Use case
Transcribe and translate a podcast episode
Upload a podcast episode, get a translated transcript, then edit it and export bilingual SRT, VTT, ASS or TXT for your audience.
TanLens turns a podcast episode into a translated transcript. You upload the audio or video file, TanLens transcribes it and translates the result, and you can correct the text before exporting subtitles or show notes. Nothing is recorded live: the file is processed after upload, so the workflow suits published episodes and interviews rather than a recording session.
01Upload once, then edit the result
Choose the episode file in the web app, pick the spoken language or leave it on auto-detect, and select the target language. Processing is asynchronous, so a long interview can take a while; you can leave the page and come back to the transcript. Once it is ready, read through the parts where hosts talk over each other, fix guest names and product spellings, and split anything the recognizer merged into one long paragraph. File uploads are billed by the minute, rounded up, and a failed run charges only the minutes actually used.
02What to publish
A bilingual SRT or VTT lets viewers read both languages while the episode plays on a video platform, and an ASS file is useful when you need styled captions for an editor that supports them. TXT is the practical choice for show notes, a blog post or a searchable archive. Add recurring host and guest names to a glossary before translating a series, so the same person is spelled the same way across episodes. TanLens does not host or distribute the podcast; it produces the text and subtitle files.
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