Quality transcripts for real conversations.
Names, technical terms, accents, crosstalk, speaker labels, and timestamps all matter. Cicadas treats the transcript as the foundation for everything you ship next.
Join the WaitlistThe transcript has to keep OVH, Supabase, and Rue Oberkampf readable.
Right, because that same text feeds the show notes, newsletter, and social drafts.
And when we talk over each other, the edit still needs to make sense.
Exactly. The transcript is not a side output. It is the foundation.
Hear the source. Compare the transcript.
The hard parts are the proof: names, niche terms, accents, and moments where speakers overlap.
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Same audio. Two transcript outputs. No autoplay.
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Quality proofWhen we moved the queue to RQ, the transcription callback stopped blocking the upload path.
Technical term preserved
Right, and Nadia's team still gets the transcript, the newsletter draft, and the LinkedIn post in one workspace.
Proper names and output names intact
We talked over each other there, but the key point is the glossary catches OVH, Supabase, and Rue Oberkampf.
Crosstalk remains readable
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When we moved the cue to our queue, the glad callback stopped blocking the path.
Right, and media's team still gets the transcript, news letter draft, and linked in post in one workspace.
We talked over each other there, but the key point is the glossary catches O V H, super base, and roof ober camp.
Everything you'd expect. A few things you wouldn't.
Speaker-aware transcripts
Keeps speaker turns readable so interview, solo, and panel episodes are easier to review.
Clickable timestamps
Timestamped transcript sections help you jump back to the audio when a line needs a closer listen.
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Built for real conversations
Designed for accents, industry jargon, proper nouns, and crosstalk. Not just clean studio recordings - real podcast audio.
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