Get More Listeners By Providing Transcripts

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I'm Danny Brown and you're listening to One Minute Podcast Tips, the show that helps you be a better

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And now, this week's episode.

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A question I see come up a lot is whether you need transcripts for your podcast or not.

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And I know a lot of podcasters say, well, I don't really need them because it just adds more time to the production process.

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And while I get that, it is really useful to have transcripts for one main reason, and that's accessibility.

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A good size of the population has hearing difficulties or is completely deaf.

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And for them, transcripts offers a way for them to enjoy the episode too.

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By giving them a text version of your audio, it means they can follow along with the episode.

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Even if they're not hard of hearing, there can be times when an episode is really hard to follow along.

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A fiction podcast, for example, with lots of sound effects, a soundtrack behind it, multiple voices, etc., can sometimes get confusing.

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So, having a text version of the audio to follow makes it a lot easier for people to enjoy the episode.

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On top of that, it can actually offer you SEO benefits for your podcast.

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Google and other search engines can pull snippets from your transcripts of really hard-to-find keywords and topics.

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So, by having transcripts, it means more likelihood to be found on search, which is great.

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Additionally, podcasters say it can be expensive to add transcripts.

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And that can be true, but there's lots of great free options out there.

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Whisper, for example, from OpenAI, completely free and really accurate.

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I use Poddin, which is a premium option, but again, it's super accurate for an automated service.

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And there's others too, so I'll leave them in the show notes, so be sure to check them too.

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Until the next time, happy podcasting.

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