scriptea
Learn languages with podcasts

Immerse yourself in the language by listening to what interests you.

Take advantage of the latest AI technology to generate a transcript and translations.

Features

Auto-generated transcripts

Get a high-quality transcript of any podcast that has an RSS feed.

Highlighted words during playback

As you listen, the transcript is highlighted with the current word, so you never lose your place.

Auto-generated translations

If you have trouble understanding the transcript, you can request a machine-generated translation for the paragraph.

Look up individual words

Look up the meaning of any word in the built-in dictionary (currently only available for German).

Content creator features

Create an interactive transcript for your podcast or any other audio content. Learn more.

Pricing

Top up a minimum of 5 credits which you can use for transcription, translation and dictionary lookups.

0.54 credits per hour of transcribed audio, billed proportionally by the second.

0.12 credits per thousand translated characters, billed by the character.

0.01 credits per dictionary lookup, free for German to English lookups.

1 credit costs 1 € + any applicable VAT.

What your topup buys

You pay 5.00 € + any applicable VAT.

Your account will be topped up with 5 credits which is enough for one of the following:

  • transcribe 7.9 hours of audio minute-by-minute as you listen along,
  • transcribe 9.3 hours of audio when transcribing the whole track in one go, or
  • translate 41,667 characters of text.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is ScripTea?

ScripTea is a web app where you can listen to podcasts, read along in the automatically generated transcript, get machine translations for sentences, and look up individual words in the built-in dictionary.

Who is it for?

ScripTea is primarily for language learners at the intermediate level or above. It has also features for content creators who want their audio content to be helpful for language learners.

What languages are supported?

ScripTea supports a multitude of languages. German has the best support, since there is a built-in German-English dictionary. Transcription is available for English, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Tamil, Chinese, Indonesian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Catalan, Arabic, Finnish, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Greek, Malay, Czech, Romanian, Hungarian, Thai, Urdu, Croatian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Maori, Welsh, Slovak, Persian, Latvian, Serbian, Azerbaijani, Slovenian, Kannada, Estonian, Macedonian, Icelandic, Armenian, Nepali, Bosnian, Kazakh, Swahili, Galician, Marathi, Afrikaans, Belarusian and Tagalog.

What can I listen to?

You can use ScripTea with any podcast that has an RSS feed. If a podcast is published to work in all podcatchers (podcast player apps), i.e. it has a public RSS feed, then it works in ScripTea as well. You can browse the trending podcasts, search in a directory, or add any RSS feed URL manually.

How much does it cost?

See the pricing page.

How is this different from other AI transcription services?

ScripTea is built on top of transcription services. In addition, it provides a convenient user interface aimed specifically for language learners. It can transcribe audio as you listen to it, translate any paragraph, and look up the meaning of any word in a dictionary.

Is there an iOS or Android app?

There is no native iOS or Android app, but you can use ScripTea on your phone in your web browser or install it as a Progressive Web App. To do this on Android, open Chrome, visit https://scriptea.app/app, open the menu and select "Install app". On iOS, open Safari, visit https://scriptea.app/app, tap the share icon in the middle, and pick "Add to Home Screen".

How can I contact you?

You can email levente@scriptea.app or use the "Contact" functionality in the app. If you have any issues with the app, have an idea on how to improve it, or have any other feedback or question, please don't hesitate to contact me.