Free tool
Podcast show notes generator from a transcript
By the KeyMo team · Updated
Paste a transcript into this free podcast show notes generator and it creates an editable outline: a draft episode title, the first talking points and two prompts for choosing clip candidates. It runs in your browser and does not verify names, claims or timestamps. Treat the result as a structure to edit, not finished show notes.
Podcast show notes generator
Turn a transcript into a clean outline you can edit. This browser tool extracts sentences and makes a starting structure; it does not invent facts or upload the transcript.
Editable outline
Episode: Episode notes In this episode - Add a transcript to create notes. Clip candidates - Pick the clearest answer or story turn. - Add timestamps after reviewing the recording.
Review names, dates, links and timestamps yourself. The outline is a drafting aid, not a verified transcript.
Use the generator in four passes
- Paste the transcript or a rough summary. Remove private notes before sharing a screen with another person, even though this tool keeps the text in your browser.
- Read the proposed title and replace it with the phrase a listener would actually search for.
- Turn the talking points into short paragraphs. Add links, names, timestamps and episode context from your own show notes.
- Listen back to every clip candidate. The tool suggests a structure; it does not know whether a sentence was a joke, a quote or a correction.
What a useful show-notes page contains
| Part | Purpose | Editorial check |
|---|---|---|
| One-sentence summary | Tells a new listener why the episode exists | Does it name the real subject without hype? |
| Talking points | Lets a reader scan the conversation | Are the points in the order the episode uses? |
| Links and references | Gives the listener a next step | Did you verify every URL and name? |
| Timestamps | Makes the long episode navigable | Do the times match the exported audio or video? |
| Clip candidates | Connects the episode to short-form posts | Does each candidate have setup and a complete idea? |
Show notes are not a transcript dump. A transcript contains the words that were spoken. Show notes are a reader-facing summary with links, context and navigation. Keep both: use the transcript to check exact language and the notes to help someone decide whether to listen.
A worked example for a 45-minute interview
Imagine an interview about hiring the first engineer. The generator may suggest a title from the opening sentence and list the first five complete sentences. Your edit should turn those into stronger sections: the hiring trigger, the role definition, the interview loop, the mistake and the lesson. Then add timestamps from the final recording. A clip candidate should be a complete answer, not just the sentence with the strongest keyword.
- Use one timestamp for the beginning of the question and another for the answer when context matters.
- Quote a speaker exactly when the wording carries a claim or number.
- Link to the guest's site only after checking the spelling and destination.
- Mark any sponsor or disclosure according to your own publishing policy.
How this relates to clipping
KeyMo does not promise to produce full show notes. Its product is the clip workflow: give it a long video or podcast, review scored moments and export up to 15 vertical clips with captions. Use this page to shape the episode description, then use the podcast clip use case when the goal is short-form repurposing.
The boundary is useful. Notes need editorial verification and links. Clips need framing, timing, captions and a complete idea. One does not replace the other.