Good to hear 5 hours a week works for you. Transcripts are already saved: once an episode has been transcribed, anyone who opens it later gets the same subtitles right away, and it doesn't use their minutes. Importing your own transcript and syncing it to the audio isn't possible yet. Another listener asked for the same thing, so we've noted it.
Yes, 5 hrs works as long as I'm just learning ca. 10 hrs/week next to a full-time job and switching to youtube/books when I run out. It would be nice to have an upgrade option though. Also, if it were possible to have a little icon to see which episodes I or others already generated transcripts for, it would be great.
Podcasts are a new part of PlayLingo, and we're still working out how many minutes Pro should include. Generating subtitles from audio is the most expensive thing the app does, and the same limit also covers your own audio and video files, not only podcasts. One small correction: the current limit is 3 hours a week, which is about 13 hours a month, so it's a bit below SnipD's 900 minutes rather than far below it. While we figure out how to price AI transcription, we've raised your account to 300 minutes a week. That's about 20 hours of content a month. It's already set on your account and works with Pro.
Glad it works for you. A separate top-up for transcription minutes isn't available yet; while we're working out how to price AI transcription, that's one of the options on the table. On the icon: today the bubble icon on an episode marks a transcript from the publisher. Showing that an episode has already been transcribed in PlayLingo, by you or by someone else, isn't there yet, and it's a good idea: those episodes open right away and don't use anyone's minutes. We've noted it.
Thanks for the prompt reply - that's already a big difference and 5 hrs a week is something I can work with. Perhaps there's also a way to save the transcripts, so that they aren't regenerated for different users. Also, being able to import transcripts and whisper sync them would bring flexibility without transcription service costs, though I imagine it could be technically challenging.