Fact · Transcription
Apple Podcasts can show a name for each speaker in a transcript when the podcaster provides a VTT file.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Providing a VTT file allows you to identify every speaker with each line.”
Transcripts on Apple Podcasts, Apple Podcasters Support, n.d., Speaker names.
Open the original- What it measures
- The support page describes the speaker-name feature for podcasters who supply their own transcript file.
- What it does not show
- The page does not say whether Apple's automatic transcripts label speakers. Check the page before you assume they do.