ReadTheTalk — Podcast Transcript Reader for YouTube™

Podcast transcript reader for Apple Podcasts & YouTube™: full text, AI overview, chapters, translation — on the page.

Don't press play. Read the talk. ReadTheTalk is a podcast transcript reader and YouTube™ transcript reader with AI overview, chapters and translation, right beside the player. Saved a 2-hour interview you never found time to watch? Hunting for one quote somewhere in a 90-minute podcast, dragging the progress bar back and forth? Get the gist in two minutes, jump to the part you care about, or read every word. Click any line to hear it in the speaker's own voice. No new tabs. No copy-pasting links. No uploads. Open the page and start reading. ➤ Get the point in two minutes An AI overview sums up the main argument and the key takeaways, so you know right away whether it's worth your time. Chapters take you straight to the part you came for. ➤ Every word, not just a summary The full video transcript in clean, readable paragraphs, with a timestamp on every line. Nothing quietly left out. ➤ Click a line, hear the moment The original player jumps to that exact second. Check any quote with your own ears. ➤ Read in your language Translate the transcript and read original and translation side by side, paragraph by paragraph, in 8 languages. ➤ Find anything in seconds Search the whole conversation for a name, a number or a phrase. ➤ Podcasts too, not just YouTube Open an Apple Podcasts transcript right on the episode page, and read episodes on Simplecast, Bilibili, Xiaoyuzhou and more. No transcript available? ReadTheTalk transcribes the full episode, then adds the podcast summary and chapters. Perfect for: • Interviews and podcasts you keep meaning to get to • Lectures and talks you want to study, not rewatch • Writers and researchers who need the exact words • Language learners who want the original in view Start in seconds: open a video or episode, click the ReadTheTalk icon, and read. Free to install, with platform captions free to read. Upgrade to Pro to unlock AI overviews, translation and full-episode transcription. Your privacy stays yours: ReadTheTalk only reads the page you open it on. No ad trackers, no selling your data. Policy: https://readthetalk.com/privacy.html Stop scrubbing through timelines. Add ReadTheTalk to Chrome and read your next podcast instead. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions. Apple Podcasts is a trademark of Apple Inc.