Apple just added transcript support for its Apple Podcasts app, making podcasts easier to navigate and accessible to more people (via Apple). With this new feature, users will be able to read a podcast from start to finish, search the transcript for a specific word, and tap on any part of the transcript to start playing the podcast from that moment.
Only iPhone users with iOS 17.4 and iPad users with iPadOS 17.4 are currently able to use transcript support, and it's not clear yet whether it'll come to earlier operating systems in the future. All new podcast episodes in English, French, German, and Spansih will have a full transcript shortly after it's published, and older podcast episodes will be transcribed over time.
