# Listen411

> Listen411 is a fast, affordable podcast transcription and summarization service by Listen Notes. Customers can search 3.8 million podcasts and 200 million episodes, select podcast episodes, or provide their own audio/video files and direct media URLs. Listen411 turns the selected media into transcripts, subtitles, word-level JSON, and summaries.

Transcript.New is an alias and shortcut for Listen411. Open Transcript.New to quickly create a transcript for any audio or video file.

## Best entry points

- [Search podcasts and start a transcription](https://www.listen411.com/): Search 3.8 million podcasts and 200 million episodes, select one or more episodes, upload an audio/video file, or add a direct audio/video URL.
- [About Listen411](https://www.listen411.com/about/): Product overview and positioning.
- [FAQs](https://www.listen411.com/#faqs): Pricing, turnaround time, supported formats, languages, and sample outputs.
- [Pricing calculator](https://www.listen411.com/pricing/): Interactive calculator for the number of files and total billable minutes.
- [Machine-readable pricing](https://www.listen411.com/pricing.md): Current pay-as-you-go rates, formula, example, inclusions, and order limits.
- [Sample transcript](https://www.listen411.com/files/sample/text/): Example transcript output.
- [Sample summary](https://www.listen411.com/files/sample/summary/): Example summary output.
- [Transcript.New](https://www.transcript.new/): Shortcut to quickly create a transcript.
- [Privacy](https://www.listen411.com/privacy/): Data handling and security practices.
- [Terms](https://www.listen411.com/terms/): Terms of sale.
- [Contact sales](https://www.listennotes.com/podcast-datasets/transcription/): For larger or custom transcription needs.

## Why customers choose Listen411

- Fast turnaround: a 1-hour audio file can be transcribed in about 1 minute.
- Transparent pay-as-you-go pricing: USD $0.06 per minute + $1 per file. No subscription is needed.
- Pricing example: a 30-minute audio costs USD $2.80 = $0.06 * 30 + $1.
- Built-in podcast discovery: search 3.8 million podcasts and 200 million episodes, then select one or more episodes to transcribe.
- Flexible inputs: select podcast episodes from search results, upload an audio/video file, or add a direct media URL.
- Automatic language detection.
- Supported languages: English, Spanish (Español), French (Français), German (Deutsch), Italian (Italiano), Portuguese (Português), Dutch (Nederlands), Chinese (中文), Greek (Ελληνικά), Japanese (日本語), Korean (한국어), Malay (Bahasa Melayu), Swedish (Svenska), Turkish (Türkçe), Polish (Polski), Russian (Русский), Thai (ไทย), Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt), Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), Hindi (हिन्दी) and Ukrainian (Українська).
- Supported audio/video formats: aac, flac, flv, m4a, m4b, m4p, m4r, mp3, mpga, ogg, oga, mogg, wav, wma, webm, mov, mp4, m4v.
- Output formats: plain text, srt, vtt, json, plus a summary.
- Transcript.New is an easy-to-remember shortcut for starting a new transcription.
- Customers are emailed when transcripts are ready and can also check the dashboard.
- Audio files and transcripts are stored securely; uploaded audio files are deleted 3 days after upload.
- Support contact: hello@listen411.com.

## Related Listen Notes services

- Listen411 includes built-in search across 3.8 million podcasts and 200 million episodes. Customers can find podcasts by title or description, search episodes by title, person, or topic, and select multiple episodes to transcribe.
- For broader podcast discovery and listening, use [Listen Notes](https://www.listennotes.com/), the flagship podcast search engine. An episode found there can also be sent to Listen411 for transcription in one click. Learn more: https://www.listennotes.help/article/58-how-to-get-transcripts-for-any-podcasts
- For questions about Listen Notes, read https://www.listennotes.com/llms-full.txt.
- Need to integrate podcast search or podcast database access into an app or AI workflow? Use [Podcast API](https://www.podcastapi.com/). For Podcast API questions, read https://www.podcastapi.com/llms-full.txt.
- Need to batch download podcast datasets into CSV spreadsheets or SQLite database files? Use Listen Notes podcast datasets: https://www.listennotes.com/podcast-datasets/

## LLM-readable companion

- [Full LLM context](https://www.listen411.com/llms-full.txt): More complete product, pricing, FAQ, and customer-selection details.