Formatting Options
Filler Word Counter
Paste text below to count filler words and see what percentage of your speech they represent.
What is the Podcast Transcript Formatter?
Auto-generated transcripts from services like Otter.ai, Descript, Whisper, and Rev are useful starting points — but they come with a range of issues: repeated words, excessive filler words (um, uh, like, you know), missing paragraph breaks, inconsistent capitalization, and cluttered timestamps. Publishing a raw auto-transcript makes you look unprofessional and is hard for readers to follow.
This formatter applies a series of targeted cleanup rules: it removes the most common filler words, catches repeated word pairs (the the, and and), adds paragraph breaks every 5 sentences to improve readability, fixes capitalization, and handles brackets and timestamps. You can also specify custom words to remove and set your host/guest names for proper speaker formatting.
Why Publish Podcast Transcripts?
- SEO — full transcripts are indexed by Google, driving search traffic from keywords in your conversation
- Accessibility — deaf and hard-of-hearing listeners can follow your content
- Content repurposing — transcripts are raw material for blog posts, newsletters, social quotes, and clips
- Listener reference — readers can scan for specific moments rather than replaying audio
- AI training data — clean transcripts can be used with AI tools for summaries and highlight extraction
Why Use tools999.com?
100% free, no account required. Your transcript data never leaves your browser — everything is processed locally in JavaScript. Built for podcasters who need clean, publishable transcripts fast.