Spotify is rolling out a new feature that offers auto-generated transcripts for podcasts, letting users read along while they listen. Spotify plans to keep improving this feature in the future.
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Scenario
This transcription facility will be available to millions of podcast episodes in the next few weeks for both free and premium users. With this feature, Spotify aims to bring more depth to podcast listening experiences.
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Goal
The goal of adding auto-generated and time-synced transcripts is to make podcasts more visually and textually accessible for users.
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How-to
To access the transcripts, scroll down the 'Now Playing' window during an episode, tap on the "read along" section, and follow along on the full screen.
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Usefulness
Being a written version of the spoken content, the transcription feature allows listeners to skip around and skim an episode to find specific information without having to listen to the entire episode.