Chat · find the moment
Search inside a podcast for a quote
DomeScribe finds where something was said in a podcast two ways: the episode’s timestamped transcript sits beside the player — use your browser’s find (Ctrl/⌘-F) for the exact words, and every line seeks the player when clicked; and the Chat tab answers “where did we talk about X?” from the transcript with the exact timestamps, even when you only remember the gist. Upload the MP3 or paste a supported link, and a half-remembered quote becomes a timestamp in seconds.
Find a moment in an episode · Transcribe a podcast
Updated 2026-08-23
- Input
- Upload MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, MP4, MOV, WebM — or paste a YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, X, Vimeo, Twitch, or Dailymotion link
- Find a phrase
- The timestamped transcript beside the player — browser find (Ctrl/⌘-F) for exact words; click any line to jump there
- Ask a question
- Chat answers from the transcript, cited with 1–5 timestamps; 4 answered questions per AI credit
- Jump to it
- Click a transcript line, a search result, or a cited timestamp to seek the player
- Episode length
- Up to 30 min per file on Free, 4 h on Pro, 8 h on Business
- Retention
- Transcripts encrypted at rest; searchable for 30 days, then auto-deleted
How to find where something was said in a recording
Transcribe the episode
Add the audio file or link in Transcribe Studio. DomeScribe transcribes it with timestamps on every segment — the index that makes the rest possible. Roughly a minute of processing per ten minutes of audio.
If you remember the words, find them in the transcript
In the workspace, use your browser’s find (Ctrl/⌘-F) on the transcript for the phrase. Every line carries its timestamp; click it and the player seeks to that second.
If you remember the idea, ask
Open the Chat tab and ask in plain language: “Where did the guest talk about quitting her job?” or “Give me the quote about pricing.” The answer is drawn only from the transcript and cited with the timestamps it came from.
Use the moment
Copy the quote from the transcript for a post or show notes, or take the timestamp into your editor. If you want a cut clip, the AI clip picks rank the clip-worthy moments and — if you uploaded the file — cut them in the browser on a paid plan.
Three ways to find a moment, and when to use each
Searching a recording is really two different problems. Sometimes you remember the words — a name, a phrase, a number — and you want every place they occur. Sometimes you remember only the idea — “the bit where he explained why the launch slipped” — and no keyword will do. DomeScribe covers both.
- Transcript search in the workspace: you know the words, you are already in the episode. Matches are lines with timestamps; click to play.
- Library Search: you know the words but not the episode. It matches exact words across the transcripts of everything you have added in the last 30 days and opens the moment in that recording’s workspace.
- Chat: you know the idea, not the words. Ask the question; the answer comes from the transcript with one to five cited timestamps, most relevant first.
Pulling an exact quote
Once you have the moment, the transcript gives you the words. The transcript is a clean, timestamped text you can select and copy, so a quote for a social post, an article, or show notes is a copy-paste rather than a re-listen and retype. Because the transcript comes from a speech-recognition model, read the quote against the audio before publishing — clicking the line plays it — and fix any mis-heard proper noun.
Chat can also quote for you: ask “quote what she said about burnout” and it returns the short phrase from the transcript with the timestamp. It quotes short passages, not whole sections, and it will tell you when the transcript does not contain what you asked for rather than inventing a line.
Working through a back catalog
A back catalog starts paying off once it is transcribed: each recording in your library keeps its transcript for 30 days (export it to keep it longer), so “find the episode where we mentioned the sponsor’s name” is a matter of opening the likely episodes and asking Chat — it answers from that recording’s transcript with the timestamps, and a click plays the moment. Chat works per recording; there is no cross-library search, so name your recordings well and use the summaries’ chapter lists to pick the right episode fast.
It covers transcripts from the last 30 days, because that is how long transcripts are stored. For a permanent archive, export transcripts before they expire — TXT on every plan; DOCX, PDF, and JSON on paid plans — or add the episode again when you need it.
Limits worth knowing
DomeScribe does not label speakers, so a search finds what was said and when, not who said it — the words themselves usually make that clear. Episodes can be up to 30 minutes per file on the free plan, 4 hours on Pro, and 8 hours on Business. Searching the transcript and the library is included with the transcript; asking Chat uses AI credits at one credit per four answered questions (declined and repeated questions are free), from 5 credits to start and 300 per month on Pro.
Privacy: the audio, the transcript, the link
Transcription runs on DomeScribe’s servers. The uploaded file is deleted after transcription; an audio copy is kept only so you can play moments in the app, for the transcript’s lifetime, and is never downloadable. Transcripts are encrypted at rest with a per-user key and auto-delete after 30 days (delete sooner whenever you want). A pasted platform link is used only to produce the transcript — DomeScribe never provides the media file.
Questions, answered
How do I find where something was said in a podcast?
Transcribe the episode in DomeScribe, then either find the phrase in the timestamped transcript (browser find works — every line is plain text with its time) or ask the Chat tab “where did we talk about X?” for a timestamped answer. Clicking a transcript line or a cited timestamp plays that moment.
Can I search across all my episodes at once?
Not in one box — Chat and the transcript work per recording. The library lists every recording with its title, length and date, and each one’s summary has a chapter list, so narrowing to the right episode is quick; then Chat or the transcript finds the exact moment.
Can it find a quote when I only remember the gist?
Yes — that is what Chat is for. Ask in plain language; the answer is drawn only from the transcript and cited with one to five timestamps. If the recording does not contain it, Chat says so instead of guessing.
Does it tell me who said the quote?
DomeScribe does not label speakers. You get the words and the timestamp; who said them is usually clear from context or from listening to the moment with one click.
How accurate is the transcript search?
Search matches the transcript text exactly as the speech-recognition model produced it, in any of 99 languages. Unusual names can be mis-heard, so try a shorter phrase or a neighbouring word if a search comes back empty.
What does it cost?
Searching the transcript and the library comes with the transcript, which uses plan minutes (30 free to start; 1,000 per month on Pro at $19/month). Asking Chat uses AI credits: one credit per four answered questions, with 5 credits to start and 300 per month on Pro.
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