In the Podcasts app, you can view and search episode transcripts. You’ll find them in an episode’s information or on the Now Playing screen. When you view a transcript while watching a video podcast, the transcript view replaces the video, and audio continues to play while you read. You can also play or share from any point, copy text, or jump to that point in the podcast. Transcript availability may vary by language, and by country or region.
Note: Transcript availability may vary by language, and by country or region.
View transcripts
- Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone.
- Do any of the following:
- While viewing episode information: Scroll down to the Transcripts section. You can also tap the More button and tap View Transcript.
- From the Now Playing screen: Tap the View Transcript button below the volume slider. You can also tap the More button and tap View Transcript.
To hide the transcript from the Now Playing screen, swipe down, then tap the Hide Transcript button below the volume slider. When you view a transcript while watching a video podcast, the video is replaced by the transcript view. Audio continues to play while you read the transcript. To watch with subtitles, tap the video to open it in full screen, tap the More button, then tap Subtitles.
Interact with transcripts
- Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone.
- While viewing a transcript, do any of the following:
- From the Now Playing screen: Touch and hold text. Choose to play from that point, share from that point, or select text. You can also tap a paragraph to jump to that point in the podcast.
- From episode details: Select text and choose to play from that point, copy text, or share from that point. Tap the Right arrow for additional options such as Look Up or Translate.
Search transcripts
- Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone.
- While viewing a transcript, do one of the following:
- From the Now Playing screen: Swipe up on the transcript and then tap Search.
- From episode details: Tap the Search Transcript button.
- Optionally, tap the Search Options button in the search field to specify whether the whole word or the capitalization needs to match in the search results.
