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Record & transcribe a podcast

Turn any podcast episode into a searchable transcript and summary — in your browser.

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What You Get

More than just recording

Invisible recording

No one in the call knows you are recording. No bot joins, no popup appears, no recording badge shows up.

AI transcription

Automatic speech-to-text powered by on-device and cloud AI models. Supports 90+ languages with speaker identification.

AI summaries

Get action items, decisions, and key points extracted automatically after every call. Never write meeting notes again.

Flashback

Forgot to hit record? Flashback saves the last 2 minutes of audio retroactively. Capture what you missed.

Local-first

Recordings stay on your device by default. No cloud upload, no third-party access, no data leaving your machine.

From Recording to Action

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Summary

Three ways to do this

Three ways to transcribe a podcast

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SeaMeet browser recorder

Play the episode in any web player — Spotify Web, Apple Podcasts on the web, SoundCloud, a station site — and capture the tab. The transcript writes itself while you listen.

Best for: Episodes you're listening to anyway.

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Paste the link on app.seameet.ai

Drop the episode URL into the app and it plays and records without you holding the tab open.

Best for: Queueing several episodes for research.

Import the episode file

Already have the mp3 — your own downloads, a producer hand-off, a raw recording? Skip live capture and drop the file straight into your library.

Best for: Back-catalogue transcription you already possess.

Method 2 · SeaMeet browser recorder

How to transcribe a podcast in your browser (no signup)

Runs in Chrome, Edge, or Safari on desktop. Free for the first 15 minutes — Sync Pro removes the cap. Works with Spotify Web, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, and any web player.

  1. 01

    Open the episode in a web player tab

    open.spotify.com, music.apple.com, SoundCloud, Pocket Casts web, or the show's own site — any player that plays audio in a desktop browser works.

  2. 02

    Open app.seameet.ai in a second tab

    Same browser on desktop. Chrome, Edge, or Safari; the first 15 minutes of transcription are free, no signup.

  3. 03

    Pick "A browser tab" and select the player tab

    In the share dialog, choose the player tab and tick "Also share tab audio". For audio-only players the recording is audio-only — which is all a transcript needs.

  4. 04

    Start recording, then press play

    Set the language for non-English shows — Japanese, French, Spanish, Mandarin transcribe a notch more accurately when declared than on auto-detect.

  5. 05

    Stop when the episode ends

    A timestamped transcript plus an AI summary of the episode lands in your library. Search it, quote it, or turn it into notes — no more scrubbing back to find that one point.

Try in browser (no signup) →

15 min free · works on Chrome, Edge, Safari desktop

Why SeaMeet

Why SeaMeet instead of your player's transcript feature

  • Any player, any show

    Transcript features live inside individual apps and cover a slice of catalogues. SeaMeet works on whatever plays in the tab — Spotify, Apple, SoundCloud, or a one-page station site.

  • Timestamped and searchable

    Find the exact minute a claim was made, across every episode you've transcribed. Ideal for research, citations, and pulling quotes that hold up.

  • AI summary per episode

    A three-hour show becomes a summary you can skim before deciding what to re-listen to. The summary links back to the timestamps that matter.

  • Your notes accumulate

    Episodes pile into the same searchable library as your meetings. Weeks later, "what did that interview say about X" is one search, not a memory test.

Common questions

Transcribing podcasts — questions & answers

Is it OK to record a podcast episode? +
For personal notes and quotation, yes — podcasts are published for public listening. Redistribution is not: don't re-post the audio or publish full transcripts of shows you don't own. Quote, cite the show and episode, and stay in fair-use territory.
Which players work? +
Anything that plays audio in a desktop browser tab: Spotify's web player, Apple Podcasts on the web, SoundCloud, Pocket Casts web, YouTube-hosted shows, and most station sites. Mobile apps can't be tab-captured — on a phone, use the paste-a-link flow or import the file.
What about Spotify's built-in transcripts? +
Spotify rolls transcripts out gradually and English-first inside its own apps; coverage is partial, the text isn't portable, and it doesn't exist in most other players. SeaMeet gives you a transcript you own regardless of app or language.
It's audio only — what do I get? +
An audio recording plus the real product: a timestamped, searchable transcript with an AI summary. For audio-only players there's simply no video to capture, and none is needed.
Can I transcribe an episode I downloaded as a file? +
Yes — drag the mp3 into SeaMeet's "Import file" flow and it's transcribed with the same timestamps, speakers, and summary as a live capture. Sync Pro allows 50 hr/mo of import for back-catalogue work.
Does it work on live radio or live streams in the browser? +
Yes — anything the tab plays gets recorded and transcribed, live or on demand. Great for press conferences and live shows; the transcript marks when things were said.
How well does it handle non-English podcasts? +
Well — 20+ languages including Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, and Hindi, with auto-detect for shows that code-switch mid-episode.

Recording in your browser

SeaMeet records the browser tab your podcast is playing in. Open the episode in a web player, pick that tab in Chrome's share dialog, keep tab audio on, and the episode is transcribed with timestamps — no app, no download.

Why SeaMeet?

Podcasts are audio-only, so finding that one point later means scrubbing back and forth. SeaMeet gives you a searchable, timestamped transcript and an AI summary of the whole episode, so you can quote it, skim it, or turn it into notes.

Common Use Cases

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Research and interviews published as podcasts

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Episodes you want to quote or cite accurately

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Long-form shows you'd rather skim than re-listen to

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Turning a favourite episode into shareable notes

Start recording in your browser today

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