AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Tapesearch
Find what was *said* in a podcast using AI powered search
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Tapesearch launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2020 · atshpthmkhc-app.azurewebsites.net · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, wanted to share a project that I’ve been working on recently. PodText allows users to find anything said on a podcast. You can also listen and share clips to a specific part of the podcast audio, simply by highlighting the text of that part. Currently there are just over 25k podcast episodes and I’m adding a lot more in the coming weeks (yes my GPU bill is painful). In order to monetize it, I’m building a sponsorship database to help sponsors find podcasts and vice versa. This will be sold in the form of a $99/month “PodText Business” subscription. I bet I could charge a lot more…
2023 · podtext.ai · its alternatives →
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PodSnap.AI▲393Get summaries of podcast episodes as they go live
2024 · podsnap.ai · its alternatives →
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Meilisearch Chat▲117We brought conversational AI to Meilisearch
Oct 2025 · meilisearch.com · its alternatives →
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Generate text transcripts for your podcast episodes
2024 · its alternatives →
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We’ve trained a generative AI model to browse the web and answer questions/retrieve code snippets directly. Unlike ChatGPT, it has access to primary sources and is able to cite them when you hover over an answer (click on the text to go to the source being cited). We also show regular Bing results side-by-side with our AI answer. The model is an 11-billion parameter T5-derivative that has been fine-tuned on feedback given on hundreds of thousands of searches done (anonymously) on our platform. Giving the model web access lessens its burden to need to store a snapshot of human knowledge…
2022 · beta.sayhello.so · its alternatives →
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An interactive search experience for conference videos
2017 · its alternatives →
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Ask Question, Get Answer w/ Playable Clip, Chat w/ Podcaster
2024 · podcastworld.io · its alternatives →
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