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• Apple Podcasts has expanded its transcripts to now include a further eight languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, and Dutch. Apple Podcasts can now also detect when more than one language is spoken in an episode. The company says that more than 80 million episodes have transcripts. Creators who prefer to provide their own transcripts can do so through RSS using a supporting podcast host.
• Exclusive: We’ve an interview with Spotify’s VP of Podcast Product, Maya Prohovnik, in the Podnews Weekly Review tomorrow.
• Ausha launched “Ausha Intelligence”, what it calls the first AI-powered tool designed to generate search-optimized show notes and promotional content. It was first demonstrated at Podcast Movement in Washington DC by Podnews’s Editor, and offers customisable prompts to match your editorial style.

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