts are time-synchronised so you can visually follow the progress of the podcast. They can be accessed at the bottom of the page under the player.

The feature makes content more accessible to users and allows them to skip and view snippets of an episode without listening all the way through.

Chapter navigation has also been added for mobile podcasts - podcasters can add timestamps with descriptions.

In the future, it will be possible to embed media files into transcripts. For now, the feature works for millions of podcasts, but the reach will expand.

Source: Spotify