ℹ️ TL;DR With 619 million podcast listeners worldwide in 2026, transcription is no longer optional — it's how you get found, get quoted, and get more content from every episode. Here's what tools actually work, what the workflow looks like, and how to choose. If you run a podcast, you've probably noticed something: the shows that grow fastest aren't always the ones with the best audio quality or the most famous guests. They're the ones that turn every episode into blog posts, social clips, and searchable content. That starts with a transcript. Podcast transcription has matured fast over the last couple of years. The tools that used to struggle with accents and technical jargon now produce clean text 95-99% of the time. And the workflow — record, upload, transcribe, repurpose — can take under 30 minutes for a one-hour episode if you set it up right.…