Google is finally transcribing some podcasts… It made sense a long time ago and its happening for real. No april fools.
Google Podcasts is now automatically generating transcripts of episodes and is using them as metadata to help listeners search for shows, even if they don’t know the title or when it was published.
Its a shame its only for use in Google podcasts, but I guess nothing is free when it comes to tech corps. I remember thinking Google was going to start doing this when Google talked about podcasts, and what a time to start doing it I guess?
But there are questions about which podcasts are transcribed, is there a waitlist, how do you opt out and of course horrible errors from an automated process.