Your Archive Deserves More Than a Text Dump
Riverside launched a free Whisper-powered transcription tool for individual files — no account needed, unlimited use. PodRewind automatically transcribes your entire back catalog with speaker labels, cross-episode search, and RSS auto-processing.
Today we're diving into habit formation.
Most people think willpower is the key...
Today we're diving into habit formation. Most people think willpower is the key...
No speaker labels
Riverside transcribes files. PodRewind manages your archive.
A free transcription tool is great for one-off files. But podcasters need more than a text dump — you need speaker labels, cross-episode search, and automatic processing for every new episode.
Who said what?
Without speaker labels, transcripts are walls of text. PodRewind automatically identifies every speaker in every episode.
Find anything, anywhere
Search across your entire archive at once. Find that guest quote from two years ago without opening a single file.
Set it and forget it
Connect your RSS feed once. Every new episode is automatically transcribed, labeled, and indexed — no uploads needed.
Feature-by-feature comparison
See how PodRewind and Riverside stack up for podcast transcription.
Built for podcast archives
Everything you need to turn years of episodes into a searchable, reusable library.
Automatic Speaker ID
Every transcript includes speaker labels with voice-embedding matching — no manual editing. Riverside's free tool outputs raw text with no speaker separation.
Full Archive Search
Search across every episode at once with full-text and semantic search. Riverside transcribes one file at a time with no search capability.
RSS Auto-Processing
Connect your RSS feed and every new episode is automatically transcribed and indexed. No manual uploads, no 50-minute file limits.
Content Repurposing
Turn transcripts into show notes, social clips, and newsletter drafts from your content studio.
Public Wiki
Give listeners a searchable, SEO-friendly wiki of your entire show — automatically generated from your transcripts.
Export Everything
Download transcripts in TXT, SRT, VTT, or DOCX with speaker labels included. Riverside's free tool only exports TXT and SRT without speaker names.
Different tools for different needs
Riverside's free transcription tool is great for quick, one-off transcripts — no sign-up, drag and drop, done. But it outputs raw text with no speaker labels, no search, and a 50-minute limit. If you want your entire podcast archive transcribed with automatic speaker identification, searchable across hundreds of episodes, and updated every time you publish — that's what PodRewind is built for.
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