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Podcast/ YouTube video → Transcript!

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Podscript – Podcast/YouTube Transcription CLI

by timf34·Feb 17, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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The Take

Outputs ready-to-use Markdown with speaker diarization and timestamps, accepts Apple Podcasts/YouTube/RSS links, and can run fully locally or use ElevenLabs for higher-quality diarization. Not groundbreaking — speech-to-text pipelines already exist — but the one-command UX, RSS browsing/search flags, and explicit local-mode make it genuinely useful for folks who want tidy transcripts without wiring together multiple tools.

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AI/ML
Target Audience

Podcasters, content creators, journalists, researchers, and developers who need quick, labeled transcripts

Post Description

Built a tiny CLI that turns podcasts or YouTube videos into clean Markdown transcripts with speaker labels + timestamps.

pip install podscript

Uses ElevenLabs for high-quality diarization.

https://github.com/timf34/podscript

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