I Built a Free Podcast Episode Planner (Because Descript Charges $12/month)

说明与用途

一款免费的基于浏览器的播客剧集规划和节目笔记生成器，自动解析转录文本，提取关键片段，生成无水印 PDF，完全免费、离线使用，无需订阅。

问题

Podcasters needed a simple, cost‑effective way to turn transcripts into structured show notes, but paid tools like Descript were overkill, expensive, and offered limited offline or privacy features.

结果

The tool provides a free, zero‑signup, offline‑capable solution for generating structured show notes with timestamps, key takeaways, and quotes, eliminating the $144/year cost of Descript for this use case.

工作流

• 1. Open the tool in a browser. 2. Fill in episode details (title, number, guest, etc.) in the form. 3. Paste the transcript into the parser. 4. The tool auto‑detects timestamps and extracts segments, takeaways, and quotes. 5. Review the live preview of the show notes. 6. Download the PDF directly from the browser.
• 7. (Optional) Host the static site yourself via GitHub Pages or nginx for full control.

证据

Descript is great for video editing and screen recording. But for something as simple as turning a transcript into structured show notes? It's overkill — and the pricing is brutal.

来源

The whole thing is under 300 lines of code. Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS. That's it.

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