Tapesearch

Tapesearch: Unlock the Power of Podcast Conversations

What is Tapesearch?

Tapesearch is a search engine designed to make spoken content in podcasts accessible and searchable. It indexes podcast transcripts, allowing users to quickly find specific information, track brand mentions, spot industry trends, and extract insights through natural conversation. With a database of over 3 million transcripts and growing, Tapesearch empowers researchers, marketers, journalists, and curious listeners to leverage the wealth of information hidden within podcasts.

How does Tapesearch work?

Tapesearch works by transcribing podcast episodes and indexing the resulting text. Users can then search these transcripts using keywords or phrases, and Tapesearch will return the exact timestamps where those terms are mentioned. This allows users to jump directly to the relevant audio segment, saving hours of listening time.

Key Features:

• Podcast Transcript Search: Search across thousands of podcast transcripts to find exact moments and key discussions.
• Brand Mention Tracking: Set up alerts to be notified whenever your tracked topics appear in podcasts.
• Natural Language Chat: Ask questions across multiple podcasts and get comprehensive answers instantly.
• Trend Visualization: See how topics evolve across the podcast landscape over time.
• API Access: Integrate Tapesearch into your own apps to access search and transcript download endpoints.

Use Cases

• Market Research: Track market sentiment, monitor brand mentions, and identify emerging trends.
• Open-Source Intelligence: Gather insights from a previously opaque source of information.
• Podcast Creation: Search through your previous episodes to create engaging new content and distribute transcripts to your listeners.
• Financial Analysis: Track market sentiment via conversations and identify potential investment opportunities.
• Academic Research: Incorporate high-quality audio transcripts into studies of linguistics, psychology, political science, and more.
• Advertising Optimization: Find out which podcasts are offering sponsored slots for specific brands and track ad volume over time.
• Journalism: Uncover expert commentary and emerging narratives across podcasts, get timestamped quotes, and source accurate context for stories.

Pricing Plans

• Tapesearch Pro: $12.50/month (or $150/year) - Includes text search, chat, transcript downloads, and 2 email alerts.
• Tapesearch Insights: $31/month (or $370/year) - Includes all Pro features, up to 50 alerts, and trend charts with downloadable data.
• API Access: $60/month (or $720/year) - Includes all Insights features, API access, and up to 2000 requests per day.

What is Tapesearch used for?

Tapesearch allows you to efficiently extract insights from podcast conversations. For example, a market researcher can monitor brand mentions in podcasts to gauge consumer sentiment in near real-time. A podcaster can search past episodes to find relevant content for creating new episodes. Journalists can quickly source expert commentary and quotes for their stories. Financial analysts can track market sentiment and identify emerging investment opportunities. Essentially, Tapesearch is used to make podcast content easily accessible and actionable.

User Testimonials

• David Phillips, Market Researcher: "Tapesearch is a brilliant addition to our market intelligence toolbox. It makes it easier than ever to find what people are saying about our brands and competitors in near real-time."
• Juergen Berkessel, Creator, Polymash: "The team behind Tapesearch created a platform that can improve your podcast's SEO and discoverability, which is crucial for any podcaster looking to grow their audience."
• Leon Novački, Software Engineer: "With this, I can find the information that I need and only listen to the segment I am actually interested in."

How to use Tapesearch?

1. Go to the Tapesearch website.
2. Enter your search query in the search bar.
3. Explore the results, filtering by podcast, date, or other criteria.
4. Click on a result to jump to the specific timestamp in the podcast.

Frequently Asked Questions

• What podcasts are included? Tapesearch includes a wide variety of podcasts across different genres.
• What file format are the transcripts? Transcripts can be downloaded in TXT, SRT, VTT, and JSON formats.
• What about paywalled/exclusive podcasts (e.g. Spotify)? Tapesearch focuses on openly available podcast content.

By making podcast conversations easily searchable and accessible, Tapesearch empowers users to unlock the valuable information hidden within spoken content, saving time and providing insights that would otherwise be difficult to obtain.