When I was learning French, and now Russian, I constantly had the same frustrating problem: I could listen to podcasts and not understand what was being said. Especially in French, words blended together. I tried everything from pausing and rewinding episodes to using Google Translate. But more often than not, I gave up because that was killing my motivation. Eventually, I decided to solve the problem myself. I built PodcastsToText, a freemium tool that lets you paste any podcast episode link from Spotify or Apple Podcasts and transcribe it automatically (up to 30 minutes for free). Now, instead of struggling to catch every word, I can focus on learning, reread the transcript if I miss something, and really internalize the language. I hope this helps others like me who’ve spent hours listening but still feel lost. Feedback and suggestions are welcome!